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Character displacement [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2020
David and Karin Pfennig introduce character displacement, the divergent evolution of traits in overlapping species.
David W, Pfennig, Karin S, Pfennig
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Accelerating and enhancing the generation of socioeconomic data to inform forced displacement policy and response

open access: yesData & Policy, 2023
There are now an estimated 114 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, some 88% of whom are in low- and middle-income countries. For governments and international organizations to design effective policies and responses, they require comparable and ...
Patrick Michael Brock   +1 more
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Improved procedure for determining the ductility of buildings under seismic loads [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Displacement ductility is a parameter that characterizes the seismic response of structures. Moreover, displacement ductility can be used in order to determine whether a structural design, performed according to a specific seismic code or not, may ...
Mulder, María M.   +1 more
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Exploring interactions between socioeconomic context and natural hazards on human population displacement

open access: yesNature Communications, 2023
Climate change is leading to more extreme weather hazards, forcing human populations to be displaced. We employ explainable machine learning techniques to model and understand internal displacement flows and patterns from observational data alone.
Michele Ronco   +8 more
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Assessing the Environmental Suitability for Transhumance in Support of Conflict Prevention in the Sahel

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
Increasing conflicts between farmers and pastoralists continue to be a major challenge in the Sahel. Political and social factors are in tandem important underlying determinants for conflicts in the region, which are amplified by the variability and ...
Maximilian Schwarz   +6 more
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Resilience actions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in camp-like settings: a Northern Nigeria case study

open access: yesJournal of Migration and Health, 2022
Background: There are about 55 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), and some live in camp settlements, often for protracted periods. However, there is limited evidence on camp management and self-management strategies adopted by camp-dwelling IDPs.
Winifred Ekezie
doaj   +1 more source

Housing, Land and Property in Conflict and Displacement Settings

open access: yesDeusto Journal of Human Rights, 2017
La vivienda y el suelo son las primeras cosas que las personas desplazadas pierden cuando son obligadas a abandonar sus lugares de origen. Una vez recuperada la paz y asentada la seguridad en el país las PDI, a menudo, tienen dificultades para recuperar ...
Barbara McCallin
doaj   +1 more source

Internet-based IDP network [PDF]

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2006
“Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world. Indeed, they are the only ones who ever can.” (Margaret Mead)
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
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Humanitarianism and Unequal Exchange

open access: yesJournal of World-Systems Research, 2017
This article examines the relationship between humanitarian aid and ecologically unequal exchange in the context of post-disaster reconstruction. I assess the manner in which humanitarian aid became a central part of the reconstruction process in India's
Raja Swamy
doaj   +1 more source

Electronic civil lawsuit administration -An analytical study- [PDF]

open access: yesالرافدین للحقوق
The electronic revolution is one of the most significant features of the current era, having impacted all aspects of life, including a vital pillar of society—the judiciary—through the emergence of electronic courts.
Miead Majid, saddam Yahya
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