Climate-related disasters in China

This research paper uses China as a case study to examine how economic development influences vulnerability to climate-related disasters, finding that while economic growth reduces human fatalities, it is associated with an increase in direct economic losses.

• Since 1949, economic development in China has been correlated with a significant decrease in human fatalities resulting from climate-related disasters, but it has been linked to an increase in direct economic losses (DELs).
• Between 1978–2015 for mortality and 1990–2015 for direct economic losses, vulnerability—measured as a share of total population and gross domestic product—has declined significantly across all economic regions in China, with temporal vulnerability changes converging despite differences between the West, Central, and East regions.
• The study indicates that human and economic vulnerability to climate-related disasters decreases as per-capita income increases, suggesting that economic development has nuanced effects on overall vulnerability.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2018). Climate-related disasters in China. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-related-disasters-china/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Climate-related disasters in China. 2018. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-related-disasters-china/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2018climaterelated, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Climate-related disasters in China}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-related-disasters-china/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }