Hydrologic Vulnerability and Preventing Domino Effect Consequences

摘要

Hydrologic conditions and dependency of a community to theexisting state of hydrologic settings create a network of vulnerabilitieswith multidimensional consequences. Hydrologic vulnerability isdefned by the geographic conditions which also link a series ofphysical, social, and economic conditions as well as the engineeringinfrastructure. Te major disasters in the recent history providedremarkable examples where hydrologic vulnerability of communitieshave been tested through the consequences observed in physical,social, economic and engineering infrastructure networks. Just in thelast three years the World has witnessed the oil spill in the Gulf ofMexico in 2010, earthquake in Haiti in 2010, earthquake and tsunamio? the Pacifc coast of Tōhoku in Japan in 2011, ?oods in Tailand in2011, ?oods and mudslides in Rio de Janeiro in 2011, Costa Concordiacruise ship accident near Italy in 2012, hurricane Sandy in USA in2012, Haian typhoon in Philippines in 2013, ?oods in Chandrapurdistrict in Maharashtra of India in 2013, and ?oods in the eastern andsoutheastern provinces of Afghanistan in 2013. Tese disasters have notonly showed the hydrologic vulnerability of the communities but alsohave produced long lasting impacts form a multitude of perspectives.