DAMAGE AND LANDSCAPE EFFECTS OF MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS
Abstract
The paper deals with socio-economic effects of natural disasters worldwide between 1995 and 2011. Based on the analysis of major natural disasters, the causes of the growing damage caused by natural disasters are examined for the period considered. In addition, the reasons for a typical global distribution of natural disasters are analysed and the consequent damage is compared to the development level of countries and their gross domestic product (GDP). Damage caused by large-scale natural disasters may excess several annual GDPs in small under-developed countries, while their impact on the economy of developed countries is less noticeable as it usually reaches few per cent of the annual GDP. The last part of the article provides an overview of landscape effects of major natural disasters in the year 2011 by the number of victims and damage caused, based on publicly available satellite imagery.
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