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Flood fatalities in Africa: From diagnosis to mitigation

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Flood fatalities in Africa: From diagnosis to mitigation (EN)
Brandimarte, L (EN)
Lins, H (EN)
Di Baldassarre, G (EN)
Blschl, G (EN)
Montanari, A (EN)
Koutsoyiannis, D (EN)
journalArticle (EN)
2014-03-01T01:33:29Z
2010 (EN)
Flood-related fatalities in Africa, as well as associated economic losses, have increased dramatically over the past half-century. There is a growing global concern about the need to identify the causes for such increased flood damages. To this end, we analyze a large, consistent and reliable data-set of floods in Africa. Identification of causes is not easy given the diverse economic settings, demographic distribution and hydro-climatic conditions of the African continent. On the other hand, many African river basins have a relatively low level of human disturbance and, therefore, provide a unique opportunity to analyze climatic effects on floods. We find that intensive and unplanned human settlements in flood-prone areas appears to be playing a major role in increasing flood risk. Timely and economically sustainable actions, such as the discouragement of human settlements in flood-prone areas and the introduction of early warning systems are, therefore, urgently needed. Citation: Di Baldassarre, G., A. Montanari, H. Lins, D. Koutsoyiannis, L. Brandimarte, and G. Bloschl (2010), Flood fatalities in Africa: From diagnosis to mitigation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L22402, doi: 10.1029/2010GL045467. (EN)
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary (EN)
Climatic effects (EN)
disturbance (EN)
risk assessment (EN)
Human settlements (EN)
Climatic conditions (EN)
Flood Risk (EN)
Early Warning System (EN)
Climatic Condition (EN)
human activity (EN)
Flood damage (EN)
nature-society relations (EN)
human settlement (EN)
Economic loss (EN)
demography (EN)
River Basin (EN)
Flood risks (EN)
early warning system (EN)
Demographic distributions (EN)
Economic Loss (EN)
flood damage (EN)
Human disturbances (EN)
Economic setting (EN)
economic impact (EN)
Africa (EN)
river basin (EN)
Low level (EN)
River basins (EN)
sustainability (EN)
Data sets (EN)
mortality (EN)
Human Disturbance (EN)
Human Settlement (EN)
flood control (EN)
Geophysical Research Letters (EN)
English
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION (EN)
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