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Administrative Capacity in Public Crisis Management—Better Than Its Reputation?
ABSTRACT In most crises, local administrations are on the institutional front line and while their response can take a wide variety of forms, it requires certain administrative skills to remain capable of acting. This study argues that the concept of administrative capacity offers a framework to consolidate key topics of current crisis research with ...
Paula Gnielinski +2 more
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Sistema automatizado de alerta temprana ante el peligro de inundaciones
Las inundaciones son una de las catástrofes naturales que más afectan a Cuba. En el Centro de Investigaciones Hidráulicas (CIH) perteneciente a la Facultad de Ingeniería Civil del Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría (Cujae) se lleva a
Maray Garrido Monagas +2 more
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Exploring ecohydrology through the lens of local fishers in the Bolivian Amazon
Abstract The natural flow regimes of Andean‐Amazon tributaries play a vital role in sustaining their rich biodiversity and productive local fisheries, but ongoing and proposed alteration of river flow regimes by large dams threatens to negatively impact river ecosystems. Despite its importance, our understanding of how hydrologic variability influences
Lina G. Terrazas‐Villarroel +4 more
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ABSTRACT Climate disasters are currently changing territory around the world by showing large inequalities that exist in infrastructure systems, governance arrangements, and development pathways. In many cases, climate risk response strategies like managed retreat have been framed as practical approaches to respond to increasing climate disasters ...
Chick Edmond
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Se consideraron los diferentes factores biofísicos que influyen en la presencia de inundaciones y subsidencia en la delegación Iztapalapa, Distrito Federal, a partir del análisis de sobreposición cartográfica y valoración de pesos de factores.
Mónica Vera Pérez, Jorge López Blanco
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El análisis de la frecuencia y magnitud de las avenidas torrenciales en los sistemas fluviales puede utilizar diferentes fuentes de datos: meteorológicas, hidrológicas, histórico-documentales, geológico-geomorfológicas y botánicas.
Andrés Díez Herrero +4 more
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Abstract Hydropower dams regulate water flows for millions of downstream inhabitants worldwide, altering water availability. Under a changing climate, flow control is often framed technically and politically as being essential for reducing drought and flood risks. However, it can also disrupt ecological flows, impact livelihoods and erode environmental
Laura Betancur‐Alarcón +4 more
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Una revisión bibliográfica de inundaciones fluviales históricas en el período 1574- 2012 a través de diferentes publicaciones, permite analizar, explicar y sistemati- zar causas o factores detonantes, periodos de recurrencia, distribución y efectos ...
Octavio Rojas +3 more
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El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la percepción que tiene el alumnado de 3º de ESO de Orihuela (Alicante, España) sobre la gestión de emergencias ante el riesgo de inundación.
Ángela Zaragoza Sáez +2 more
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The importance of artificial wetlands for waterbird conservation can be easily overestimated from count data alone. The value of extensive fish ponds as a breeding habitat depends on maintaining the availability of natural marshes as a foraging habitat. This requires reducing impacts from groundwater extraction. Given recent abandonment of aquaculture,
Yingjun Wang +5 more
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