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DOI	10.1007/s11069-021-04692-y
	Assessing the real costs of natural hazard-induced disasters: A case study from Australia’s Northern Territory
	Sangha K.K.; Russell-Smith J.; Edwards A.C.; Surjan A.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0921030X
起始页码	479
结束页码	498
卷号	108 期号:1
英文摘要	Natural Hazard-induced Disasters (NHD) cause a wide range of losses to built and natural environments, the latter often beyond standard measures. Precise accounting and characterisation of the losses can assist in developing effective management policies that help to build resilient communities. This study applies trans-disciplinary approaches to assess total, monetary and non-monetary, NHD-related losses, estimated at AUD 156 million per year (2010–2019 average), for Australia’s Northern Territory where bushfires, cyclones, storms and floods are destructive and frequent events. Non-monetary losses, often overlooked or omitted, were estimated at AUD103 million per year, accounting for two-thirds of total disaster-related losses. Marketable losses, estimated at AUD 53 million per year, were inferred, using standard and non-standard datasets, from the Australian Government’s Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements, insurance costs (Insurance Council of Australia database), and other relevant sources. Non-monetary losses were accounted for by the loss of ecosystem services from natural systems caused by cyclones and bushfires only, applying ecological economics approaches, but without considering long-term losses over the duration of recovery. This study informs disaster management policies to invest in collective emergency and environmental management planning for reducing NHD risk and building resilience of local communities to manage and prepare for rapidly changing climates. Such an accounting approach is essential in contexts where NHDs disproportionately affect the lives and well-being of disadvantaged remote communities. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
关键词	Bushfires Cost of natural disasters Cyclones Floods Loss from natural disasters Natural hazard-induced disasters
语种	英语
来源期刊	Natural Hazards
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/206542
作者单位	Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; Bushfires and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sangha K.K.,Russell-Smith J.,Edwards A.C.,等. Assessing the real costs of natural hazard-induced disasters: A case study from Australia’s Northern Territory[J],2021,108(1).
APA	Sangha K.K.,Russell-Smith J.,Edwards A.C.,&Surjan A..(2021).Assessing the real costs of natural hazard-induced disasters: A case study from Australia’s Northern Territory.Natural Hazards,108(1).
MLA	Sangha K.K.,et al."Assessing the real costs of natural hazard-induced disasters: A case study from Australia’s Northern Territory".Natural Hazards 108.1(2021).