Intensive Versus Extensive Events? Insights from Cumulative Flood-Induced Mortality Over the Globe, 1976–2016

Intensive Versus Extensive Events? Insights from Cumulative Flood-Induced Mortality Over the Globe, 1976–2016

Abstract More attention has been paid to the cost of intensive but sporadic floods than the cost of extensive but frequent events. To examine the impacts of intensive versus extensive events, we investigated the loss structure of global flood-induced mortality by using the cumulative loss ratio, mar...

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Main Authors: Bo Chen, Fanya Shi, Tingting Lin, Peijun Shi, Jing Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Subjects:
Cumulative loss
Extensive flood
Flood-induced mortality
Intensive flood
Marginal benefit
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-020-00288-5

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-020-00288-5

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