Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1063-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1063-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
Research article
 | 
10 May 2016
Research article |  | 10 May 2016

Statistical model for economic damage from pluvial floods in Japan using rainfall data and socioeconomic parameters

Rajan Bhattarai, Kei Yoshimura, Shinta Seto, Shinichiro Nakamura, and Taikan Oki

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The assessment of flood risk is important for policymakers to evaluate flood damage and for disaster preparation. Large population densities and high property concentration make cities more vulnerable to floods and have higher damage per year. In Japan, about one billion USD in damage occurs annually due to floods related to rainfall only. In this paper, we report a damage occurrence probability function and a damage cost function for pluvial flood damage to estimate annual flood damage.
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