THE TYPHOON DISASTERS AND RELATED EFFECTS IN CHINA

查看全文 作　　者：Liang Biqi;Wen Zhiqing;Liang Jingqing (Department of Atmospheric Science, Zhongshan University, Guanghou 510275People’s Republic of China) 出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》索引1996年第6卷第1期,共11页 摘　　要：China is one of the countries which were affected very seriously by tropical cyclones. In this paper, the active features of tropical cyclones which affected and landfell over China, the distinguishing characteristics of typhoon disasters and related formation laws have been studied, and the impact of trphoon disasters on China’s socio-economic development have been discussed. The study reveals that typhoon disasters which affected China are characterized by high freqency in occurrence, violent in sudden occurrence, remarkable effects in China,widescope in impact and severe intensities in disasters, and this type of disaster was caused by huge gales, rainstorms, storm surges and reatal chain-disasters.Typhoon disasters have not only caused great casualties but also exerted severe effects on every economic departments in China. There is an annual increasing tendency in direct economic loss caused by taphoon disasters and since 1990, the annual average economic loss has totalled up to over lo billion RMB yuan. 关 键 词：TROPICAL STORM DISASTER ASSESSMENT SECONDARY DISASTER China