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New Sci, 2021 Many countries around the world are seeing cases surge while others are having fresh outbreaks, reports Clare Wilson.
Wilson C.
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Crisis Transmission: Global Financial Crisis [PDF]
Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2012 The aim of this paper is to explore, empirically, the channels of crisis transmission with regard to the Global financial crisis. EMP-based crisis proxy is used for eight countries, which include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico
Abdullah Alam
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Global Human Settlement Analysis for Disaster Risk Reduction [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015 The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) is supported by the European Commission, Joint Research Center (JRC) in the frame of his institutional research activities.
M. Pesaresi +9 more
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Towards an automated monitoring of human settlements in South Africa using high resolution SPOT satellite imagery [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2015 Urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa are growing at an unprecedented pace. Much of this growth is taking place in informal settlements. In South Africa more than 10% of the population live in urban informal settlements.
T. Kemper +3 more
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2022 Background Mental health symptoms among refugees are common, often related to chronic pain disorders, and their management is usually challenging. Studies evaluating the effect of group therapies among adult refugees to improve mental health symptoms are
Wegdan Hasha +5 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020 Homelessness – people living on the street, in temporary accommodation, or at risk of losing their homes – is a persistent problem across the developed world. Policies and programmes to tackle homelessness should be informed by evidence of effectiveness.
Howard White +5 more
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A New European Settlement Map From Optical Remotely Sensed Data
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2016 An application of a general methodology for processing very high-resolution imagery to produce a European Settlement Map (ESM) in support of policy-makers is presented. The process mapped around 10 million km2 of the European continent.
Aneta Jadwiga Florczyk +6 more
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Depression – The Global Crisis [PDF]
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012 Byline: M. Reddy With the backdrop, Depression - The global crisis, as the theme for the year 2012-2013, this is an attempt to compile some clinical pearls, a few loud thoughts, lingering dilemmas, myriad questions, current challenges, research questions, and tomorrow's optimism!
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Assessment of the Added-Value of Sentinel-2 for Detecting Built-up Areas
Remote Sensing, 2016 Monitoring of the human-induced changes and the availability of reliable and methodologically consistent urban area maps are essential to support sustainable urban development on a global scale.
Martino Pesaresi +5 more
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TOWARDS CONSISTENT MAPPING OF URBAN STRUCTURES – GLOBAL HUMAN SETTLEMENT LAYER AND LOCAL CLIMATE ZONES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016 Although more than half of the Earth’s population live in urban areas, we know remarkably little about most cities and what we do know is incomplete (lack of coverage) and inconsistent (varying definitions and scale).
B. Bechtel +8 more
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