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Disaster risk reduction measures n Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2012
Disasters damage the entire economy of the country when they predominantly take place in developing countries. While no country in the world is entirely safe, lack of capacity to limit the impact of hazards has made developing countries being the most ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Biswas, R., Kulatunga, Udayangani, Parvez, A., Wedawatta, Gayan   +4 more
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Justice‐centred climate change education and territory

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In a globalised world, education faces challenges that go far beyond professional training, where social responsibility and the inclusion of heterogeneous communities and territories in all levels of education have become a greater focus of the university and of scientific research, setting the stage for more inclusive public policies. Greater
Lennin Florez‐Leiva, Meri Ruiz Cabezas, Cae Rodrigues, Ivan Sánchez Fontalvo   +3 more
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Economic assessment of the flood protection measures in Štěpánovice [PDF]

Předmětem této bakalářské práce je ekonomické posouzení protipovodňového opatření ve Štěpánovicích na řece Svratce. Posouzení bude provedeno pro čtyři varianty protipovodňového opatření. V závěru dojde k vyhodnocení a navržení optimálního řešení.
Vágner David
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Transitions for the Delta Economy [PDF]

, 2012
Details threats to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, policy proposals to improve environmental management and water supply reliability, how these changes will affect land and water conditions, and implications for the area's and regional ...
Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Josue Medellin-Azuara, Richard Howitt   +3 more
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
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Zapory na rzekach a ekologia w Polsce = The dams on the rivers and ecological approach in Poland

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2015
Babiński Zygmunt, Habel Michał, Dziopak Józef, Tychoniec Alicja, Ilieva Margarita. Zapory na rzekach a ekologia w polsce = The dams on the rivers and ecological approach in Poland. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2015;5(5):427-434.
Zygmunt Babiński, Michał Habel, Józef Dziopak, Alicja Tychoniec, Margarita Ilieva   +4 more
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Risk assessment and mapping of extreme floods in non-dyked communities along the Elbe and Mulde Rivers [PDF]

, 2006
International audienceAssessing and mapping damage risk of floods for large river basins is still in its infancy. Damage risk is understood to be the combination of flood hazard and the vulnerability of communities to a flood of a particular return ...
Apel, H., Herrmann, U., Lindenschmidt, K.-E., Pech, I., Suhr, U., Thieken, A.   +5 more
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The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
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Water expert issues in protection and rescue plans at river Bolska floods [PDF]

, 2015
In Celje basin flood hazard has been present during entire known history. In the area of confluence of\ud rivers Bolska and Savinja main flooding events occurs mostly because of Bolska river.
Cvikl, Ana
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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