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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Fami Lu, Muhammad Tayyab Sohail
Summary: This study examines the effects of natural capital and natural disasters on the health and wellbeing of the Chinese population. The analysis of various data sources reveals that natural capital has a positive and significant long-term effect on happiness, health, and human wellbeing. Conversely, natural disasters significantly reduce happiness and human wellbeing in the long run. The study provides important policy implications based on these findings.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Economics
Zhichao Yin, Rui Wang, Xi Wu
Summary: Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, this paper examines the impact of financial inclusion on energy poverty in China. The findings provide substantial evidence that financial inclusion plays a significant role in reducing energy poverty, including during natural disasters. The results are further supported by robustness checks and additional strategies to address bias. The study also explores heterogeneous effects and underlying mechanisms.
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Environmental Sciences
Jian Sun, Zijun Xiao, Binliang Lin, Bing Yuan, Xiaofeng Zhang
Summary: This study investigates the water age and residence time in the Yangtze River from upstream to downstream of the Three Gorges Dam, revealing that the presence of the dam significantly increases water age. Downstream of the dam, the longitudinal aging rate of water becomes discordant in an annual cycle, and the replenished discharge in dry season accelerates water transport.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Yuna Shi, Jinxi Song, Junlong Zhang, Peng Huang, Haotian Sun, Qiong Wu, Lei Cheng, Jiaxiong Zhang, Lutong Xing, Shixuan Lyu, Yuyu Zhai
Summary: This study analyzed the responses of streamflow and baseflow in the Bahe River to climate change and human activities. The results showed a declining trend in hydrometeorological variables in the river basin. Precipitation had a stronger correlation with streamflow compared to baseflow. Human activities mainly affected upstream streamflow, while climate change had a greater impact on midstream baseflow. These findings contribute to our understanding of the response mechanisms of the hydrological cycle in a changing environment.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yufang Zhang, Xijia Ya, Rulin Wang, Yujia Zou, Xiaobin Dong
Summary: Drought and flood have significant impacts on human well-being in the Dadu River basin (DRB). The basin has experienced a transition from flood to drought and back to flood in the upper reaches, with more intense and periodic changes in the lower reaches. Overall, human well-being has gradually increased from 2000 to 2019 in the DRB. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) has negative effects on different capitals, with financial capital being the most affected. The counties in the basin can be divided into four groups based on their disaster risks and human well-being. Water conservancy facilities, agricultural and meteorological financial inputs, and education level have positive impacts on human well-being, but their effects vary among different groups.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaoxia Bai, Qiang He, Hong Li, Qiang Xu, Cheng Cheng
Summary: The study investigates the spatial heterogeneity of CO2 and CH4 and evaluates the transport mechanisms of these gases in the water column of the tributaries of the Three Gorges Reservoir. The results show that CO2 and CH4 concentrations are lower downstream during the impoundment period, while upstream CO2 concentrations are lower during the drainage period. In addition, low CH4 concentrations are detected in both upstream and downstream during the drainage period, primarily due to aerobic oxidation processes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Geography, Physical
Can Ding, Dong Huang, Haibin Li, Xinchi Chen
Summary: Intensive human activity has significantly impacted the river morphology and hydrological characteristics of the Pearl River Delta, mainly through in-channel mining and dam construction. The hydrological adjustments, such as downstream riverbed incision and changes in flow diversion ratio, have been observed due to these interventions. The control measures for in-channel sand mining have led to changes in river adjustments, with decreased degradation and increased sediment deposition.
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Shaokang Yang, Ji Liu, Chenghao Wang, Te Zhang, Xiaohua Dong, Yanli Liu
Summary: This study investigated the impacts of climate change and human activities on vegetation growth in the Hanjiang River Basin and found that both climate change and human activities promoted vegetation growth, with different effects in different areas.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Qingjun Wu, Junfeng Zhu, Xiaodi Zhao
Summary: In this study, we analyzed the influence of social-economic factors on vegetation suitability by using 24 indicators and constructing three criterion layers. The results showed that the impact of human activity factors on vegetation suitability varies in different reaches of the Yellow River. We also found that the implementation of major ecological projects has played a positive role in improving vegetation suitability, and more targeted policies have more significant effects. In conclusion, overfrequent human activities can interfere with vegetation suitability, and suggestions on improving vegetation suitability were proposed at the end of the article.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xinli Liu, Sijia Li, Xian Xu, Jingshu Luo
Summary: This paper proposes an integrated natural disaster urban resilience evaluation framework for Chinese cities, validates the association between urban resilience index and natural disaster losses, and finds that Chinese cities have improved their resilience to natural hazards over the years.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wenman Liu, Elisabeth Gerber, Suhyun Jung, Arun Agrawal
Summary: Analysis of data from a two-wave survey of households in Nepal before and after the 2015 earthquakes shows that human capital has a greater impact on household income recovery than social capital, and the two are partially substitutable. The association of different capitals with economic recovery is nonlinear and heterogeneous across household education levels.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Yajie Chen, Kun Guo, Qiang Ji, Dayong Zhang
Summary: This paper examines how financial firms in China respond to natural disasters in the capital market. Using the event study approach, the study finds that financial firms exhibit varying responses depending on the type of natural disaster. These responses are also influenced by the type of financial firm. Security companies are more sensitive to all types of disasters and experience statistically significant negative abnormal returns. Banks only respond to earthquakes, while insurance companies generally have insignificant cumulative abnormal returns to all three types of natural disasters.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Qi Zhang, Chiyuan Miao, Xiaoying Guo, Jiaojiao Gou, Ting Su
Summary: Understanding the impact of human activities on drought propagation is crucial for developing mitigation strategies and predicting hydrological drought. This study examined the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought propagation in the Yellow River Basin and found that human activities have reduced hydrological drought events and shortened the propagation time.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Elisabeth L. Rosvold, Halvard Buhaug
Summary: This article introduces a new open source extension providing subnational, geocoded data on major disasters triggered by natural hazards. The Geocoded Disasters dataset facilitates rigorous empirical analyses of disaster determinants and impacts by connecting the EM-DAT database to other geographic data sources on the subnational level.
Article
Business, Finance
Zhongda He, Biao Guo, Yukun Shi, Yang Zhao
Summary: This study examines the relationship between natural disasters and firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance, using detailed data on natural disasters and a sample of Chinese listed firms. The findings suggest that severe natural disasters and the number of disaster categories are significantly associated with higher CSR activities in the affected area. State ownership, political connections, and institutional ownership are identified as the main driving forces behind increased CSR engagement in the disaster area.
PACIFIC-BASIN FINANCE JOURNAL
(2022)
