Assessment and Prediction of Typhoon-Related Direct Economic Loss in Fujian Province Based on LightGBM
Typhoons are among the most destructive natural disasters affecting China's coastal regions, often resulting in substantial economic loss and casualties. The annual average Direct Economic Loss (DEL) caused by typhoon disasters in China exceeds 60 billion yuan, accounting for 10%-30% of the DEL...
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| description | Typhoons are among the most destructive natural disasters affecting China's coastal regions, often resulting in substantial economic loss and casualties. The annual average Direct Economic Loss (DEL) caused by typhoon disasters in China exceeds 60 billion yuan, accounting for 10%-30% of the DEL caused by all disasters each year. Consequently, the accurate assessment and prediction of typhoon-induced DEL are essential for improving disaster mitigation strategies and optimizing resource allocation. Rapid development of artificial intelligence and the growth of multi-source spatiotemporal big data have introduced data-driven methods for assessing disaster losses. These methods have the advantage of using large samples to improve adaptability and consider more risk factors. In this study, DELs of 30 typhoon events in Fujian Province at the county level and a total of 911 samples were collected from 2009 to 2021 to establish an assessment model. Owing to the large range of the DEL in different districts and counties during the same typhoon, the logarithm of the DEL was used as the model output. This study included three steps for constructing the model. First, 24 influencing factors of typhoons, including disaster-inducing factors, disaster-forming environmental factors, and disaster-bearing body exposure factors, were calculated using the Pearson correlation coefficient and variance inflation coefficient to analyze the multicollinearity effect, and 20 key factors were selected to assess the DEL. Second, a LightGBM-based model is developed using the selected indicator factors as model inputs. Of the 911 samples, 734 were used to train the model, and 177 were used for validation. Finally, Super Typhoon Meranti was used as a case study to evaluate the applicability of the model in the dynamic DEL assessment of a typhoon. This study evaluated predictive performance of the model using five indicators: the Pearson correlation coefficient (R), coefficient of determination (R2), mean squared error, mean absolute error, and median absolute error. The importance of LightGBM factors shows that the maximum daily wind speed, river network density, maximum daily precipitation, cumulative precipitation, and GDP per unit area are the primary determinants of typhoon-induced economic losses in Fujian Province. In the training set, R between the predicted results of the model and the actual loss was 0.836, and R2 was 0.66, indicating good fitting ability. In real-world applications, the proposed model effectively captured the spatial distribution of losses from Typhoon Meranti, demonstrating its potential for disaster loss prediction. This study provides valuable insights into typhoon risk assessment and emergency management in Fujian Province and other coastal areas. We sorted the relevant research literature and found that economic loss assessment is more difficult than population, housing, and other loss assessments because economic loss is a comprehensive statistical indicator in China. Therefore, we drew on the method of processing DEL as logarithms from the literature. By comparing with other studies, the results of this study can improve model performance in terms of data quality inspection and sample size. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-21a62840ac2c4c818b8aa793cf98e7ec2025-08-20T01:51:41ZzhoEditorial Committee of Tropical GeographyRedai dili1001-52212025-04-0145464865910.13284/j.cnki.rddl.202500801001-5221(2025)04-0648-12Assessment and Prediction of Typhoon-Related Direct Economic Loss in Fujian Province Based on LightGBMZhang Zhixia0Yang Jian1Chen Sixiao2Lin Sen3School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430078, ChinaSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, ChinaNational Disaster Reduction Center of the Emergency Management Department, Beijing 100124, ChinaTyphoons are among the most destructive natural disasters affecting China's coastal regions, often resulting in substantial economic loss and casualties. The annual average Direct Economic Loss (DEL) caused by typhoon disasters in China exceeds 60 billion yuan, accounting for 10%-30% of the DEL caused by all disasters each year. Consequently, the accurate assessment and prediction of typhoon-induced DEL are essential for improving disaster mitigation strategies and optimizing resource allocation. Rapid development of artificial intelligence and the growth of multi-source spatiotemporal big data have introduced data-driven methods for assessing disaster losses. These methods have the advantage of using large samples to improve adaptability and consider more risk factors. In this study, DELs of 30 typhoon events in Fujian Province at the county level and a total of 911 samples were collected from 2009 to 2021 to establish an assessment model. Owing to the large range of the DEL in different districts and counties during the same typhoon, the logarithm of the DEL was used as the model output. This study included three steps for constructing the model. First, 24 influencing factors of typhoons, including disaster-inducing factors, disaster-forming environmental factors, and disaster-bearing body exposure factors, were calculated using the Pearson correlation coefficient and variance inflation coefficient to analyze the multicollinearity effect, and 20 key factors were selected to assess the DEL. Second, a LightGBM-based model is developed using the selected indicator factors as model inputs. Of the 911 samples, 734 were used to train the model, and 177 were used for validation. Finally, Super Typhoon Meranti was used as a case study to evaluate the applicability of the model in the dynamic DEL assessment of a typhoon. This study evaluated predictive performance of the model using five indicators: the Pearson correlation coefficient (R), coefficient of determination (R2), mean squared error, mean absolute error, and median absolute error. The importance of LightGBM factors shows that the maximum daily wind speed, river network density, maximum daily precipitation, cumulative precipitation, and GDP per unit area are the primary determinants of typhoon-induced economic losses in Fujian Province. In the training set, R between the predicted results of the model and the actual loss was 0.836, and R2 was 0.66, indicating good fitting ability. In real-world applications, the proposed model effectively captured the spatial distribution of losses from Typhoon Meranti, demonstrating its potential for disaster loss prediction. This study provides valuable insights into typhoon risk assessment and emergency management in Fujian Province and other coastal areas. We sorted the relevant research literature and found that economic loss assessment is more difficult than population, housing, and other loss assessments because economic loss is a comprehensive statistical indicator in China. Therefore, we drew on the method of processing DEL as logarithms from the literature. By comparing with other studies, the results of this study can improve model performance in terms of data quality inspection and sample size.https://www.rddl.com.cn/CN/10.13284/j.cnki.rddl.20250080typhoon disasterdirect economic lossesmachine learningrisk predictionlightgbmfujian provincechina |
| spellingShingle | Zhang Zhixia Yang Jian Chen Sixiao Lin Sen Assessment and Prediction of Typhoon-Related Direct Economic Loss in Fujian Province Based on LightGBM Redai dili typhoon disaster direct economic losses machine learning risk prediction lightgbm fujian province china |
| title | Assessment and Prediction of Typhoon-Related Direct Economic Loss in Fujian Province Based on LightGBM |
| title_full | Assessment and Prediction of Typhoon-Related Direct Economic Loss in Fujian Province Based on LightGBM |
| title_fullStr | Assessment and Prediction of Typhoon-Related Direct Economic Loss in Fujian Province Based on LightGBM |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment and Prediction of Typhoon-Related Direct Economic Loss in Fujian Province Based on LightGBM |
| title_short | Assessment and Prediction of Typhoon-Related Direct Economic Loss in Fujian Province Based on LightGBM |
| title_sort | assessment and prediction of typhoon related direct economic loss in fujian province based on lightgbm |
| topic | typhoon disaster direct economic losses machine learning risk prediction lightgbm fujian province china |
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