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Disaster-Resilient Control Plane Design and Mapping in Software-Defined Networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 Communication networks, such as core optical networks, heavily depend on their physical infrastructure, and hence they are vulnerable to man-made disasters, such as Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) or Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) attacks, as well as to natural disasters.
Chowdhury, Pulak +4 more
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, 1993 The word neither diffident nor ostentatious ... The common word exact without vulgarity, The formal word precise but not pedantic.
McHoul, A.
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Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction [PDF]
, 2010 Number of natural disasters has risen sharply worldwide making the risk of disasters a global concern. These disasters have created significant losses and damages to humans, economy and society.
Adato M. +38 more
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Natural disasters: blessings in disguise? [PDF]
, 2011 This study examines the impact of natural disasters on market returns and on several industries that are likely to be affected by the disasters. We find that different natural disasters have different impacts on the returns of the market and on those of ...
Koerniadi, Hardjo +2 more
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Investigating the status of disaster management within a world-wide context: a case study analysis [PDF]
, 2010 Disasters can be described as feats of spontaneous occurrences, in that they can happen at any minute at any time. There are two classifications of disasters, which are, natural disasters that cannot be predicted and continuously occur throughout ...
Alinden, CM +2 more
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Contradictions inherent in the management of natural and industrial disasters [PDF]
, 2011 These days people keep wondering whether the world is more dangerous now than it was before. Do natural disasters really happen more frequently or is it just that the damage they cause that has become greater? The situation is not quite clear.
Kerekes, Sándor
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Reliability Disasters -- a follow up to Doganaksoy Meeker and Hahn [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 We discuss the use of the FMEA to address some of the root causes of the reliability disasters discussed in the article Reliability Disasters by Doganaksoy Meeker and Hahn, which appeared in Quality Progress in August ...
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Social Media Analytics in Disaster Response: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Social media has emerged as a valuable resource for disaster management, revolutionizing the way emergency response and recovery efforts are conducted during natural disasters. This review paper aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of social media analytics for disaster management.
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Context-Aware Change Detection With Semi-Supervised Learning [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Change detection using earth observation data plays a vital role in quantifying the impact of disasters in affected areas. While data sources like Sentinel-2 provide rich optical information, they are often hindered by cloud cover, limiting their usage in disaster scenarios.
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Introduction: Disasters as Politics – Politics as Disasters [PDF]
The Sociological Review, 2014 What is the relationship between politics and disasters and how does this relate to the recent boom in disaster studies? The introduction to this volume argues that the recent interest in disasters is not because there are more disasters, but because of two recent developments within the social sciences: first, a focus on rupture rather than on ...
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