scholarly journals The Impact of Financial Preparation and Disaster Experience on Households’ Disaster Risk Perception: Empirical Evidence from Quang Binh Province, Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 344-356
Author(s):  
Tam T. Le ◽  
Trang T.H. Thai ◽  
Thao P. Do
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Experience ◽  
Financial Preparation ◽  
Natural Disaster Risk ◽  
The Impact

This paper is aimed at analysing the impacts of financial preparation and disaster experience on households’ disaster risk perception, including perceptions of likelihood and severity in Quang Binh Province of Vietnam, one of the areas strongly affected by natural disasters and climate change. With the data from direct surveying 308 households in Quang Binh province, the research methodology includes Cronbach’s Alpha, EFA and OLS regression models. The key findings are: First, disaster experience has positive impact on natural disaster risk perception. Second, financial preparation has negative impact on natural disaster risk perception. Third, the risk of natural disasters in Quang Binh Province are increasing and unpredictable due to rapid economic growth and urbanization. This fact requires the Government, provincial commitees, and stakeholders to go beyond traditional coping methods, implement more customized policies and specific actions to try to reduce the risks of natural disasters. Keywords: disaster risk, disaster risk perception, financial preparation, disaster experience.

scholarly journals Reduction of Natural Disaster Risk Through Contingency Plan in Cilacap District

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Rudi SUBIYAKTO
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Contingency Planning ◽  
Contingency Plan ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Natural Disaster Risk ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Cilacap Regency is one of the areas that have the highest level of natural disaster vulnerability in Central Java. Various types of disasters have the opportunity to occur and have an impact on the entire region. To anticipate the impact of these potential natural disasters, the district government has issued a contingency plan to reduce the risk of disasters. This study aims to describe how to reduce the risk of natural disasters through contingency planning. The study uses a qualitative approach with the case study method. Data and information obtained through focus group discussions (FGD), interviews, and documentation studies. The informants were determined purposively, coming from elements of the government, private sector, and a community of 25 people. The results of the study illustrate that the role of contingency planning is very important to reduce disaster risk. The contingency plan document clearly contains various guidelines and technical steps taken by stakeholders in anticipating natural disasters. The guidelines for the action plan are supported by techniques that can be easily learned so that the stages of the process of how to anticipate natural disasters can be carried out by anyone. The implementation of a natural disaster risk reduction contingency plan in the Cilacap Regency received support from the implementer, the environment, resources, and disposition. Key words: Contingency Planning, Mitigation, Policy

The health impact of natural disasters

2018 ◽  
pp. 207-214
Author(s):  
Eric K. Noji ◽  
Anas A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Knowledge Practice ◽  
Natural Disaster Risk ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

The complex and multifaceted nature of health risks secondary to natural disasters will require innovative, holistic, and problem-oriented approaches to risk and disaster management. The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015 (HFA), the goal of which is to strengthen the resilience of nations and communities to natural disasters, is the inspiration for much of the current knowledge, practice, implementation, experience, and the science for natural disaster risk reduction. Natural disaster risk reduction offers a comprehensive framework where stakeholders can take coherent and complementary actions through political, social, technological, economic, and humanitarian processes to build resilience. The aim of the recent Hyogo initiative is to globally increase resilience and reduce vulnerability. This chapter will describe the current state of knowledge of the health consequences of natural disasters, the implications of these consequences for policy, and conclude with recommendations for action.

Study of Natural Disasters Contract Conditions Based on the FIDIC Criteria

2012 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 558-561
Author(s):  
Zhang Lin Guo ◽  
Hua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Project Construction ◽  
Natural Disaster Risk

In the trend of global warming, storms, hurricanes, high temperature and other extreme weather phenomena occur frequently. In the field of project construction, the assets value of the building is exposed, so the construction projects are very vulnerable to natural disasters causing huge losses. Who bears in the both sides of engineering contract, the reasons and consequences of the loss and the specific responsibilities are ambiguous without clearly defined. This paper states the importance to grasp the principle of appropriate risk sharing and explain both responsibilities clearly in natural disasters, how to choose appropriate method to evaluate the natural disaster risk and select suitable building construction contract.

Natural Disaster Risk Management and Sustainable Development Research of Huangshan Scenic Area

2013 ◽  
Vol 709 ◽  
pp. 735-739
Author(s):  
Shan Feng Hu ◽  
Hong Bing Zhu ◽  
Yu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Emergency Rescue ◽  
Rescue Team ◽  
Investigation Methods ◽  
Natural Disaster Risk

The paper takes Huangshan scenic area as the research object and uses depth interviews and field investigation methods to analyze its natural disaster risk management situation. The research shows that the natural disasters in Huangshan scenic area can be divided into three main types: geological disasters, meteorological and hydrological disasters and forest disasters. Then, the paper summarizes the experience in dealing with natural disasters, including the establishment of Huangshan Scenic Area Disaster Management Center, Scenic lightning monitoring and warning system, and emergency rescue team. Finally, the paper brings up countermeasures for sustainable development of the scenic area from five aspects: enhancing the risk management awareness, using new technology, strengthening stakeholder management and improving the emergency rescue team mechanism.

