Characteristic analysis of rainstorm-induced catastrophe and the countermeasures of flood hazard mitigation about Shenzhen city

• Main Authors: Lei Zhou, Xianhua Wu, Zhonghui Ji, Ge Gao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-12-01
• Series: Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
• Subjects: rainstorm-flood; disaster magnitude; temporal–spatial distribution; disaster mitigation; shenzhen city
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2017.1392368

Based on the statistical data of rainstorm-induced catastrophe about Shenzhen city during 1980–2014, this paper constructs a calculation model of disaster magnitude, which includes three influence factors: death toll, direct economic loss and disaster affected population. At the same time, the relationship between the disaster magnitude and the temporal, spatial and cause of the rainstorm-induced catastrophe about Shenzhen city is analysed, The results show that (1) The classification of catastrophe risk is carried out by the result of the disaster magnitude model. (2) The region where the disaster occurs frequently and seriously is located in the Midwest, and the disaster occurs infrequently and lightly is located in the south-east. (3) The rainstorm-induced catastrophe about Shenzhen City is mostly caused by persistent short-time heavy rainfall. While it occurs most frequently in July, and the most serious in September affected by the typhoon. (4) The main reasons for the occurrence of rainstorm-induced catastrophe about Shenzhen City are flood, waterlogging, tide and typhoon, of these factors waterlogging is the primary one. Finally, this paper puts forward the corresponding countermeasures of flood hazard mitigation in Shenzhen City.