The water/health nexus in disaster medicine: I. Drought versus flood

McCann, David Gc; Moore, Ainsley; Walker, Mary-Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2011.10.011

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“…Although income significantly increases with exposure to flood; the opposite is true for exposure to drought. This is probably because of the difference in intensity and duration of the two shocks (McCann et al 2011). Drought is a slow-onset type of disaster, whereas flood is rapid onset.…”

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Impacts of the 2010 Droughts and Floods on Community Welfare in Rural Thailand: Differential Effects of Village Educational Attainment

Garbero¹,

Muttarak²

2013

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Climatic events can have disastrous consequences on rural livelihoods, which rely mainly on agriculture and natural resources. The way households and communities respond to climatic shocks depends on their available resources. We formulated that education is a human capital asset that can increase coping abilities in difficult times because education improves access to both social and economic resources. Based on the Thai government surveys of the living conditions and life quality of 68,343 rural villages for the years 2009 and 2011, we investigated the impacts of floods and droughts in 2010 on community welfare, i.e., consumption and income in 2011 at the village level. Using difference-in-difference methods, we analyzed how differential demographic composition and education could reduce or increase economic vulnerability to natural disasters. We found that floods and droughts do not produce a negative effect either on food and nonfood consumption, investment in agriculture and education, or on income. However, this applies mainly to communities with higher educational attainment partly because these communities can better secure government financial aid for flood and drought affected areas. Education thus may have an important role in reducing economic vulnerability.

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Impacts of the 2010 Droughts and Floods on Community Welfare in Rural Thailand: Differential Effects of Village Educational Attainment

Garbero¹,

Muttarak²

2013

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“…At the national level, extreme floods may bring back development by some years (Pauw et al, 2010) and threaten national food security (Del Ninno et al, 2003). At the household level, a flood may leave people without shelter (Hernández-Guerrero et al, 2012), limit possibilities to get involved in economic activities (Linnekamp et al, 2011), and may increase the burden of diseases (Nyakundi et al, 2010;McCann et al, 2011). The severity of flood impacts may further increase in the future due to climate change.…”

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Loss and damage from flooding in the Gambela region, Ethiopia

Haile

Kusters²,

Wagesho

2013

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Abstract:In this article, we explore the ways in which people in the Ethiopian Gambela region dealt with the extreme flood that occurred in 2007, with specific attention to the associated loss and damage, i.e., the impacts that people were not able to avoid through preventive and coping measures. We found that all of the 431 surveyed households took preventive measures such as the construction of boundary walls, harvesting premature crops and digging drainage ditches to divert the flood away from croplands. However, these could not prevent widespread negative effects such as damage to houses and crops, the outbreak of diseases, and loss of livestock. To deal with the adverse effects, 50% of the respondents relied on the help of relatives, neighbours or friends for food and money. Such assistance appeared crucial. People were, however, worried about over-using their social networks, especially with floods occurring more regularly. Widening people's agricultural and non-agricultural options, for example through investments in micro-finance services and irrigation systems, will help to increase their coping capacity.

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“…En términos técnicos, tenemos que la ausencia persistente de lluvias se caracteriza por una reducción en las precipitaciones medida en un área determinada durante un período prolongado de tiempo, causando un suministro inadecuado de agua (McCann et al, 2011); por su vez, el fenómeno de sequía existe cuando hay un retraso de más de 15 días en el comienzo de la estación lluviosa y cuando la precipitación mensual de la temporada de lluvias se mantienen por debajo del 60% del promedio por un largo período (Castro, 2003). Campos (1997) clasifica también el fenómeno de sequías en tres tipos: i. Climatológica -que se produce cuando la precipitación es baja en comparación con el promedio; ii.…”

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Riesgo, Innovación y Desarrollo en un Clima Cambiante: El Papel de las Políticas de Preparacíon para Sequías y Gestión de Riesgo de Desastres en Ceará, Brasil

Costa¹,

Holanda²,

Díaz‐Ambrona³

2016

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RESUMENLas sequías se encuentran entre los tipos más comúnes de desastres, generando enormes impactos socioeconómicos, especialmente cuando se considera el carácter silencioso que tienen. Son cada vez más frecuentes, intensos y de mayor duración, el cúal nos da una idea de lo que puede suceder con la acentuación del cambio climático. Este artículo tiene por objetivo proporcionar una visión general de las medidas y políticas que abordan la prevención y la preparación para sequías, frente a los impactos del cambio climático, en el Estado de Ceará, Brasil, con el fin de permitir la comprensión de las políticas y programas, experiencias y perspectivas del proceso de la elaboración del Plan de Gestión Integral de Riesgo de Desastres del Estado de Ceará, Brasil; así como en el desarrollo del Sistema de Alerta Temprana (SAT), frente a la coordinación política, lo que dio lugar a la creación de la Comisión de las Sequías. Como resultado, entendemos esta estrategia, de preparación para sequías, como una herramienta capaz de aumentar la capacidad de adaptación y resistencia de los procesos políticos. En este sentido, se presentan las experiencias acumuladas por el Estado de Ceará, en los procesos de gestión de sequías que muestran un potencial prometedor para la replicabilidad en otros países de América Latina, también son objeto de amenazas el cambio climático que puede imponer, en combinación con el análisis de los riesgos asociados -políticos/institucionales/culturales -, en el desarrollo de políticas públicas para, así presentar conclusiones, lecciones aprendidas y recomendaciones. Palabras RISK, INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: THE ROLE OF DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS POLICIES AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN CEARA, BRAZIL ABSTRACTDroughts are among the most common type of disasters, generating enormous socioeconomic impacts in the world, especially when considering the silent character they have. These phenomena are becoming more frequent, intense and longer lasting, which gives us an idea of what may happen with the accentuation of climate change. This article seeks to provide and overview of the measures and policies addressing drought prevention and preparedness, facing the impacts of climate change, in the State of Ceará, Brazil. This study addresses issues of public policies concerning drought risk management in order to allow a greater understanding of policies and programs, experiences and perspectives by the analysis of the process of elaboration of the Integrated Disaster Risk Management Plan of the State of Ceara, Brazil (PIGRD-CE), as well as of the development of the Early Warning System -Drought Monitor -, while addressing the political coordination, which led to the creation of the Drought Commission (Comitê das Secas). As a result, we understand this strategy, concerning drought preparedness, as a tool able to increase the adaptability and resilience of the political process. In this regard, we present the experiences accumulated by the State of Ceara in drought management processes showing a...

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The water/health nexus in disaster medicine: I. Drought versus flood

Cited by 15 publications

References 36 publications

Impacts of the 2010 Droughts and Floods on Community Welfare in Rural Thailand: Differential Effects of Village Educational Attainment

Impacts of the 2010 Droughts and Floods on Community Welfare in Rural Thailand: Differential Effects of Village Educational Attainment

Loss and damage from flooding in the Gambela region, Ethiopia

Riesgo, Innovación y Desarrollo en un Clima Cambiante: El Papel de las Políticas de Preparacíon para Sequías y Gestión de Riesgo de Desastres en Ceará, Brasil

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