A Situation-Based Analysis of Flash Flood Fatalities in the United States
A Situation-Based Analysis of Flash Flood Fatalities in the United States
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基于情境的美国山洪死亡人数分析
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2017
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J. Gourley
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G. Terti;I. Ruin;S. Anquetin;J. Gourley
本文调查了1996年至2014年美国各地记录的1，075起山洪灾害死亡事件的情况。这项研究提供了深入了解的情况下，死亡事件所确定的受害者的个人资料和活动和时空背景的洪水。个人死亡情况的重新分类（即，位置和/或活动）来统计地探索山洪事件的时间、持续时间和位置以及受害者的年龄和性别。与其他研究一致，超过60%的报告死亡与车辆有关，主要涉及男性。地理空间分析表明，这些在南部各州最常见。此外，21%的死亡发生在户外，通常是在溪流附近的社区，受害者表现出高风险行为，例如清理排水沟，甚至在洪水中玩耍。人类的脆弱性在亚日常的基础上动态变化，并且...
AbstractThis paper investigates the circumstances of 1,075 fatalities from flash flooding recorded from 1996 to 2014 across the United States. This study provides insights into the situations of the fatality events as determined by the victims’ profile and activity and the spatiotemporal context of the flooding. A reclassification of the individual fatality circumstance (i.e., location and/or activity) is performed to explore statistically the timing, the duration, and location of the flash flood event and the age and gender of the victims. In agreement with other studies, more than 60% of the reported fatalities were related to vehicles involving mainly males. A geospatial analysis indicated these were most common in southern states. Further, 21% of fatalities occurred outdoors, typically in neighborhoods near streams, where the victims were exhibiting high-risk-taking behavior, such as cleaning out drains and even playing in the floodwaters. Human vulnerability varies dynamically on a subdaily basis and...