scholarly journals Financial Preparation, Disaster Experience, and Disaster Risk Perception of Rural Households in Earthquake-Stricken Areas: Evidence From the Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquakes in China’s Sichuan Province

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dingde Xu ◽  
Zhuolin Yong ◽  
Xin Deng ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Kai Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Disaster Experience ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
The Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Financial Preparation

Sichuan is a province in Southwest China that is famous worldwide for its earthquakes. However, few quantitative studies in China have probed the correlations between rural households’ financial preparation, disaster experience, and disaster-risk perception. Using survey data of 327 rural households from four areas stricken by the Wenchuan Earthquake and Lushan Earthquake in Sichuan, the ordinary least square (OLS) method was used to quantitatively explore the correlations between these three factors. The results show that rural households’ total family cash income, asset diversity, and whether rural households can borrow money from relatives and friends whenever there is a catastrophe such as an earthquake are significantly negatively correlated with the probability of disaster occurrence. Asset diversity and whether rural households can borrow money from banks whenever there is a catastrophe such as an earthquake are significantly positively related to the severity of disaster occurrence. The severity of residents’ disaster experience is not significantly correlated with the probability of disaster occurrence, but is significantly positively related to the severity of the disaster. The research results can provide useful enlightenment for the improvement of financial preparedness and disaster risk management for rural households in earthquake-stricken areas.

Natural Disasters and Risk Management

2022 ◽  
pp. 21-41
Author(s):  
Milica Jovanović Vujatović ◽  
Sandra Milanović ◽  
Ivana Janjić
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Crisis Management ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Natural Disaster Risk ◽  
Negative Factors

In recent years, natural disasters have compelled public authorities, organizations, and citizens to increase their efforts in properly planning and implementing effective risk management procedures. Accordingly, in literature contemporary concepts such as natural disaster risk management and crisis management emerged. Therefore, the chapter aims to shed light on the significance of natural disaster risk management and crisis management in the development of an effective societal system by its transformation and to point out the positive and negative factors influencing these management activities. The authors will firstly give an overview of these two concepts, their elements, and development phases, and afterward, the investigation of possible positive and negative factors of natural disaster risk management will be introduced. The chapter will make a significant contribution to filling the gap in the literature on mitigating the influence of natural disasters and risk management.

scholarly journals A Relationship between Natural Disaster and Poverty

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-69
Author(s):  
P.R. Awasthi
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Monetary Approach ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Significant Linkage

This paper aims to discuss the impact of a disaster on the lives and livelihood and how it contributes to poverty. For this purpose, two major disasters in recent history were taken as reference. The common approach in defining and measuring poverty is the monetary approach; often disaster has seen only a matter of humanitarian importance. Nepal as a prone to different kinds of natural disasters has a significant impact on lives and livelihood as well. Despite this fact, poverty is narrowly defined. As there is a significant linkage between disaster risk and poverty, the poverty-related discussions must incorporate the impact and risk of disaster while formulating poverty reduction related policies.

043 Sleep Restriction Affects Memory in Healthy Adults: Preliminary Findings

SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A18-A19
Author(s):  
Molly Zimmerman ◽  
Christiane Hale ◽  
Adam Brickman ◽  
Lok-Kin Yeung ◽  
Justin Cochran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Healthy Adults ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Sleep Restriction ◽  
Neuropsychological Function ◽  
Wake Time ◽  
Sleep Condition ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Sleep loss has a range of detrimental effects on cognitive ability. However, few studies have examined the impact of sleep restriction on neuropsychological function using an experimental design. The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which maintained insufficient sleep affects cognition in healthy adults compared to habitual adequate sleep. Methods This study used a randomized, crossover, outpatient sleep restriction design. Adults who regularly slept at least 7 h/night, verified by 2 weeks of screening with actigraphy, completed 2 phases of 6 weeks each: habitual sleep (>7 h of sleep/night) or sleep restriction (habitual sleep minus 1.5 h) separated by a 6-week washout period. During the sleep restriction phase, participants were asked to delay their bedtime by 1.5 hours/night while maintaining their habitual wake time. Neuropsychological function was evaluated with the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery at baseline (week 0) and endpoint (week 6) of each intervention phase. The NIH Toolbox evaluates a range of cognitive abilities, including attention, executive functioning, and working memory. General linear models with post hoc paired t-tests were used to assess demographically-adjusted test scores prior to and following each sleep condition. Results At the time of analyses, 16 participants were enrolled (age 34.5□14.5 years, 9 women), 10 of whom had completed study procedures. An interaction between sleep condition and testing session revealed that individuals performed worse on List Sorting, a working memory test, after sleep restriction but improved slightly after habitual sleep (p<0.001). While not statistically reliable, the pattern of test results was similar on the other tests of processing speed, executive function, and attention. Conclusion In these preliminary results from this randomized experimental study, we demonstrated that sleep restriction has a negative impact while stable habitual adequate sleep has a positive impact on working memory, or the ability to temporarily hold information in mind while executing task demands. This finding contributes to our understanding of the complex interplay between different aspects of sleep quality (i.e., both sleep restriction as well as the maintenance of stable sleep patterns) on cognition and underscores the importance of routine sleep screening as part of medical evaluations. Support (if any):

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