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Managing disaster preparedness for institution of higher learning: A study in Perlis [PDF]
, 2007 Unprecedented floods disaster that hit Johore, Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan was due to abnormal weather conditions. Heavy rain which fall continuously non stop for between 3 to 4 days has raised the water level in some areas to a height of 15 feet ...
Bahari, Azuddin +2 more
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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) [PDF]
, 2015 Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits are available only to those individuals who have become unemployed as a direct result of a declared major disaster. First created in 1970 through P.L.
Whittaker, Julie M
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Disaster Insurance or a Disastrous Insurance – Natural Disaster Insurance in France [PDF]
We model natural disaster insurance in France. We explicitly take into account the main institutional features of the system, such as the uniform premium rate in both high and low risk regions and the existence of a state reinsurance company.
Mario Jametti +1 more
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Rapid Assessment of Building Losses in the M6.8 Tingri Earthquake, Tibet, China
International Journal of Disaster Risk ScienceOn 7 January 2025, at 09:05 local time, a M6.8 earthquake occurred in Tingri County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, causing significant casualties and widespread building damage.
Hao Zheng +4 more
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Surface Deformation of Xiamen, China Measured by Time-Series InSAR
SensorsDue to its unique geographical location and rapid urbanization, Xiamen is particularly susceptible to geological disasters. This study employs 80 Sentinel-1A SAR images covering Xiamen spanning from May 2017 to December 2023 for comprehensive dynamic ...
Yuanrong He +4 more
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Disaster risk reduction strategies and post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction [PDF]
World’s vulnerability to natural disasters has increased over the last few years. Hence, mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into constructed facilities has taken up an important role in the whole of the disaster management cycle. This paper aims to
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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Reducing People?s Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Communities and Resilience [PDF]
The concepts vulnerability, resilience and community are widely used and abused in the literature on natural hazards and disaster risk reduction. This paper seeks to bring greater rigour in their use.
Cannon, Terry
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Managing post-disaster reconstruction finance -- international experience in public financial management [PDF]
In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have confronted the international community with its most demanding reconstruction challenges since the aftermath of World War II.
Fengler, Wolfgang +2 more
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Haiyang Kaifa yu guanliThis paper proposes a method of automatic preprocessing and information extraction of satellite remote sensing image data based on ENVI and ArcGIS, which is applied to satellite remote sensing monitoring of enteromorpha in the Yellow Sea.
ZHANG Haorui +4 more
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`Natural' Disaster, Conflict and Aid Allocation [PDF]
This paper looks into aid allocation in the response to multiple crises, focusing more specifically on the cases of concomitance between so-called `natural' hazard/disaster and conflict situations.
Aude-Sophie Rodella-Boitreaud, Natascha Wagner
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