Trend Study on Economic Loss Induced by Typhoon Disaster in Chinas Southeast Coast

Autor: Li Ding Liu, Bei Lei Xu, Bai Feng Ji
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Applied Mechanics and Materials. :2353-2356
ISSN: 1662-7482
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.353-356.2353
Popis: Chinas southeast coast is one of the regions with most severely influenced by typhoons in the world, which suffers significant casualties and huge economic losses every year. In this paper, the trends of economic loss educed by typhoon disaster in coastal areas of southeastern china were studied using regression analysis methods. Firstly, the data sources were introduced and the typhoon landing areas are all over the east coast of China were analyzed.Then, development trends of the affected area , deaths, houses collapsed and the direct economic losses were studied in detail. The results indicate that the affected area and deaths induced by typhoon disaster fluctuate greatly and the number of deaths has been showing a declining trend. The linear regression, exponential regression and logistic regression analysis results all indicate that the number of houses collapsed due to Typhoon present a downward trend year by year while the direct economic losses induced by typhoon disaster present an upward trend year by year.
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