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Dwelling in a post‐fallout landscape: re‐shaping and sustaining life in a former evacuation zone in Fukushima Habiter après la catastrophe : redonner forme au monde et entretenir la vie dans une ancienne zone évacuée à Fukushima

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article explores the activities of daily life in a village neighbouring the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It argues that one of the potentials of taking a dwelling perspective – a phenomenological approach to living within the ecological and social environments – emerges most compellingly within a polluted landscape.
Tomoko Sakai
wiley   +1 more source

It Is Time to Factor Natural Disasters into Macroeconomic Scenarios [PDF]

Over the recent year, humanity has faced natural disasters of unprecedented magnitude and impact. However, governments and international aid organizations do not systematically plan for preventing and mitigating the effects of natural disasters, and ...
Thomas, Vinod
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THE URBAN METABOLISM OF FLOOD PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Investments in large‐scale climate infrastructures are central to emerging forms of climate urbanism. In Jakarta, flood protection infrastructures seek to protect the city from devastating flood events in anticipation of future catastrophes.
Sophie Webber, Wahyu Kusuma Astuti
wiley   +1 more source

That's Not Fair! Navigating the Duality of Fairness in Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insurance serves as a social good, providing financial protection against disasters whilst operating within a profit‐driven market. This dual role highlights the complex intersection of social and commercial interests, raising a fairness puzzle often portrayed as a trade‐off between solidarity and actuarial fairness.
Konstantinos Chalkias, Paula Jarzabkowski, Mustafa Kavas, Elisabeth Krull   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking about Big Floods in a Small Country - Dutch Modelling Exercises [PDF]

In this contribution we discuss new developments in Dutch thinking about the increasing risk of big floods. A first issue concerns the choice of methodology. Today several ones exist to assess the consequences of big natural catastrophes.
Albert E. Steenge, Marija Boèkarjova
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Foreign Aid at a Crossroads: How Funding Cuts Reshape Global Development Cooperation

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent aid budget reductions among major donor countries have reignited debates over the future of international development cooperation, with several commentators warning of an impending collapse of the aid sector. Engaging with historical and critical development literature on aid cycles, donor motives, and the evolution of Official ...
Steffi Hamann
wiley   +1 more source

Global Emergency Medicine: A Scoping Review of the Literature From 2024

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) identifies impactful research in global emergency care. This 20th annual edition reviews GEM literature published in 2024 and highlights the growth of GEMLR over the years. Methods We conducted a scoping review of 2024 GEM articles through structured PubMed and gray literature ...
J. Austin Lee, Nana Serwaa A. Quao, Amanda Collier, Chris A. Rees, Morgan C. Broccoli, Nanaba A. Dawson‐Amoah, Vinay N. Kampalath, Joseph Ciano, Ashley Jacobson, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Leanza, Branden Skarpiak, Jonathan M. Strong, Braden J. Hexom, Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review (GEMLR) Group, Abdirahman Abdulle, Halley J. Alberts, Kimonia Bih Awanchiri, Emily Bartlett, Tal Berkowitz, Nidhi Bhaskar, Corey B. Bills, Joseph Bonney, Morgan C. Broccoli, Agatha Brzezinski, Whitney K. Bryant, Jonathan Chan, Joseph D. Ciano, Cassandra Clay, Ly Cloessner, Amanda Collier, Nanaba A. Dawson‐Amoah, Kamoga Dickson, Jonathan W. Dyal, Christian Engelen, Brandon Friedman, Stephanie Chow Garbern, Juliette Gerardo, Mindi Guptill, Reid Haflich, Alison S. Hayward, Braden J. Hexom, Taylor S. Hickey, Anneka Hooft, Emmanuel Oluyinka Idowu, Ashley A. Jacobson, Aqeel Jawahir, Jennifer E. Jones, Vinay N. Kampalath, Elizabeth M. Keating, Sean M. Kivlehan, Arthi S. Kozhumam, Colleen E. Laurence, Joseph Leanza, Samuel Lewis, J. Austin Lee, Gideon Loevinsohn, Parker Maddox, Mallika Manyapu, Michael Mathelier, Kevin J. Mercer, Rmaah Memon, Kevin Molyneux, Dana Naamani, Benjamin D. Nicholson, Hannah Ofosua Owusu, Gerard M. O’Reilly, Mayur Patel, Nana Serwaa Agyeman Quao, Sarah Rapaport, Chris A. Rees, Charlotte Roy, Megan M. Rybarczyk, Jessica Schmidt, Megan L. Schultz, Anand Selvam, Erin F. Shufflebarger, Yusra Shakil, Branden Skarpiak, Cheyenne Smith, Jonathan M. Strong, Janet Jebichii Sugut, Fadhila Tekka, W. Tyler Winders, Ann Wolski, Natalie Yabalwashi   +85 more
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Resource capability for local government in mainstreaming gender into sustainable post disaster reconstruction : Evidence from Bantul Indonesia [PDF]

Understanding how local government responds to gender vulnerability and gender capacity is important to make cities safer both for women and for men.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Yumarni, Tri
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Measuring the time‐varying market efficiency in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market, 1924–1943

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 131-159, March 2025.
Abstract This study examines the adaptive market hypothesis in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market using a new market capitalization‐weighted price index. First, we find that the degree of market efficiency varies over time and with major historical events. This implies that the hypothesis is supported in this market.
Kenichi Hirayama, Akihiko Noda
wiley   +1 more source

Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source