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Participatory value evaluation for the evaluation of flood protection schemes
Water Resources and Economics, 2021 N. Mouter, P. Koster, T. Dekker
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, 2017 The Moldova is facing an increased incidence of floods. For these reasons, the involvement of state in flood protection is rising. Despite the fact that the Moldova is not a member of the European Union, its government follows legislation on prevention ...
L. Maléřová +3 more
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Costs of flood protection in Republic of Slovenia [PDF]
Because of the frequent flooding we need to increase flood awareness and enhance the measures for reducing and mitigating their harmful consequences. Measures for flood protection can be divided into structural and non-structural.
Brilly, Mitja, Sapač, Klaudija
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract According to Nietzsche, “In every real [adult], a child is hidden that wants to play.” In everyday life, playfulness and competition can make routine or dull tasks more engaging and can offer educators opportunities to engage a learner in a more entertaining or interactive manner.
Judi Laprade
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Impact of Land Use Patterns on Flood Risk in the Chang-Zhu-Tan Urban Agglomeration, China
Remote SensingFlood risk assessment is an effective tool for disaster prevention and mitigation. As land use is a key factor influencing flood disasters, studying the impact of different land use patterns on flood risk is crucial.
Ting Zhang +5 more
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Flood Label for buildings – a tool for more flood-resilient cities
E3S Web of Conferences, 2016 River floods are among the most expensive natural disasters in Europe. Traditional flood protection methods are not sufficient anymore. It is widely acknowledged in the scholarly debate and in practice of flood risk management that traditional flood ...
Hartmann Thomas, Scheibel Marc
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‘Let's talk about the weather’: The activist curriculum and global climate change education
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Activist movements have garnered significant global attention on a range of sustainability issues, often involving collectives of citizens coming together. Invoked is the idea of citizens informed to act, emerging not from a common‐sense understanding of everyday life, but rather from a deep political understanding of the world—one that is ...
Richard Pountney
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The Implications of Skewed Risk Perception for a Dutch Coastal Land Market: Insights from an Agent-Based Computational Economics Model [PDF]
Dutch coastal land markets are characterized by high amenity values but are threatened by potential coastal hazards, leading to high potential damage costs from flooding. Yet, Dutch residents generally perceive low or no flood risk.
Filatova, Tatiana +2 more
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, 2015 The thesis presents flash floods phenomenon and the differences between flash floods and\ud other types of floods. Flooding is usually caused by intense or long-lasting rainfall event.\ud These kinds of events are more often in the last years and climate
Grubač, Jovana
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Positioning teachers in climate change education: Insights from a Hong Kong Global South perspective
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how prospective teachers in Hong Kong (N = 13) position themselves within climate change education through ‘Global Dialogue for Climate Change Education’, a cross‐institutional teacher education programme facilitating online global dialogues between Hong Kong and the UK.
Sally Wai‐Yan Wan +5 more
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