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- Title
DISCUSSION: "An Empirical Model of Fatalities and Injuries Due to Floods in Japan" by Guofang Zhai, Teruki Fukuzono, and Saburo Ikeda.
- Authors
Assaf, Hamed
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study that presents a summary of the main statistical characteristics of fatalities and casualties due to floods in Japan since 1947. In this paper, the authors propose empirical formulas for predicting the number of flood affected residential buildings and whether the event is a flash flood or rainy season one. However, the proposed fatality functions are not useful in predicting flood-induced fatalities and injuries as the study suggests. Furthermore, the formulas are based on regression models with low correlation factors, especially for the most recent records from 1980-2001.
- Subjects
JAPAN; FLOOD damage; NATURAL disasters; EFFECT of natural disasters on buildings; REGRESSION analysis; EMERGENCY management; DISASTER relief; FLOOD control; STORM surges
- Publication
Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2007, Vol 43, Issue 5, p1344
- ISSN
1093-474X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00109.x