Loss-of-Life Modelling in Risk Acceptance Criteria

Lentz, A; Rackwitz, R.

doi:10.1007/978-0-85729-410-4_309

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“…The main focus in this phase is to find out who is exposed to a hazard, considering population dynamics. In literature, a distinction is often made between the concepts of registered population, people at risk and exposed population (Lentz and Rackwitz 2004). The registered population N POP are those people that are registered in the municipal.…”

Section: Societal Risk and People At Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coastal flood risks and seasonal tourism: analysing the effects of tourism dynamics on casualty calculations

et al. 2011

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Since coastal tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of tourism industry, coastal areas have become increasingly vulnerable in case of flooding. While in recent years a number of different methods have been put forward to map coastal flood risks, the implications of tourism dynamics for the assessment of human casualties has remained largely overlooked in these models. This chapter examines to what extent the ignorance of (residential) coastal tourism may bias the calculations of human casualties. To this end, a case study has been conducted on the Belgian coast. Both the dynamic nature of coastal tourism and the behaviour of residential tourists in storm surge scenarios are considered. The results of this study show that including tourism dynamics in flood risk management is justified and appropriate, depending on the tourist attractiveness of the flood-prone area and its temporal fluctuations.

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Section: Societal Risk and People At Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%