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The Impacts of Weather Variability and Shocks on Farmers and Indigenous Peoples' Consumption: Evidence From Panama

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weather variability and shocks pose significant challenges for tropical developing countries, making it crucial to understand their effects on consumption to address the existing deficiencies among the most vulnerable groups. This study examines the impact of weather variability and shocks on household consumption in Panama, utilizing repeated
Ambar Lineth Chavez Espinosa, Akira Hibiki   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the correlation between crustal deformation characteristics and rock burst in Hegang mining area based on GNSS monitoring. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Fu X, Liu T, Rong H, Zhang G, Li D, Zeng L, Song J, Zhang H.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Disasters, Dictators, and Donors: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Activity (Mis)Reporting

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how governments manipulate economic data to secure more foreign disaster aid. By using nighttime lighting as a reliable measure of economic activity, we make two key findings: (1) foreign disaster aid is positively linked to a country's understatement of its gross domestic product, indicating a deliberate strategy to ...
M. Martin Boyer, J. Bradley Karl, Charles M. Nyce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Standardizing Disaster Health Data Visualization Using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources in Indonesia: Dashboard Development and Technical Evaluation. [PDF]

JMIR Med Inform
Faisal HP, Nakayama M.
europepmc   +1 more source

When brokers fail, brokers proliferate! Generational change and the failure of development in remote Papua New Guinea

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent efforts to secure development by Febi and Kubo people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province reveal a patterned history of failing brokers, incomplete projects and wasted money. Within this longer trajectory, three overlapping waves of brokerage can be discerned, each emerging in response to the limitations of its predecessors.
Monica Minnegal, John Cox
wiley   +1 more source

An Improved SBAS-InSAR Processing Method Considering Phase Consistency: Application to Landslide Monitoring in Hualong County, Qinghai Province, China. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Luo W, Liu B, Feng G, Xiong Z, Yin W, Wang H, Yu Y, Chen P, Yang J.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Apocalyptic Visions and Ecofeminist Narratives in Three Southeast Asian Women's Fiction

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apocalypse that describes ‘end‐of‐world’ scenarios have been especially prolific in the past few decades since the climate crisis has prophesied the imminent destruction of natural and human habitats. Apocalyptic literatures present insights into the various problems that beset humanity currently and extrapolate the inevitable consequences ...
Chitra Sankaran
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the evolution mechanisms and prevention countermeasures behind a large-scale landslide in complicated-geological-structure red beds. [PDF]

Sci Rep
He H, Zheng D, Xu G, Dong X, Liu W, Zou Y, Wang H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Heavy Time: Sensemaking and the Temporal Experience

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Gerardo Patriotta, Karl E. Weick
wiley   +1 more source

Research on geological hazard susceptibility evaluation using an information value-modified entropy weight combined model. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Qin M, Chen B, Zhu J, Lv J, Lin M, Lin M, Wang Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source