Land use changes and natural disaster fatalities: Empirical analysis for India

•Impact of land use changes (deforestation and urbanisation) on natural disaster fatalities and damages.•A negative relationship between forest cover and deaths due to floods and other natural disasters.•States with high forest coverage experience lower fatalities and flood damages.•Higher urbanisat...

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Published in:Ecological indicators 2023-10, Vol.154, p.110525, Article 110525
Main Authors: Agarwal, Priti, Sahoo, Dibakar, Parida, Yashobanta, Ranjan Paltasingh, Kirtti, Roy Chowdhury, Joyita
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cold
deforestation
empirical research
environmental health
forests
Forests cover
heat
India
land use
Land use changes
lightning
Natural disasters
Poisson estimate
Q540
Q560
Q570
socioeconomics
Urbanisation
urbanization
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