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Building disaster-resilient communities and economies [PDF]
, 2014 Executive summary The need for building resilience Natural hazards have the potential to devastate communities and economies around the world. Natural hazards are inevitable, but not natural disasters.
United Nations Environment Programme
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Xenes for Sustainable Energy: A Roadmap From First‐Principles Design to Practical Deployment
Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Emerging 2D Xenes are advancing from theoretical predictions toward practical energy‐storage and conversion technologies through the integration of first‐principles modelling, experimental synthesis, electrochemical validation, and AI‐assisted materials design, enabling accelerated discovery of high‐performance and sustainable electrochemical systems ...
Onur Karaman, Ceren Karaman
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, 2013 Disasters, both natural and man-made, have been occurring with increasing frequency and effect in recent decades in many countries around the world. Such threats have been shown to result in a loss of life, property and income and all of which have an ...
Khaili, K. +2 more
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Challenges in Creating a Disaster Resilient Built Environment
, 2014 With the increase in occurrences of high impact disasters, the concept of risk reduction and resilience is widely recognised. Recent disasters have highlighted the exposure of urban cities to natural disasters and emphasised the need of making cities ...
Chamindi Malalgoda +5 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Hierarchical multi‐material TPMS lattices are engineered as flexible tactile sensors by combining soft and stiff elastomeric layers with a conformal conductive coating. The bilayer architecture delivers sensitivity at low pressures while maintaining a broad detectable range under large loads, enabling reliable pressure and vibration monitoring for ...
Reza Noroozi +3 more
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Economy and economics of disasters as a theoretical basis of economic security [PDF]
Košická bezpečnostná revue, 2020 Economy and economics are an indispensable basis for economic security. Ensuring an adequate level of economic growth is a basic prerequisite for the functioning and development of society.
Jaroslav SLEPECKÝ, Martin MAŠĽAN
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Metallic microparticles dispersed in liquid metal interconnects mitigate electromigration‐induced failure by reconfiguring internal current density distributions. These fillers facilitate the growth of a robust, protective gallium oxide shell at elevated temperatures, shifting the failure threshold toward a thermal limit.
Ethan J. Krings +6 more
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Climate change and disaster impact reduction
, 2008 Based on papers presented at the 'UK - South Asia Young Scientists and Practitioners Seminar on Climate Change and Disaster Impact Reduction' held at Kathmandu, Nepal on 5-6 June ...
Aryal, Komal, Gadema, Zaina
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Consuming post-disaster destinations: The case of Sichuan, China [PDF]
, 2014 Addressing the call for a better understanding of tourist behavior in relation to post-disaster destinations, this study explores the motivations and intentions of potential domestic tourists (from non-hit areas) to visit Sichuan, China in the aftermath ...
Eichhorn, V. +14 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This article highlights the development of robust and high‐performance flexible and stretchable biosensors that maintain long‐term functionality and optimal electrical conductivity under mechanical deformation, utilizing sustainable and cost‐effective manufacturing principles.
Mousa H. Aldosari, Ahyeon Koh
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