Agrometeorological disaster risk management in China

Efficient management of risks due to meteorological disasters is very important in China because of their increasing occurrence and limited capability for prevention and preparedness in China. Losses due to meteorological and related disasters account for more than 70% of the natural disaster losses in China. Early warning and prediction of agrometeorological disasters includes improvements in statistical prediction models, predictions based on climate prediction and agrometeorological models, and early warning for agrometeorological disasters using GIS. Risk assessments of agrometeorological disasters are based on identification of risk and use of models to characterize disaster intensity, disaster loss and the capability to combat disasters. Several ways of popularizing the preventive measures of agrometeorological disasters were described with suitable examples.