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ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SERIES 12 Rapid Agricultural Disaster Assessment Routine (RADAR)Andrea Borgia Download full
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Part I
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Cover
Part II- 1136 Kb
Foreword
Part III- 302 Kb
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Contents
Acronyms
Part IV- 764 Kb
PART A
OBJECTIVES, CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS AND METHODS
1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1 Objectives2 - DISASTER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
1.2 Definitions
1.2.1 Event and disaster
1.2.2 Intensity of an event
1.2.3 Hazard
1.2.4 Vulnerability and risk
1.2.5 Errors
2.1 Empirical analysis and Model analysis
2.1.1 Empirical analysis
2.1.2 Model analysis
2.1.3 Conceptual model of impact assessment
2.2 Flowchart of the assessment routine
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3 - CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYSICAL EVENTS CAUSING AGRICULTURAL DISASTERS
3.1 Defining the event4. IMPACT ASSESSMENT PARAMETERS
3.2 Information database on disastrous events
3.3 Reference database of affected systems
3.4 Main event characteristics
3.4.1 Magnitude
3.4.2 From magnitude to intensity
3.4.3 Defining intensity scales
4.1 From event intensity to Percentage loss
4.2 Agricultural production system values
4.3 Overall damage caused by the disaster
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PART B
AN APPLICATION OF RADAR TO HURRICANE MITCH - HONDURAS, OCTOBER 1998
5 - INTRODUCTION
6 - THE EVENT, ENVIRONMENT, AND MILIEU
6.1 Definition of the physical event7 - CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EVENT
6.2 The region of impact
6.3 The area for impact assessment
6.4 Components of the milieu
6.4.1 Agro-ecological zones
6.4.2 Potential land use and farming systems
6.5 The parcels for impact assessment
6.6 The components of the milieu of each parcel
6.7 Conceptual model
7.1 Causes of damage
7.1.1 Wind, surge and spray
7.1.2 Rain, runoff and landslides
7.1.3 Flooding and sedimentation
7.2 Definition of a convenient scale of intensity
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8 - IMPACT EVALUATION AND CALCULATION
8.1 Calculation of the distribution of damage9 - CONCLUSIONS
8.2 Calculation of the value exposed
8.2.1 Yearly production and areas harvested
8.2.2 Crops
8.2.3 Forest
8.2.4 Pasture and livestock
8.2.5 Value density
8.3 Integration over parcel components and area
Part VIII- 280 Kb
APPENDIX 1: QUANTITATIVE DEFINITIONS
Part IX- 571 Kb
APPENDIX 2: FIGURES AND MAPS