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Flooding and subsidence in the Thames Gateway : impact on insurance loss potential [PDF]

, 2010
In the UK, household buildings insurance generally covers loss and damage to the insured property from a range of natural and human perils, including windstorm, flood, subsidence, theft, accidental fire and winter freeze. Consequently, insurers require
Barker, Karen, Eldridge, Jillian, Horn, Diane, Royse, Katherine   +3 more
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Flood Risk Mitigation [PDF]

, 2011
There are structural and non-structural flood mitigation measures. Risk and uncertainty analysis is the foundation for designing and choosing appropriate flood mitigation options. The socioeconomic analysis is becoming increasingly important in the future.
openaire   +1 more source

From disorientation to preparedness: Information practices as scaffolding in acute crises

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This qualitative study examines how adults in Israel enacted information practices during an acute national crisis. Using the information transitions framework, we investigate how concrete practices emerge and evolve across three stages: understanding, negotiating, and resolving. Semi‐structured Zoom interviews with 18 adults were analyzed via
Lilach Alon, Tali Malinoff, Inbar Levkovich   +2 more
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Adverse Childhood Experiences in Autistic and Neurotypical Girls

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic, life‐altering events that occur in childhood with long‐term negative physical and/or mental health outcomes. Previous research, while limited and largely focused on males, suggests children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at higher risk of experiencing ACEs than typically ...
Jon Ebert, Rachael A. Muscatello, Trey McGonigle, Simon Vandekar, Blythe A. Corbett   +4 more
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Short- and long-term effects of the 1998 Bangladesh flood on rural wages [PDF]

Natural disasters have particularly devastating impacts on economic growth in developing countries because they impede the accumulation of capital. The resilience of labor markets is crucial especially for the poor who rely only on labor to diversify ...
Mueller, Valerie, Quisumbing, Agnes
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Emerging research directions in nanoparticle‐based foam control for bioprocessing: a bibliometric approach

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Overfoaming remains a critical challenge in industrial bioprocesses, compromising mass transfer, operational stability, and downstream efficiency in bioreactors and wastewater treatment systems. This study provides a bibliometric and scientometric assessment of nanoparticle‐enabled foam control to map technological trends and identify research
Antonio Átila Menezes Ferreira, John Hebert da Silva Felix, Thiago Queiroz da Silva, Larissa Oliveira Araújo, Maria Tayane Barroso dos Santos, Larysse Maria Santiago de Castro, José Cleiton Sousa dos Santos   +6 more
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Exploring the potential of ucuúba (Virola surinamensis) seed fat

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Ucuúba (Virola surinamensis) fat is an important income source for Amazonian communities. Local businesses typically process whole seeds for fat extraction; however, seed structural integrity may influence extraction efficiency and fat quality.
Juan David Marmolejo Tascón, Eduardo Macedo de Melo, Jane Mara Block, Cristiano José de Andrade, Sandra Regina Salvador Ferreira   +4 more
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Strategies to harmonize urbanization and flood risk management in deltas [PDF]

In many countries, important economic centres and major cities are located in a flood-prone area at the confluence of a large river and the sea. The expansion of these cities increases the risk of major flood disasters, a risk that is further increased ...
Camiel Van Drimmelen, Maarten Van der Vlist, Willem Oosterberg   +2 more
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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 influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais, Andre Chiaradia, Richard D. Reina   +2 more
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