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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 +3 more
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A Dilemma of Language: “Natural Disasters” in Academic Literature
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019 For decades sections of the academic community have been emphasizing that disasters are not natural. Nevertheless, politicians, the media, various international organizations—and, more surprisingly, many established researchers working in disaster ...
Ksenia Chmutina, Jason von Meding
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Built-up land in floodplains (BLF) is a driver and a disaster-bearing body of flood risk from a socio-hydrological perspective. The relationship between BLF growth and flood vulnerability is the key to understanding and managing flood risk.
Guangpeng Wang +11 more
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How to Prepare Disaster Mitigation Knowledge for Prospective Teachers in Elementary School?
Al-Ishlah: Jurnal Pendidikan, 2021 Knowledge of disaster mitigation is one of the must-have primary school teacher candidates. The research tries to identify the knowledge of prospective elementary school teachers about natural, non-natural, and social disaster mitigation.
Eddy Noviana +4 more
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2018 Booming urbanization due to a fast-growing population results in more impervious areas, less infiltration, and hence greater flood peak and runoff. Clear understanding of flood responses in regions with different levels and expansions of urbanization is ...
Juan Du +4 more
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Activities of the Local Government During a State of Natural Disaster
Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 2021 As one of the states of exception, a state of a natural disaster often makes public administration, including local governments, take actions that restrict the sphere of human rights and civil liberties.
Małgorzata Czuryk
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Decentralization and natural disasters [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013 This paper surveys recent research on decentralization and natural disasters. The first part discusses results from theoretical models that have been used to study the issues that arise when natural disasters occur in a country with more than one level of government.
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NATURAL DISASTERS — BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE? [PDF]
The Singapore Economic Review, 2011 This study examines the impact of natural disasters on stock market returns and on industries that are likely to be affected by such disasters. We find that different natural disasters have different effects on stock markets and industries. Our evidence suggests that while earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes could negatively affect market returns ...
Hardjo Koerniadi +2 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019 Complex natural disasters often cause people to suffer hardships, and they can cause a large number of casualties. A population that has been affected by a natural disaster is at high risk and desperately in need of help.
Changxiu Cheng +4 more
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Microfluidic active pressure and flow stabiliser
Scientific Reports, 2021 In microfluidics, a well-known challenge is to obtain reproducible results, often constrained by unstable pressures or flow rates. Today, there are existing stabilisers made for low-pressure microfluidics or high-pressure macrofluidics, often consisting ...
Simon Södergren +2 more
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