What factors are responsible for the Beijing storm?

Yan-Fang Sang (), Zhonggen Wang () and Changming Liu

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2013, vol. 65, issue 3, 2399-2400

Abstract: The Beijing storm of 21 July attracted public and social attention widely. Recently, some scientists expressed their opinion that urbanization has exacerbated the storm. However, our analysis suggests that while urbanization might have played some role, it is mainly the topographic effect that made the storm intense. Our conclusion is that the Beijing storm of 21 July is generated due to natural climatic factors in a changing climate system. Moreover, we think that the factor that contributes to the tremendous flooding disaster of 21 July is the low standards for mountain torrents control for medium and small rivers in the affected region. Therefore, the mountain torrents disasters control and medium and small rivers harnessing should be the foremost task in China’s water conservancy construction in the future, and effective adaptation strategies should also be developed and implemented to cope with the climate change impacts. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

Keywords: Beijing storm; Urbanization; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0426-8

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