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Reflections on a Natural Disaster
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2007 ![Figure][1] As everyone surely knows by now, Southern California, and San Diego in particular, were recently engulfed in massively destructive wild fires. Although my family was spared any loss, and in fact did not have to evacuate our home, many of our friends and colleagues were not ...
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Capacity gaps in post disaster construction & demolition waste management [PDF]
, 2015 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the identification of the existing capacities of post disaster C & D waste management in developing countries, with a special emphasis on Sri Lanka to determine the capacity gaps and related influencing
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Karunasena, Gayani
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Opportunity in the Wake of Natural "Disasters"
Science, 2009 The media and general public often perceive major natural disturbances as catastrophies that destroy the environment. However, this view is derived from the perspective of human population and infrastructure. From an ecosystem perspective, natural disturbances are often required to maintain ecosystem function (for example, some plant germination occurs
Likens, Gene +3 more
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The Common Disaster and the Unexpected Education: Delta Flight 1141 and the Discourse of Aviation Safety [PDF]
, 1996 News coverage of transportation disasters, such as the crash of Delia Flight 1141, reveal the disaster behavior of passengers, flight personnel and rescue workers.
Garner, Ana C.
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Natural disasters and labor markets [PDF]
Journal of Development Economics, 2017 Abstract While it is clear that natural disasters have serious welfare consequences for affected populations, less is known about how local labor markets in low-income countries adjust to such large shocks. Combining data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey, the DesInventar database, the U.S.
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FoodsClimate change poses a high risk to grain yields. Maize, rice, and wheat are the three major grain crops in China, Japan, and Korea. Assessing the impacts and risks of climate on the yields of these grain cops is crucial.
Jieming Chou +5 more
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Variable Urbanization Warming Effects across Metropolitans of China and Relevant Driving Factors
Remote Sensing, 2020 Urbanization is mainly characterized by the expansion of impervious surface (IS) and hence modifies hydrothermal properties of the urbanized areas. This process results in rising land surface temperature (LST) of the urbanized regions, i.e., urban heat ...
Qiang Zhang +4 more
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Natural disasters and the economy [PDF]
Review of Regional Research, 2020 Faggian, Alessandra, Modica, Marco
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Adaptive management of the climate change problem: bridging the gap between research and public policy [PDF]
There are important differences between adaptation to normal climate and adaptation to climate change. One scientific community is organized to address extreme probabilities in current distributions, and their disaster potential.
Săvoiu, Gheorghe
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Constructing the cultural repertoire in a natural disaster: The role of social media in the Thailand flood of 2011 [PDF]
, 2014 In 2011, Thailand witnessed its worst flooding catastrophe in half a century. In this study, we explored social media as a new and promising weapon to address the physical and morale challenges caused by the natural disaster.
Hackney, R +4 more
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