Heat wave fatalities over India: 1978-2014

被引:7
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作者
Malik, Preeti [1 ]
Bhardwaj, Pankaj [1 ,2 ]
Singh, Omvir [1 ]
机构
[1] Kurukshetra Univ, Dept Geog, Kurukshetra 136119, Haryana, India
[2] Govt Coll, Dept Geog, Bahu 124142, India
来源
CURRENT SCIENCE | 2021年 / 120卷 / 10期
关键词
Disaster management; extreme temperature; fatalities; gender differences; heat wave; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; EVENTS; TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; CASUALTIES;
D O I
10.18520/cs/v120/i10/1593-1599
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The present paper is an attempt to study the heat waves associated fatalities over space and time in India. For this, 'Disastrous Weather Events' reports statistics have been used for the period 1978-2014. The analysis has shown that a total of 660 heat wave events have caused 12,273 fatalities (about 332 fatalities every year). Only five states namely, Andhra Pradesh (42%), Rajasthan (17%), Odisha (10%), Uttar Pradesh (7%) and Bihar (7%) have accounted more than 80% of the heat wave fatalities, although nine states namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, Mizoram, Uttarakhand and Goa have never reported heat wave events and fatalities during 1978-2014. Interestingly, each event has resulted about 104 fatalities in Andhra Pradesh state. Further, fatality and density rates have been witnessed to the tune of 0.35 and 3.81 respectively. Temporally, heat wave events have displayed large differences with a significant increasing trend (P < 0.01), whereas no trend could be noticed in fatalities. Majority of events have been witnessed in May and June months. It has been observed that men have been more harshly affected compared to women and children. Finally, it is believed that this study may provide new insight towards making better disaster management guidelines for minimizing the shocks of harsh temperature.
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页码:1593 / 1599
页数:7
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