Analysis of Types and Effects of Extensive Disaster — a Case of Tamil Nadu, India

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10.2991/rac-18.2018.48How to use a DOI?

Keywords

extensive disaster risk, Tamil Nadu, disaster impact

Abstract

Intensive disaster risk and extensive disaster risk are the two main contemporary trends and patterns of global disaster risk. The former has become the focus of long-term international and academic attention due to its high lethality and destructiveness. The latter shows a local frequency and cumulative effects, gradually attracted the attention of scholars in recent years. For vulnerable groups or areas, extensive disasters are often the main cause of casualties, asset damage and economic loss, and also the culprit of livelihoods, welfare and development. Taking Tamil Nadu in India as an example, this paper analyzes the main types and direct effects of the extensive disasters in this area, and provides a reference for risk assessment of extensive disaster.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yaolong Liu
AU  - Ye Xue
AU  - Huaming Zhang
PY  - 2018/10
DA  - 2018/10
TI  - Analysis of Types and Effects of Extensive Disaster — a Case of Tamil Nadu, India
BT  - Proceedings of the 8th Annual Meeting of Risk Analysis Council of China Association for Disaster Prevention (RAC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 307
EP  - 312
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/rac-18.2018.48
DO  - 10.2991/rac-18.2018.48
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