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Stakeholder participation in disaster risk management: The case of provincial disaster risk reduction plan (IRAP) of İstanbul [PDF]

open access: yes
Stakeholder Participation (SP) in the preparation phase of the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) process plays a crucial role in enhancing societal resilience to disasters.
Ünsal, Ömer   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The determinants of weather-related disaster preparation and response. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The determinants of weather-related disaster preparation and response.
Pierre Gosselin (85240)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Clustomesogen Showing Sub‐Zero Liquid Crystal Properties: Supramolecular Assembly Between Cs2[Mo6Ii8(OCOC2F5)6] and Hexaethylenoxide Containing Mesogenic Dimers

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Associating a red‐NIR phosphorescent octahedral hexanuclear molybdenum cluster compound with hexaethyleneoxide chains bearing mesogenic units on both ends leads to an emissive hybrid liquid crystal showing mesomorphism on a very unusual temperature range down to −25°C.
Killiann Heinz   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methods of enhancing the sustainability and scale of community based disaster risk management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Disasters are always local in their impact, and therefore approaches towards their alleviation need to be designed and implemented based on this certainty.
Venton, Paul
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Lead Halide Perovskite Photoelectrocatalysis

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Lead halide perovskite semiconductors have emerged as highly promising materials for solar fuel and chemical synthesis. This perspective discusses advances made in the rational photoelectrode design to improve solar‐to‐chemical conversion, product scope, and scalability.
Virgil Andrei
wiley   +1 more source

MS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
thesisOn April 8, 1970, at 5:00 P.M., a mock disaster occurred in Salt Lake City. This disaster drill was panned and carried out at considerable time, effort and expense to be sure the people of Salt Lake City and County would receive the best health ...
Riddle, Lana Myrtle Belcher.
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Can Elastomers Combine Stiffness, Toughness and Fatigue Resistance?

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review studies how the molecular and macroscopic architecture of elastomers influence their mechanical properties including: stiffness, stretchability, toughness, fatigue resistance, and damping behavior. By linking the structure to performance, it proposes design principles for advanced elastomeric systems that combine mechanical properties ...
Eva Baur, Esther Amstad
wiley   +1 more source

Community Perception through Comparative Analysis of Turkey's Disaster Preparedness Policy: The Case of Van-Bitlis Provinces

open access: yesDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi, 2020
In this research, Turkey's perception of society on disaster preparedness policies aimed comparative study. In this context, a field survey was carried out in Van, where the disaster occurred recently (2011) and in Bitlis, where no recent disaster ...
Ahmet Uğur, Metin Işık
doaj   +1 more source

Disaster Victim Identification: Experience and Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Disaster management has become an increasingly global issue, and victim identification is receiving greater attention. By raising awareness through past events and experiences, practitioners and policymakers can learn what works, what doesn't work, and ...
Hackman, S Lucina   +3 more
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Social identity and place-based dynamics in community resilience building for natural disasters: an integrative framework

open access: yesEcology and Society
Natural disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes, and droughts pose fundamental challenges to ecosystems and the communities that inhabit them, hence triggering and even forcing community renewal over time. In preparation for future disasters, communities
Steffen Farny, Domenico Dentoni
doaj   +1 more source

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