Flood fatalities in Africa: From diagnosis to mitigation

Di Baldassarre, G; Montanari, A; Lins, H; Koutsoyiannis, D; Brandimarte, L; Blschl, G

dc.contributor.author	Di Baldassarre, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Montanari, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Lins, H	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsoyiannis, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Brandimarte, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Blschl, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:33:29Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:33:29Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	0094-8276	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20450
dc.subject	Climatic Condition	en
dc.subject	Early Warning System	en
dc.subject	Economic Loss	en
dc.subject	Flood Risk	en
dc.subject	Human Disturbance	en
dc.subject	Human Settlement	en
dc.subject	River Basin	en
dc.subject.classification	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary	en
dc.subject.other	Climatic conditions	en
dc.subject.other	Climatic effects	en
dc.subject.other	Data sets	en
dc.subject.other	Demographic distributions	en
dc.subject.other	Early Warning System	en
dc.subject.other	Economic loss	en
dc.subject.other	Economic setting	en
dc.subject.other	Flood risks	en
dc.subject.other	Human disturbances	en
dc.subject.other	Human settlements	en
dc.subject.other	Low level	en
dc.subject.other	River basins	en
dc.subject.other	Flood damage	en
dc.subject.other	demography	en
dc.subject.other	disturbance	en
dc.subject.other	early warning system	en
dc.subject.other	economic impact	en
dc.subject.other	flood control	en
dc.subject.other	flood damage	en
dc.subject.other	human activity	en
dc.subject.other	human settlement	en
dc.subject.other	mortality	en
dc.subject.other	nature-society relations	en
dc.subject.other	risk assessment	en
dc.subject.other	river basin	en
dc.subject.other	sustainability	en
dc.subject.other	Africa	en
dc.title	Flood fatalities in Africa: From diagnosis to mitigation	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1029/2010GL045467	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045467	en
heal.identifier.secondary	L22402	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	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
heal.publisher	AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION	en
heal.journalName	Geophysical Research Letters	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1029/2010GL045467	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000284479300008	en
dc.identifier.volume	37	en
dc.identifier.issue	22	en