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A Study on the Impact of Natural Disasters on Farmers’ Relative Poverty

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
In 2020, China announced the successful completion of its poverty alleviation mission, noting that the focus of China’s poverty alleviation mission has shifted from eliminating absolute poverty to alleviating relative poverty.
XiJian Li, JiaXi Zheng, Honggang Lu
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Natural disaster: Earthquake

Environment Conservation Journal, 2008
A disaster is the impact of a natural or man- made hazard that unconstructively affects society or environment.Earthquakes   are   most   destructing   among   all   the   known   disasters   as   their   prediction   is   not yet  possible.   Depending 
Pankaj Srivastava, Rajeev Rajput, Mukesh Ruhela, Priyanka Sisodia, Dheeraj Kumar   +4 more
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The Effect of the Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquakes on the Size Distribution of Earthquakes along the Longmenshan Fault

Applied Sciences, 2021
Changes in the stress state of faults and their surroundings is a highly plausible mechanism explaining earthquake interaction. These stress changes can impact the seismicity rate and the size distribution of earthquakes.
Chun Hui, Changxiu Cheng, Shi Shen, Peichao Gao, Jin Chen, Jing Yang, Min Zhao   +6 more
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Natural Disasters

Ecotone, 2017
Natural disasters are the result of a hazard overwhelming highly vulnerable community, often resulting in mortality and morbidity. Over the past decade, over 300 natural disasters occur yearly around the world affecting millions and cost billions.
Prasad, Abhaya S., Francescutti, Louis Hugo   +1 more
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Flood Risk Assessment of Subway Systems in Metropolitan Areas under Land Subsidence Scenario: A Case Study of Beijing

Remote Sensing, 2021
Flooding is one of the most destructive natural events that severely damage the ground and inundate underground infrastructure. Subway systems in metropolitan areas are susceptible to flooding, which may be exacerbated when land subsidence occurs ...
Guangpeng Wang, Yong Liu, Ziying Hu, Guoming Zhang, Jifu Liu, Yanli Lyu, Yu Gu, Xichen Huang, Qingyan Zhang, Lianyou Liu   +9 more
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Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Variations of the Near-Surface Wind Regime and Their Influencing Factors in the Badain Jaran Desert, China

Atmosphere, 2022
Wind regime is one of the main natural factors controlling the evolution and distribution of aeolian sand landforms, and sand drift potential (DP) is usually used to study the capacity of aeolian sand transport.
Ziying Hu, Guangpeng Wang, Yong Liu, Peijun Shi, Guoming Zhang, Jifu Liu, Yu Gu, Xichen Huang, Qingyan Zhang, Xu Han, Xueling Wang, Jiewen Du, Ruoxin Li, Lianyou Liu   +13 more
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Similarity Calculation of Sudden Natural Disaster Cases with Fused Case Hierarchy—Taking Storm Surge Disasters as Examples

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Sudden natural disasters have the characteristics of complexity, unpredictability and frequency. To better manage and analyze sudden natural disasters promptly with the help of historical natural disaster cases, this study adopts the method of fused case
Cheng Cheng, Qingtian Zeng, Hua Zhao, Shansong Wang   +3 more
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Impact of culture towards disaster risk reduction [PDF]

, 2010
Number of natural disasters has risen sharply worldwide making the risk of disasters a global concern. These disasters have created significant losses and damages to humans, economy and society.
Adato M., Arunotai N., Baligh H. H., Boen T., Cahn M., Chambers R., Daskon C., EM‐DAT, Faulkner S., Haigh R., Hall J. R., Hall N., Haviland W. A., Hoffman S. M., Huntington S. P., Kendall D., Koentjaraningrat A., Kroeber A. L., Lavigne F., McEntire D., Mercer J., Nanda S., Nissanka N. M. N. W. K., Nunn N. P. D., Ogburn W. F., Oliver‐Smith A. S., Palliyaguru R., Perez I. N., Ratnayake R. M. G. D., Schaefer R. T., Schech S., Schein E. H., Sumner W. G., Taylor W., Udayangani Kulatunga, UN/ISDR, UNESCO, Williams R., Wisner B.   +38 more
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Research Progress on Effects of Thermokarst Lakes on Soil Carbon and Microbial Community

Shuitu baochi tongbao, 2022
[Objective] The impacts of thermokarst lakes formed by rapid thawing and collapsing of permafrost on soil carbon and microorganisms were studied in order to provide a reference for the study of ecological environment and greenhouse gas emissions in such ...
Zhao Yunduo, Hu Xia, Yang Zhiguang, Pan Pengyu   +3 more
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Application of ChatGPT in natural disaster prevention and reduction

Natural Hazards Research, 2023
Improving disaster prevention, reduction, and emergency response capabilities is crucial in a country prone to frequent natural disasters. Since the release of ChatGPT, it has garnered widespread attention and sparked extensive discussions in various ...
Zhiwen Xue, Chong Xu, Xiwei Xu
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