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Kindled by Catastrophe

open access: yesEarly Modern Low Countries, 2021
Fire disasters were a major threat to eighteenth-century villages and towns. Following such conflagrations, writers, artists, and publishers were eager to represent the disaster in great detail.
Adriaan Duiveman
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Potential of Agroforestry System on Peat Land to Enhance Food Security and Environmental Sustainability [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Indonesia is a country with the largest tropical peatlands in the world. utilization of peatlands has been widely associated with fires and environmental issues like carbon dioxide emissions because of the highest land-use.
Annisa Wahida   +4 more
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Individual aerosol particles from biomass burning in southern Africa: 2. Compositions and aging of inorganic particles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Individual aerosol particles collected over southern Africa during the SAFARI 2000 field study were studied using transmission electron microscopy and field- emission scanning electron microscopy.
Buseck, Peter R.   +3 more
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The influence of natural forces and the ways of adaptation to them by Tobolsk residents in the 17th–19th cc. (by the archaeological and historical evidence) [PDF]

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2023
The architectural appearance of Tobolsk was developing and changing throughout the period of the 17th–19th cc. In the history of the city, there were impeding factors of this process associated with the activity of natural forces.
Anoshko O.M.
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Dangerous, frightening, homely: Home experiences of those living on the goldmines of the Far West Rand

open access: yesContree, 2022
This article provides an outlook on the darker side of people’s home experiences, as described by the inhabitants of Merafong, a township located on the Far West Rand, South Africa, where goldmining companies have had an immense impact on the region for ...
Sulevi Riukulehto
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Assessment of Maximum Possible Loss Caused by Fire in High-Rise Buildings Using the LOPA Method: A Case Study on Central Insurance Building of Iran [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Occupational Health, 2022
Background: Fire safety is one of the most important issues in high-rise buildings. The purpose of this study is to assess maximum possible loss in the fire in Central Insurance Building of Islamic Republic of Iran using the layer of protection analysis (
Mohsen Amini   +3 more
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L’écran de fumée des incendies de la Commune de 1871

open access: yesCahiers d’histoire, 2021
History has typically recorded from the latest French revolution of the 19th century that some of the most magnificent monuments of the Parisian heritage were set on fire during the Bloody Week. At that time these burnings were compared to the Apocalypse
Hélène Lewandowski
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Fires a Catalunya. A Solsona, una fira cada mes

open access: yesEstudis d'Història Agraria, 2021
Aquest treball és una síntesi de les recerques de l’autor sobre les fires de Solsona. Els objectius principals de dita investigació eren escatir les raons de la celebració d’una dotzena de fires en aquesta població i la seva rodalia, establir-ne la ...
Enric Bertran Gonzàlez
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Planning Wildfire Evacuation in the Wildland–Urban Interfaces of Central Portugal

open access: yesFire
In recent decades, wildfires have become common disasters that threaten people’s lives and assets, particularly in wildland–urban interfaces (WUIs). Developing an effective evacuation strategy for a WUI presents challenges to emergency planners because ...
Adélia N. Nunes   +3 more
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Detecting Landscape Changes in High Latitude Environments Using Landsat Trend Analysis: 1. Visualization

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2014
Satellite remote sensing is a promising technology for monitoring natural and anthropogenic changes occurring in remote, northern environments. It offers the potential to scale-up ground-based, local environmental monitoring efforts to document ...
Robert H. Fraser   +7 more
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