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Rapid Damage Estimation of Texas Winter Storm Uri from Social Media Using Deep Neural Networks
Urban Science, 2022 The winter storm Uri that occurred in February 2021 affected many regions in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The State of Texas was severely impacted due to the failure in the electricity supply infrastructure compounded by its limited ...
Yalong Pi +3 more
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Social capital in vulnerable urban settings: an analytical framework
Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2018 Social capital has been identified as crucial to the fostering of resilience in rapidly expanding cities of the Global South. The purpose of this article is to better understand the complexities of urban social interaction and how such interaction can ...
Desire Mpanje +2 more
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Accountability in Humanitarian Action [PDF]
Refugee Survey Quarterly, 2021 Abstract Although a growing number of NGOs are combining humanitarian and development activities, it was long the case that humanitarian action was isolated from discussions and practices in the world of development. The work of saving lives was deemed to be guided solely by the humanitarian principles, and discussions on accountability ...
Dorothea Hilhorst +3 more
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Improving an Extreme Rainfall Detection System with GPM IMERG data
Remote Sensing, 2019 Many studies have shown a growing trend in terms of frequency and severity of extreme events. As never before, having tools capable to monitor the amount of rain that reaches the Earth’s surface has become a key point for the identification of ...
Paola Mazzoglio +4 more
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Humanity and Resilience: child-friendly spaces in Syria’s protracted conflict [PDF]
População e SociedadeThis paper seeks to analyse how education and child-friendly spaces impact the resilience of Syrian children affected by the protracted conflict, by ensuring humanity, dignity and protection.
Ariane Medeiros da Costa +1 more
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Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2019 While research and innovation collaborations between NGOs and academic organisations can create considerable synergies with positive effects for the humanitarian sector, the inter-sectoral nature of such collaborations can generate challenges due to the ...
Ronan McDermott +7 more
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Social Sciences, 2023 Modern education increasingly focuses on interweaving drama as an integral part of pre-school education. Given that teachers’ self-efficacy in meeting expected tasks tends to stabilize over time and is grounded in their success and failure experiences as
Amjad Al-Khayat, Bayan Abdulhaq
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Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2022 The article explores the links between humanitarian action and aid to development, focusing more specifically on the model Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development.
Lukasz Urbaniak +1 more
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Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action [PDF]
Forced population movements are a defining feature of almost any humanitarian crisis, shaping the design, targeting, and delivery of emergency responses.
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Public Health Nutrition, 2023 Objective: Using a model-based analysis, we calculated the total costs associated with the exclusive breast-feeding (EBF) and breast milk substitute (BMS) usage for one infant for six months within select humanitarian contexts to (a) determine if there ...
Zoe Katherine Mowl +2 more
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