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A STUDY OF CO-PLANING TECHNOLOGY OF SPACEBORNE, AIRBORNE AND GROUND REMOTE SENSING DETECTING RESOURCE, DRIVEN BY DISASTER EMERGENCY TASK [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018
Facing the monitoring needs of emergency responses to major disasters, combining the disaster information acquired at the first time after the disaster and the dynamic simulation result of the disaster chain evolution process, the overall plan for ...
F. Yu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Pre-disaster Planning of Bengawan Solo River Flood Bojonegoro Regency Year 2014

open access: yesJurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2017
Early year of 2014 flood was ranked first in the natural disasters with 69 incidences. Bengawan Solo floods is an annual natural disastersin Bojonegoro.
Enov Sayu Mimanggar Mirahesti
doaj   +1 more source

Planning UAV Activities for Efficient User Coverage in Disaster Areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Climate changes brought about by global warming as well as man-made environmental changes are often the cause of sever natural disasters. ICT, which is itself responsible for global warming due to its high carbon footprint, can play a role in alleviating
Casetti, Claudio   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Multiservice UAVs for Emergency Tasks in Post-disaster Scenarios [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
UAVs are increasingly being employed to carry out surveillance, parcel delivery, communication-support and other specific tasks. Their equipment and mission plan are carefully selected to minimize the carried load an overall resource consumption ...
Bianco, Andrea   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Sustainability and Disaster Planning: What Are the Connections?

open access: yesRural sociologist, 2019
In this paper, we examine the connections between resiliency and sustainability by asking: can disaster planning lead to more sustainability actions? In a survey we conducted of 1,899 cities, towns, and counties across the United States in 2015, we found
G. Homsy, Lu Liao, M. Warner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Short-Term Solutions to a Long-Term Challenge: Rethinking Disaster Recovery Planning to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Inequities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
In the immediate aftermath of disaster, governments usually act quickly to reduce risk and to recover their communities’ socio-economic functioning. Policy makers in these situations need—but may not have the capacity or time for—substantial analysis and
Melissa L. Finucane   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The contribution of ineffective urban planning practices to disaster and disaster risks accumulation in urban areas: the case of former Kunduchi quarry site in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

open access: yesJàmbá, 2009
This study examined the link between urban planning practices and disaster risks. The study used the former Kunduchi Quarry Site within the City of Dar es Salaam to demonstrate how laxity in enforcing the laid down planning rules, regulations and ...
Benedict F. Malele
doaj   +1 more source

The Challenges and Obstacles of Post-Disaster Road Infrastructure Reconstruction in the Pre-Construction Phase [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose The reconstruction of road infrastructure in the post-disaster context require different approach when compared with road projects in the normal development context.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi   +2 more
core   +1 more source

PARP inhibition and pharmacological ascorbate demonstrate synergy in castration‐resistant prostate cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pharmacologic ascorbate (vitamin C) increases ROS, disrupts cellular metabolism, and induces DNA damage in CRPC cells. These effects sensitize tumors to PARP inhibition, producing synergistic growth suppression with olaparib in vitro and significantly delayed tumor progression in vivo. Pyruvate rescue confirms ROS‐dependent activity.
Nicolas Gordon   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing Sendai Framework priorities through risk-sensitive development planning – A case study from Sri Lanka

open access: yesProgress in Disaster Science, 2020
In the context of disaster-development nexus, an integrated approach to disaster risk reduction and development interventions from national to community had been lacking.
A.M. Aslam Saja   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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