![]() ![]() Takeaway for practice: We created a simple and cost-effective method of assessing initial damage to homes after a disaster and of measuring the extent of rebuilding. ![]() We conclude that our method improves on windshield surveys and other suggested methods of collecting damage and rebuilding data it can provide efficient assessments of damage and rebuilding in technological disasters. We compare our damage assessments to county property tax reappraisals after the disaster, finding that our approach is more accurate, generally identifying less damage and greater rebuilding than the county assumed. We test the utility of our approach in West (TX), the site of a catastrophic fertilizer facility explosion in 2013. We developed a scalable method in which we photograph and assess the extent of home damage and rebuilding by reorienting existing damage assessment methods to provide data that can be linked to GIS and other local data to meet planning needs. There is no accepted cost-effective and systematic method of providing those data. Planners, however, need appropriate and timely data on initial damage and rebuilding over time to apply for available funding, determine needs for temporary housing, address equity issues, develop appropriate policy interventions, track progress, and communicate transparently with all stakeholders. communities rarely plan for recovery after a disaster, but planners have the skills to help communities redevelop, particularly in rebuilding housing, a key to community recovery. Problem, research strategy, and findings: U.S. Another potential barrier for recovery is the plan of the city government to turn Greensburg into Green Town. But most of them maintain that rebuilding and reconstruction of Greensburg is progressing slowly, which may hurt its recovery. Analysis of the survey data reveals that overwhelming majority of the respondents expressed their satisfaction with the emergency responses. Given the extent of the tornado’s destruction of commercial and residential buildings in Greensburg, information on the prospect of rebuilding was also collected from victims and other relevant private and public agencies, and individuals. Specifically this paper examines the search and rescue operations, emergency supplies and medical care (including mental health counseling), debris removal, and the provision of temporary shelter for tornado victims. Utilizing data collected from in-person and telephone surveys of 63 Greensburg tornado survivors, this paper investigates the emergency responses undertaken in the aftermath of this extreme event. On May 4, 2007, a 1.5 mile wide Category F-5 tornado, with winds estimated at 205 miles per hour, destroyed 95% of the southwestern Kansas town of Greensburg. Several recommendations are offered to reduce future U.S. Finally, the lack of basements in residential and other structures most likely contributed greatly to the high death toll, although the degree remains uncertain. tornado event, calling into question how well such structures protect occupants. The results of this study further show that more people died in nonresidential buildings in Joplin than is usual in a U.S. The central zone (labeled as ‘‘catastrophic’’) had the most deaths, with the number decreasing systematically in both directions from the center of that zone. Tabular data collected primarily from secondary sources revealed the number of deaths and death rates differ significantly by zone of destruction. This study analyzed Joplin deaths by damage zone and place of death. ![]() The Joplin tornado death toll was also far higher than the average annual number of deaths caused by tornadoes in the United States between 20. The EF5 tornado was the deadliest single tornado to occur in the United States since modern record keeping began in 1950, surpassing the tornado of 8 June 1953, which claimed 116 lives in Flint, Michigan. On, a massive tornado tore through a densely populated section of Joplin, Missouri, killing 162 people. ![]()
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