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Spatiotemporal Changes of Hazard Intensity-Adjusted Population Exposure to Multiple Hazards in Tibet During 1982–2015

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2018
The dynamic changes of population exposure to hazards in high-altitude areas are an important factor in the scientific evaluation of environmental risks.
Anyu Zhang, Jingai Wang, Yao Jiang, Yanqiang Chen, Peijun Shi   +4 more
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LEARNING EFFECT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL: A CASE STUDY OF NATURAL DISASTER FROM JAPAN [PDF]

Using Japanese prefecture level data for the years between 1988 and 2001, this paper explores how and the extent to which social capital has an effect on the damage resulting from natural disasters.
yamamura, eiji
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'Catastrophic Failure' Theories and Disaster Journalism: Evaluating Media Explanations of the Black Saturday Bushfires [PDF]

, 2010
In recent decades, academic researchers of natural disasters and emergency management have developed a canonical literature on 'catastrophe failure' theories such as disaster responses from from US emergency management services (Drabek, 2010; Quarantelli,
Burns, Alex, Eltham, Ben
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Comprehensive Risk Assessment of Farmer Households in Flood and Earthquake Prone Areas Based on Multidimensional Information Diffusion Model

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR)
In recent years, the global practice of regional natural disaster reduction and comprehensive risk prevention has promoted the integration of multiple disciplines, and the theory and technology of comprehensive risk assessment for multiple natural ...
Xiao-jun Pan, Xi Zhang, Pei-huan Li, Cheng-yi Pu   +3 more
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Creating insurance markets for natural disaster risk in lower income countries: the potential role for securitization [PDF]

This paper considers the potential for securitizing index-based insurance products that transfer weather and natural disaster risks from lower income countries.
Barnett, Barry J., Murphy, Anne G., Skees, Jerry R.   +2 more
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Safe growth and natural disaster [PDF]

Smart growth planning is beginning to include safe growth techniques, which can minimize the effects of natural disasters.Natural ...
Kristina Egan
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On the nature of man and disaster.

Critical care (London, England), 2006
Unique among animals, humans survive not by superb physical adaptation to our environment, but rather by intelligent, large-scale adaptation of the environment to our needs. We build houses with climate control systems that mimic the environment of sub-Saharan Africa.
openaire   +2 more sources

Financial protection of the state against natural disasters : a primer [PDF]

This paper has been prepared for policy makers interested in establishing or strengthening financial strategies to increase the financial response capacity of governments of developing countries in the aftermath of natural disasters, while protecting ...
Ghesquiere, Francis, Mahul, Olivier
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Women's empowerment in disaster reconstruction: Critical perspectives on policies and frameworks [PDF]

There has been an increase in the occurrence of natural disasters and their impact has aroused the interest of many stakeholders to incorporate different strategies on disaster management. Although, disaster ceased many opportunities and lives, the lives
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard, Thurairajah, N.   +2 more
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Experimental investigation into effects of material and energy regulation of debris flow by using check dams with different porosities

Frontiers in Earth Science
The design of check dam openings for debris flow control has been identified as a longstanding challenge, with no definitive solution yet identified. In this study, a quantitative analysis of the control efficacy of check dams with varying opening rates ...
Jinyan Huang, Xingrong Liu, Zuoxiong Zhang, Jinxia Zhang, Yanjie Ma, Qirun Li, Yukun Wang, Yapen An   +7 more
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