Major natural disasters and their spatio-temporal variation in the history of China

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摘要 BasedonhistoricaldocumentsandrecordsthispaperanalyzesthecharacteristicsoffrequencyanddistributionofmajordisastersthattookplaceinthehistoryofChina.Thefindingsshowthatoccurrencesofdifferenttypesofdisastersvariedandspatialpatternatprovinciallevelaresignificantlydifferentaswell.Theresultsalsoindicatethatthereisastrongrelationshipbetweentypeofdisastersandspatialdistributionandthatthespatialpatternoflosseswasnotthesameasthatofthefrequency.Thereasonsare:(1)thehazard-formativeenvironmentswhich,toalargeextent,determinethespatialpatternofthedisastersaresignificantlydifferent;(2)thelossescausedbynaturaldisasterswerecloselyrelatedtotheconcentrationofeconomyandpopulation.Numberofdeathswasusuallylargeinareaswhereagriculture,cultureandbusinesswererelativelydeveloped.ThespatialpatternofdisasterlossesisanevitableresultofuneveneconomicdevelopmentinthehistoryofChina.
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出处 《地理学报:英文版》 2012年6期
出版日期 2012年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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