Deaths in Natural Hazards in the Solomon Islands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3150890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R J Blong, Russell Blong (0000-0002-9284-3747, Macquarie University), D A Radford (Macquarie University) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00483.x |
| PMID | 20958753 |
| OpenAlex | W2030572340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
Archival and library search techniques have been used to establish extensive databases on deaths and damage resulting from natural hazards in the Solomon Islands. Although the records of fatalities are certainly incomplete, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones, landslides, tsunami and earthquakes appear to have been the most important. Only 22 per cent of the recorded deaths have resulted from meteorological hazards but a single event could change this proportion significantly. Five events in the fatality database account for 88 per cent of the recorded deaths. Future death tolls are also likely to be dominated by a small number of events. While the expected number of deaths in a given period is dependent upon the length of record considered, it is clear that a disaster which kills one hundred or more people in the Solomons can be expected more frequently than once in a hundred years
Case fatality rate · Environmental health · Geography · Injury prevention · Landslide · Medical emergency · Meteorology · Natural disaster · Natural hazard · Poison control · Population · Seismology · Tropical cyclone · Volcano · Climate variability and models · Demography · Disaster Management and Resilience · Medicine · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research · Geology
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2017 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |