Reflection of Typhoon Morakot-The Challenge of Compound Disaster Simulation

Climate change has altered locally singletype disasters to large-scale compound disasters because of increasing intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall events.The compound disasters can combine small-scale floods,debris flows,shallow landslides,deep-seated landslides,and landslide lakes into a l...

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Published in:Journal of mountain science 2011-08, Vol.8 (4), p.571-581
Main Authors: Chen, Yu-Shiu, Kuo, Yu-Shu, Lai, Wen-Chi, Tsai, Yuan-Jung, Lee, Shin-Ping, Chen, Kun-Ting, Shieh, Chjeng-Lun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate change
Computer simulation
Debris flow
Disasters
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Ecology
Emergency preparedness
Environment
Extreme weather
Geography
Landslides
Typhoons
仿真模型
台风
复合
模拟
气候变化
浅层滑坡
灾害事件
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Summary:Climate change has altered locally singletype disasters to large-scale compound disasters because of increasing intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall events.The compound disasters can combine small-scale floods,debris flows,shallow landslides,deep-seated landslides,and landslide lakes into a large-scale single disaster event.Although simulation models and evaluation tools are available for single-type disasters,no single model is well developed for compound disasters due to the difficulty of handling the interrelationship between two successive single-type disasters.This study proposes a structure for linking available single-type simulation models to evaluate compound disasters and provides a useful tool of decision making for warning and planning of disaster reduction.
ISSN:1672-6316
1993-0321
1008-2786
DOI:10.1007/s11629-011-2132-5