Tsunami mortality and displacement in Aceh province, Indonesia

Rofi, Abdur; Doocy, Shannon; Robinson, Courtland

doi:10.1111/j.0361-3666.2005.00324.x

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“…The first indicator comprises the percentage of population younger than 6 and older than 65 years. These thresholds are based on the findings from studies in Sri Lanka and Indonesia that were carried out after the 2004 tsunami (Rofi and Doocy 2006). The second indicator corresponds to the combination of dependency ratio and gender ratio and states the per centage of total population that has to be supported by the male in working age.…”

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Approaches for tsunami risk assessment and application to the city of Cádiz, Spain

et al. 2011

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TSllllamis can represent a signifi cant risk to the population and cause huge economic damage in many costal regions. In order to be able to identify risk hot spots and implement targeted risk reduction measures, decision makers need to have a clear picture of the risk situation in their cOlll ltries or regions. This work reviews existing approaches for tsunami risk assessment and recommends a fi ve-step process for assessing tSllllanll risk. As a case study, a qualitative risk assessment for a worst-case tSllllanll scenario was carried out to llllderstand the tSllllami risk to the population in Cadiz. Moreover, a sensitivity analysis of the tSllllanll hazard input parameters was performed as a strong influence of the vari ability of the input parameters on the resultant tSllllami hazard and risk zonation maps was observed. The study shows that regardless of the assumptions made a non-negligible tsunami risk to Cadiz exists.

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Approaches for tsunami risk assessment and application to the city of Cádiz, Spain

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“…Various surveys were conducted amongst affected households in different affected areas (Nishikiori et al 2006;Rofi et al 2006;Doocy et al 2007;Guha-Sapir et al 2007). It is striking that all these studies reported mortality fractions in the affected areas between F D = 0.129 and F D = 0.17.…”

Section: Tsunamismentioning

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Methods for the estimation of loss of life due to floods: a literature review and a proposal for a new method

2008

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This article deals with methods for the estimation of loss of life due to flooding. These methods can be used to assess the flood risks and to identify mitigation strategies. The first part of this article contains a comprehensive review of existing literature. Methods have been developed for different types of floods in different regions. In general these methods relate the loss of life in the flooded area to the flood characteristics and the possibilities for evacuation and shelter. An evaluation showed that many of the existing methods do not take into account all of the most relevant determinants of loss of life and that they are often to a limited extent based on empirical data of historical flood events. In the second part of the article, a new method is proposed for the estimation of loss of life caused by the flooding of low-lying areas protected by flood defences. An estimate of the loss of life due to a flood event can be given based on: (1) information regarding the flood characteristics, (2) an analysis of the exposed population and evacuation, and (3) an estimate of the mortality amongst the exposed population. By analysing empirical information from historical floods, new mortality functions have been developed. These relate the mortality amongst the exposed population to the flood characteristics. Comparison of the outcomes of the proposed method with information from historical flood events shows that it gives an accurate approximation of the number of observed fatalities during these events. The method is applied to assess the consequences for a largescale flooding of the area of South Holland, in the Netherlands. It is estimated that the analysed coastal flood scenario can lead to approximately 3,200 fatalities in this area.

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“…Although it is perhaps natural to think of location-specific capital being primarily a feature of the original area of residence, once evacuees are established in a new place, capital can build up and this can inhibit return. Rofi et al 2006, in research conducted with 388 Indonesian households displaced by the December 2004 tsunami, find that less than 6 months after the disaster there is a significantly lower intention to return for those living in organized camps for evacuees.…”

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“…The principal motivation for this is as follows: while there is a relatively large literature on intentions to return after a natural disaster (e.g. Landry et al 2007, Elliott and Pais 2006, Fussell et al 2010, and Spencer and Urquhart 2016 for hurricanes and floods, Rofi et al 2006, for tsunamior Yang 2008 for earthquakes), the research literature on return after industrial accidents is sparse (Chernobyl Forum 2006;Soffer et al 2008). Yet a clear understanding of the factors that affect resettlement is important for the purposes of policy towards decontamination and rehabilitation (Strand et al 1989;Munro 2013), not least because prolonged evacuation after a nuclear disaster has been linked to the social ills of stress, mental illness and unemployment (Lehmann and Wadsworth 2011;Stephan 2005).…”

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Going Back: Radiation and Intentions to Return amongst Households Evacuated after the Great Tohoku Earthquake

Munro

Managi

2017

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Based on a survey conducted with evacuees from the Fukushima radiation-affected region of Japan we examine intentions to return, eventually to the family homes. Many respondents do not intend to return, particularly those from tsunami-affected towns, but higher income households and those who evacuated to the same town are more likely to go back. Intentions are only weakly responsive to changes in ambient radiation levels and families with children are particularly unwilling to return to radiation affected areas, suggesting that the ongoing policy of active decontamination may have only a limited impact on eventual resettlement.

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Tsunami mortality and displacement in Aceh province, Indonesia

Cited by 99 publications

References 3 publications

Approaches for tsunami risk assessment and application to the city of Cádiz, Spain

Approaches for tsunami risk assessment and application to the city of Cádiz, Spain

Methods for the estimation of loss of life due to floods: a literature review and a proposal for a new method

Going Back: Radiation and Intentions to Return amongst Households Evacuated after the Great Tohoku Earthquake

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