Open AccessAtmospheric natural disasters in Serbia: Management experience and economic effects
Author(s) -
Jugoslav Nikolić,
Djordje Nikolić,
Miroljub Mitic
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
zbornik radova/zbornik radova - geografski institut "jovan cvijić"
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.16
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1821-2808
pISSN - 0350-7599
DOI - 10.2298/ijgi1303239n
Subject(s) - natural disaster , scope (computer science) , natural (archaeology) , action (physics) , environmental planning , environmental resource management , natural hazard , emergency management , geography , risk analysis (engineering) , business , environmental science , computer science , meteorology , economic growth , economics , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , programming language
Natural disasters occur as a result of an action of natural forces and represent limitations in spatial planning and efficient spatial development, with different consequences in terms of scope on humans, living things and tangible property. Consequences can be ecological, economic, in terms of health, demographic, social, psychological, etc. Weather modification management involves policies, methods, techniques and technologies that affect atmospheric features in order to make atmospheric water useful for humans, while eliminating its negative effects. Highly significant risk of natural disasters in Serbia is related to hailstorm disasters and droughts as atmospheric elementary disasters. The goal of this paper is to present certain methodologies and experience in Serbia in the weather modification management, mainly in the hailstorm processes. This paper provides analysis and critical review of the methodology of an action, with the analysis of the economic benefits. Cost-benefit analysis of a hail suppression project in Serbia was performed. The results point to the economic justification of some aspects of artificial influence on weather disasters