Impact of Low-Intensity Hurricanes on Regional Economic Activity

Burrus, Robert T.; Dumas, Christopher F.; Farrell, Claude H.; Hall, William W.

doi:10.1061/(asce)1527-6988(2002)3:3(118)

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“…Although disasters can happen anywhere, certain types of disasters are more likely to occur in some buildings than in others and one of the factors that can influence the vulnerability of buildings to certain disaster is tenancy mix or residential profile [12]. For instance, buildings occupied by politically sensitive organizations and incompatible tenant mix, such as commercial and industrial tenancy or business and mercantile will increase vulnerabilities to different types of disasters.…”

Section: Tenancy MIX and Use Of The High Rise Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of Disaster Risks, Vulnerabilities and Response Strategies of High Rise Buildings in Lagos Municipality

Mshelgaru¹,

Bala²

2013

JCEA

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Although disasters can occur anywhere, certain types of disasters are more likely to have more effects on some buildings than others, especially on those in urban areas. Buildings in Lagos have had nasty experiences from both natural and artificial disasters, claiming lives and properties in the past. This study aims at evaluating the disaster risks, vulnerabilities and response strategies in the high rise buildings in Lagos municipality. Structured questionnaire was administered to building owners, estate managers and disaster managers who manage the high rise buildings. The information obtained was supplemented by personal interviews conducted with tenants and rescue organizations. The study identified collapse of building, fire out break, and communication and power failure as the most likely potential disasters, power failure and collapse had the highest severity of impact, and the degree of preparedness achieved to confront the disasters was below satisfaction. However, the specific status of the response strategies was as expected, but there was room for improvements. The potential disasters were natural, human and environmental and the most vulnerable sectors were other properties rather than the high rise buildings themselves. The magnitude of risk levels could be contained with the level of response strategies already achieved if coordinated.

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Section: Tenancy MIX and Use Of The High Rise Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The difference and peculiarity of disasters in low rise and high rise buildings is the levels of risks involved [12]. For this reason, buildings in the same locality may be vulnerable to different disaster risks demanding different intensity of efforts to manage [10].…”

Section: Past Disaster Eventsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Disaster Risks, Vulnerabilities and Response Strategies of High Rise Buildings in Lagos Municipality

Mshelgaru¹,

Bala²

2013

JCEA

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“…Although such approaches are simple, they are highly dependent on the type of construction and construction practices common to the areas represented in the claim data. Burrus et al [1] estimated the impact of low-intensity hurricanes as 'business interruption' of regional economies in North Carolina. A hurricane wind damage prediction model that incorporates a time-stepping component-based Monte Carlo simulation approach is being implemented for the FEMA HAZUS project (Lavelle et al [6] developed under contract with the National Institute of Building Sciences, uses GIS software to map and graphically depict hazard data, economic losses, and buildings and infrastructure damage from hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.…”

Section: Damage Predictionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis and prediction of building damage due to windstorms

Nawari

2011

Disaster Management and Human Health Risk II

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It's been more than five years since a major storm hit a major US city, however hurricane researchers have estimated that the next one could cause as much as $150 billion worth of damage.An understanding of the damage mechanisms due to a variety of natural hazards such as wind, storm surges, and tsunamis windstorm hazard is integral to determining the best design and construction practices. Therefore, an anatomical analysis of a large suite of damaged structures in similar extreme events, such as Florida coastal areas, promises to reveal causes of failure in coastal construction and how best to prevent similar damage in the future.Prediction and classification of hurricane buildings damage involves many sources of uncertain data that make it a difficult task using conventional prediction models. This work seeks to elucidate the application of data mining algorithms in the prediction and classification of damage due to hurricane and tornadoes forces. The research focuses on the conceptual and applied frameworks for the data mining models to assist in the prediction, assessment, and classification of buildings damages caused by server windstorms.

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“…Burrus et al [1] have developed a full-day equivalents lost (FDEL) metric to measure the impact of frequent business interruption due to lowintensity hurricane regions. Chang et al [3] applied a simulation approach to model the linkage between physical infrastructure systems and the urban economy.…”

Section: Economic Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

A framework to assess the social and economic impacts on communities and industries due to loss in serviceability of infrastructure networks after floods

Deshmukh¹,

Oh²,

Hastak³

2010

Risk Analysis VII

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The functioning of communities and industries depends on the infrastructure network. Daily activities (such as production, shipping, supply chain, etc., for industries and commuting to work, business, schooling, etc., for communities) are performed efficiently with the help of the infrastructure network. It is vital for the infrastructure to function efficiently at all times. However, during disasters, either manmade or natural, the functioning or serviceability of the infrastructure could be severely affected. This in turn has an impact on the activities/services of communities and industries. These activities and services contribute socially and economically. When their functioning is affected and usually reduced in the case of disasters, their social and economic contribution is reduced. This reduction can be assessed as social and economic impact on communities and industries due to reduction in serviceability of the infrastructure network. This paper presents a framework that establishes a relationship between the services and activities of communities and industries and infrastructure. The paper also provides a unique approach to assess social and economic impacts due to serviceability reduction of infrastructure after floods. The framework is a step towards providing valuable information for decision making during the quick recovery phase after disaster.

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Impact of Low-Intensity Hurricanes on Regional Economic Activity

Cited by 60 publications

References 7 publications

Evaluation of Disaster Risks, Vulnerabilities and Response Strategies of High Rise Buildings in Lagos Municipality

Evaluation of Disaster Risks, Vulnerabilities and Response Strategies of High Rise Buildings in Lagos Municipality

Analysis and prediction of building damage due to windstorms

A framework to assess the social and economic impacts on communities and industries due to loss in serviceability of infrastructure networks after floods

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