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Synthetic modeling of water distribution systems for interdependent infrastructure systems resilience analysis with interdependencies via building-mediated clustering

Resilient Cities and Structures
Resilience studies for water distribution systems (WDS) coupled with other interdependent infrastructure systems attract increasing attention from stakeholders and researchers. However, most existing large-scale WDS models are single infrastructure-based
Yesen Yang, Edmond Y. Lo
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Designing Catastrophe Bonds to Securitize Systemic Risks in Agriculture: The Case of Georgia Cotton [PDF]

This article makes an initial attempt to design catastrophe (CAT) bond products for agriculture and examines the potential of these instruments as mechanisms for transferring agricultural risks from insurance companies to investors/speculators in the ...
Barnett, Barry J., Epperson, James E., Vedenov, Dmitry V.   +2 more
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Factors Influencing Wild Venison Consumption in Illinois

Animals
Venison serves as a sustainable alternative to conventional protein sources and is closely tied to wildlife conservation efforts. This study sought to identify key factors influencing wild game consumption.
Huicheng Chen, Xiaohan Zhang, Junjie Wan, Craig A. Miller   +3 more
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Securitizing peanut production risk with catastrophe (CAT) bonds [PDF]

A catastrophe (CAT) bond is designed for peanut production as a means of transferring natural disaster risks from insurance purveyors to the global capital market.
Epperson, James E.
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The Demand for Homeowners Insurance with Bundled Catastrophe Coverage [PDF]

This paper analyzes the demand for homeowners insurance in markets subject to catastrophe losses and where consumers have choices in configuring their coverage for catastrophe and non-catastrophe perils.
Martin F. Grace, Paul R. Kleindorfer, Robert W. Klein   +2 more
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Increasing countries' financial resilience through global catastrophe risk pooling. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2023
Ciullo A, Strobl E, Meiler S, Martius O, Bresch DN.   +4 more
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Rapid onset natural disasters : The role of financing in effective risk management [PDF]

The authors provide a conceptual framework for designing a comprehensive risk management strategy for rapid onset natural disasters at the country level, with a particular emphasis on the role of catastrophe loss funding.
Lester, Rodney, Gurenko, Eugene
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How does financial theory apply to catastrophe-linked derivatives? En empirical test of several princing models [PDF]

, 1999
The paper focuses on the PCS Catastrophe Insurance Option Contracts and empirically tests the degree of agreement between their real quotes and the standard fmancial theory.
Balbás, Alejandro, Longarela, Iñaki R., Lucia, Julio J.   +2 more
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Integrating LULC and ecosystem services into multi-scale ecological security assessment and management zoning in fragile mountainous regions

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Ecological security (ES) is a crucial indicator of regional ecosystem health and integrity, serving as a fundamental basis for formulating sustainable ecological management strategies, particularly in ecologically fragile regions.
Yizhen Wang, Siyuan Li, Shuyi Shi, Heng Yang, Shiliang Liu, Jun Tao   +5 more
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Catastrophe risk can accelerate unlikely evolutionary transitions. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2022
Snyder-Beattie AE, Bonsall MB.
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