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Gamified crowdsourcing for disaster risk management [PDF]
2017 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), 2017 Nowadays, the number and the magnitude of natural hazards are increasing. During emergency situations different forms of cooperation take place, including the crowd-sourcing, which is envisioned by many Disaster Risk Management approaches to enable citizens to support the emergency management process. However, crowdsourcing is a challenging paradigm as
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Knowledgeable Research A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2022 Disaster risk reduction (DRR) requires an inclusive, preventive approach integrating climate adaptation and sustainable development. The Sendai Framework (2015-2030) and SDGs emphasize multi-stakeholder engagement, particularly with vulnerable groups, to build resilience. Evidence shows disasters disproportionately impact poverty-stricken regions, with
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Disaster risk management: a resilient health system
, 2022 Defining disasters and their impacts has several difficulties and limitations due to the complexity of the term. In this chapter, we focus on health disasters, including how disasters impact health systems and how widespread health emergencies can create
Charnley, Georgina, Harris, Myles
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MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018 The past earthquake records in North Lombok show the high level of earthquake hazard in this area. The maximum magnitude of the earthquake was 6.4 Mw on May 30th, 1979. But, there were no tsunami events records due to those earthquakes.
Pradjoko Eko +4 more
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022 Research into the sustainable management of the world's cultural heritage (CH) is increasing. This is due to the vulnerability of CH to climate-related disasters and the perceived contribution of CH to the achievement of broader sustainability goals. Despite the perceived benefits of bringing together CH and sustainability, researchers have identified ...
Durrant, Louis +2 more
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Globalization and Health, 2019 Background The aim of this study was to examine the determinants of nutritional status among children under age 5 (0–59 months) in Ethiopia. Child malnutrition is an underlying cause of almost half (45%) of child deaths, particularly in low socioeconomic
Zerihun Yohannes Amare +2 more
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Application of GIS in Natural Disaster Risk Management
Geodetski glasnik, 2023 The subject of this work is geospatial analysis in the function of natural disaster risk management. GIS analysis can be applied in predicting the consequences of possible natural disasters, as well as in the case of eliminating damage caused by natural disasters that have already occurred.
Cimbaljević, Ivan +4 more
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Private sectors’ interventions in Disaster Risk Management [PDF]
The private sector can play a pivotal role in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) by providing services to strengthen resilience such as climate-resilient infrastructure, supply chain, recovery planning, etc.
Singh, Kashmir, Kaur, Sukhdeep
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Geosciences, 2020 On 8 July 1730, a great earthquake struck metropolitan Chile, causing extensive damage 1000 km along the country and focused in Valparaíso. Due to the date of occurrence of this event, large uncertainties about the earthquake’s magnitude have been ...
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Disaster Risk Management [PDF]
, 2018 This chapter illustrates disaster and risk management. The disaster management includes hazard management and disaster issue management. Disaster risk management relies on the institution, policy, and scientific and technological progress for disaster reduction.
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