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The benefits of introducing a mandatory state hurricane insurance scheme in Florida [PDF]
As a result of its hurricane exposure, Florida is probably the part of the industrialised world most prone to natural catastrophes. Over the last 20 years the Florida legislator has tried to maintain a situation, where the private insurance sector plays ...
Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg
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Local Eviction Moratoria and the Spread of COVID‐19
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT At different stages during the initial onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic, various US states and local municipalities enacted eviction moratoria. One of the main aims of these moratoria was to slow the spread of COVID‐19 infections. We deploy a semiparametric difference‐in‐differences approach with an event study specification to examine whether ...
Julia Hatamyar, Christopher F. Parmeter
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, 1959 Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Debra, the fourth tropical storm of the season that developed into a hurricane.
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Do the public take action when a severe snow warning is issued?
Weather, EarlyView.Extreme weather events pose significant risks to the population, making timely warnings essential for preparedness. The UK Met Office’s National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS) has issued impact‐based alerts for over a decade, yet evaluations of their effectiveness remain limited.
Helen Dacre, Rachel McCloy, Joi Alon
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The Impacts of Hurricane Mitch on Child Health: Evidence from Nicaragua [PDF]
By taking a rare opportunity to have both pre- and post-disaster survey data in Nicaragua in 1998 and 2001, we estimate the direct impacts of Hurricane Mitch on long-term child health status, measured in height-for-age z-scores, in the pooled cross ...
Omitsu, Makiko, Yamano, Takashi
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Impacts from SSTs, ENSO, stratospheric QBO and global warming on Hurricanes over the North Atlantic [PDF]
, 2009 Processes affecting hurricane development over the North Atlantic like the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are discussed. Global coupled climate model simulations
Arpe, K, Leroy, SAG
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.With urbanization reducing the amount of available wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation increasing the human activity within wildlife habitats, it is important to understand the effects of human activity on animal behavior. This study examined how the reduction in human presence in urban parks in Gainesville, Florida, affected the temporal ...
Maya Fives, Matthew Hallett
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Environmental Risk and Averting Behavior: Predictive Validity of Revealed and Stated Preference Data [PDF]
We conduct predictive validity tests using revealed and stated behavior data from a panel survey of North Carolina coastal households. The application is to hurricane evacuation behavior.
John C. Whitehead
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Zoo Biology, EarlyView.Betsiboka, a female red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) eating Carolina redroot in the Tower forest. ABSTRACT Lemurs are severely threatened due to anthropogenic habitat loss and climate change. Therefore, understanding how lemurs adapt their diets to novel habitats is critically important for maintaining healthy wild populations and effectively managing ...
Ethan Gulledge +7 more
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The Re-Building Effect of Hurricanes: Evidence from Employment in the US Construction Industry [PDF]
We examine the impact of hurricane strikes on the construction industry in US counties. To this end we use a measure of hurricane destruction derived from a wind field model and historical hurricane track data and employ this within a dynamic labour ...
Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh
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