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Expression an Effective Method in Generation of Random Samples to Calculate the Failure Probability of Structures With MCS Method [PDF]
پژوهشهای زیرساختهای عمرانی, 2020 Reliability theory is a part of the general theory of probability that earned a special place in engineering science over recent decades. This theory has a logical framework.
Mehdi Nikouei Mahani +2 more
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Land, 2023 Desertification is one of the most severe environmental and socioeconomic issues facing the world today. Gonghe Basin is located in the monsoon marginal zone of China, is a sensitive area of climate change in the northeastern of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Hong Jia +7 more
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Extreme Drought in the Brazilian Pantanal in 2019–2020: Characterization, Causes, and Impacts
Frontiers in Water, 2021 The Pantanal region in South America is one of the world's largest wetlands. Since 2019, the Pantanal has suffered a prolonged drought that has spelled disaster for the region, and subsequent fires have engulfed hundreds of thousands of hectares.
Jose A. Marengo +19 more
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Carbon Balance and Management, 2023 Background The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the “sensitive area” of climate change, and also the “driver” and “amplifier” of global change. The response and feedback of its carbon dynamics to climate change will significantly affect the content of greenhouse
Jingyu Zeng +8 more
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Human and economic impacts of natural disasters: can we trust the global data?
Scientific Data, 2022 Reliable and complete data held in disaster databases are imperative to inform effective disaster preparedness and mitigation policies. Nonetheless, disaster databases are highly prone to missingness.
R. L. Jones, D. Guha-Sapir, S. Tubeuf
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Natural Disasters—Origins, Impacts, Management
Encyclopedia, 2021 Natural hazards are processes that serve as triggers for natural disasters. Natural hazards can be classified into six categories. Geophysical or geological hazards relate to movement in solid earth.
M. T. Chaudhary, A. Piracha
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The health burden of natural and technological disasters in Brazil from 2013 to 2021 [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2023 Disasters deeply impact the health of the affected population and the economy of a country. The health burden of disasters in Brazil is underestimated and more studies are needed to underpin policies and actions for disaster risk reduction.
Abner Willian Quintino de Freitas +2 more
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Measuring inequality in community resilience to natural disasters using large-scale mobility data
Nature Communications, 2021 While conceptual definitions provide a foundation for the study of disasters and their impacts, the challenge for researchers and practitioners alike has been to develop objective and rigorous measures of resilience that are generalizable and scalable ...
Boyeong Hong +3 more
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Review on visualization technology in simulation training system for major natural disasters
Natural Hazards, 2022 Major natural disasters have occurred frequently in the last few years, resulting in increased loss of life and economic damage. Most emergency responders do not have first-hand experience with major natural disasters, and thus, there is an urgent need ...
Ning Li +4 more
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Mobile phone location data for disasters: A review from natural hazards and epidemics [PDF]
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2021 Rapid urbanization and climate change trends, intertwined with complex interactions of various social, economic, and political factors, have resulted in an increase in the frequency and intensity of disaster events.
T. Yabe +4 more
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