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Measuring urban precariousness and its relation to disaster risk management

open access: yesRevista 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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The Survivability of Swedish Emergency Management Related Research Centers and Academic Programs

open access: yesSociologisk 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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Analysis of Extreme Hydrometeorological Events

open access: yesResources, 2022
Extreme hydrometeorological events (e [...]
Brunella Bonaccorso, David J. Peres
doaj   +1 more source

The Extreme Energy Events experiment [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2019), 2019
The Extreme Energy Events experiment (EEE), a strategic project of Centro Fermi, aims to study Extensive Air Showers (EAS) with a network of Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) detectors, mainly installed in Italian high schools. The network presently counts 59 muon telescopes, each composed by three planes of MRPC. The total covered area is more
Cicalo C.   +61 more
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Extreme hydrological events and security [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015
Economic losses caused by hydrological extremes – floods and droughts – have been on the rise, worldwide. Hydrological extremes jeopardize human security and cause serious threats to human life and welfare and societal livelihood.
Z. W. Kundzewicz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extreme El Niño Events

open access: yes, 2019
Every few years the tropical Pacific warms abnormally in association with a relaxation of the trade winds, a phenomenon known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) that represents the strongest fluctuation of the global climate system. Although the contemporary observational record indicates that all El Niño events are not alike, differing in ...
Dewitte, Boris, Takahashi, Ken
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Resiliencia ante desastres socionaturales para el desarrollo turístico

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, 2019
Esta breve introducción para el número especial “Resiliencia ante Desastres Socionaturales para el Desarrollo Turístico” (Vol. 3, Núm. 1) busca advertir de la creciente y preocupante relación entre el turismo, riesgos y desastres socionaturales, y ...
Vicente Sandoval, Andres Marín
doaj   +1 more source

European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local level health preparedness for adverse weather: A review of Community Risk Registers in England

open access: yesThe Journal of Climate Change and Health
Background: The increasing frequency of adverse weather events due to climate change poses challenges for emergency planning, response and recovery. While many countries have national plans for preparedness and response to specific hazards, the extent to
Agnes Jung   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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