Experience of technological and natural disasters and their impact on the perceived risk of nuclear accidents after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan 2011: A cross-country analysis. [PDF]
This paper uses cross-country data compiled immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident to investigate how the experience of such disasters affects the perception of the risk of nuclear accidents. Estimation results show that the perceived risk of a
Yamamura, Eiji
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Perceived Ability to Practice in Disaster Management Among Public Health Nurses in Aceh, Indonesia [PDF]
, 2011 Background: The increasing number of disaster events around the world has challenged every country to develop better disaster-management strategies. As a part of healthcare system, public health nurses (PHNs) should be involved in caring for people in ...
Maneewat, K. (Khomapak) +2 more
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Media, Institutions, and Government Action: Prevention vs. Palliation in the Time of Cholera [PDF]
This paper studies how media and the quality of institutions affect government action taken before and after a natural disaster. The key elements in this relationship are the media's role as the provider of information to voters about government action ...
Chongwoo Choe, Paul A. Raschky
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Natural disasters and household welfare : evidence from Vietnam [PDF]
As natural disasters hit with increasing frequency, especially in coastal areas, it is imperative to better understand how much natural disasters affect economies and their people.
Christiaensen, Luc +3 more
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Economic development perspectives of post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction: Post-tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka [PDF]
Sri Lanka was found to be a disaster prone country in the recent past. The impact is more severe when developing countries are faced to various natural or man-made disasters.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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Building Disaster Resilience within the Emirati Energy Sector through a Comprehensive Strategic Mitigation Plan [PDF]
, 2013 Disasters, both natural and man-made, have been occurring with increasing frequency and effect in recent decades in many countries around the world. Such threats have been shown to result in a loss of life, property and income and all of which have an ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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How does corruption influence perceptions of the risk of nuclear accidents?: cross-country analysis after the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan. [PDF]
Japan’s 2011 natural disasters were accompanied by a devastating nuclear disaster in Fukushima. This paper used cross-country data obtained immediately after the Japanese disaster to explore how, and the extent to which, corruption affects the perception
Yamamura, Eiji
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Remote sensing utility in a disaster struck urban environment [PDF]
Six major public health areas which might be affected by a natural disaster were identified. The functions and tasks associated with each area following a disaster, potential ways remote sensing could aid these functions, and the baseline data which ...
Holguin, A., Rush, M.
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Cyclone Bola : a study of the psychological after-effects : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]
, 1994 The present study investigates the long-term post-trauma psychological reactions to Cyclone Bola, which struck the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand in March, 1988. This study evaluates psychological morbidity in respondents, in particular it
Eustace, Kerry L
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