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Capability of CORDEX RCMs in simulating extreme rainfall events over South africa [PDF]
, 2014 Includes bibliographical references.In South Africa, extreme rainfall events often lead to widespread destruction, damage infrastructure, displace communities, strain water management and even destroy lives.
Abba Omar, Sabina
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Effects of Extreme Weather Events on Internal Migration in Rural Guatemala
, 2021 We estimate the effects of extreme weather events on internal migration in Guatemala between 1997 and 2002. Using data from rural municipalities, we implement a generalized linear model that deals with fractions as we explain migration between ...
Adriana Chacón Cascante +9 more
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The synoptic drivers of extreme rainfall in South Africa [PDF]
, 2013 A number of studies have shown an increase in the intensity of extreme rainfall over many regions of South Africa during the last 50 to 100 years. However, the weather of a region at any given time is a direct function of the synoptic state of the ...
Morison, David
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Estimating heat-related mortality in near real time for national heatwave plans
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Heatwaves are a serious threat to human life. Public health agencies that are responsible for delivering heat-health action plans need to assess and reduce the mortality impacts of heat.
Y T Eunice Lo +4 more
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Atmosphere, 2023 Compound extreme events can potentially cause deadlier socio-economic consequences. Although several studies focused on individual extreme climate events, the occurrence of compound extreme events is still not well studied in the upper Midwestern United ...
Manas Khan, Rabin Bhattarai, Liang Chen
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Measuring urban precariousness and its relation to disaster risk management
Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, 2018 Urban processes, characterized at the global level by their acceleration and informality, and the increase of people living in areas prone to hazards, present a major social issue that requires a re-reading of urban precariousness from a risk reduction ...
Juliette Marin +2 more
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Preface: Extreme Hydrological Events [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015 No abstract available.
C. Cudennec +5 more
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Simulation of sliding deadwood logs in mountain forests: towards a quantitative hazard assessment [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System SciencesDeadwood is an integral component of mountain forests, supporting biodiversity and contributing to protection against gravitational hazards. However, under specific conditions, deadwood may itself become a hazard when mobilised and transported downslope.
J. Borner +11 more
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Measuring User Satisfaction for the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Consortium
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2020 The User Forum is a Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI)-wide group focused on providing the NHERI Council with independent advice on community user satisfaction, priorities, and needs relating to the use and capabilities of NHERI.
Mohammad Khosravi +7 more
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The Survivability of Swedish Emergency Management Related Research Centers and Academic Programs
Sociologisk Forskning, 2012 The Survivability of Swedish Emergency Management Related Research Centers and Academic Programs: A Preliminary Sociology of Science Analysis Despite being a relatively safe nation, Sweden has four different universities supporting four emergency ...
David M. Neal
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