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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice based Study on Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan
NUST Journal of Social Sciences and HumanitiesClimate change is the global threat, and Pakistan is the eighth most affected country from the climate change. The study analyzes the status of knowledge, attitude and practice about extreme weather events among general population in Pakistan.
Aqsa Batool +2 more
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Adapting to climate risks and extreme weather: guide for mining - minerals industry professionals [PDF]
Extreme weather events in Australia over recent years have highlighted the costs for Australian mining and mineral processing operations of being under-prepared for adapting to climate risk.
Corinne Unger, Damien Giurco, Leah Mason
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Trends in extreme weather events in Europe: implications for national and European Union adaptation strategies [PDF]
, 2013 This report, based on a comprehensive collection of scientific data from the last 20 years, provides a rallying call for Europe’s policy makers to come together to devise common strategies to help mitigate the physical, human and economic costs of the ...
Benestad, Rasmus +17 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska +2 more
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Characteristics of power outages from compound weather extremes in Florida
Environmental Research: ClimateThe growing number of extreme weather events has contributed to an increasing number and severity of power outages. However, the complex interplay of extreme weather events and their compounding effects on power outage characteristics (e.g.
Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman +3 more
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Adaptation to climate extremes in developing countries : the role of education [PDF]
Global climate models predict a rise in extreme weather in the next century. To better understand future interactions among adaptation costs, socioeconomic development, and climate change in developing countries, observed losses of life from floods and ...
Blankespoor, Brian +3 more
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Ecosystem-based adaptation for smallholder farmers in agricultural landscapes in Central America: opportunities and constraints [PDF]
, 2014 It is increasingly recognized that climate change will have a disproportionate impact on smallholder farmers, due to their dependence on agriculture for both livelihoods and food security, their often high levels of poverty, location in remote areas and ...
Alpizar, Francisco +8 more
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Abstract Extreme space weather can be defined as an event with variability in solar, ionospheric, thermospheric or magnetospheric parameters that cause significant degradation of certain technological systems or pose a serious risk to human health. Space weather effects/impacts can be divided into five broad groups: 1) ionospheric effects; 2)
Natalia Buzulukova +3 more
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers in Soft Robotics: Assessing Promise and Limitations
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are programmable soft materials that undergo large, anisotropic deformation in response to external stimuli. Their molecular alignment encodes directional actuation in a monolithic structure, making them long‐standing candidates for soft robotic systems.
Justin M. Speregen, Timothy J. White
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Impact of extreme weather events and climate change for health and social care systems
Environmental Health, 2017 This review, commissioned by the Research Councils UK Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) programme, concerns research on the impacts on health and social care systems in the United Kingdom of extreme weather events, under conditions of climate ...
Sarah Curtis +4 more
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