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Science, 1999
N atural disasters have caused enormous losses in many countries and have set back economic progress in developing countries by years. The future looks even worse, as populations in many parts of the world migrate into hazard-prone regions and into major urban centers, which are particularly vulnerable because of their dependence on complex ...
F, Press, R M, Hamilton
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N atural disasters have caused enormous losses in many countries and have set back economic progress in developing countries by years. The future looks even worse, as populations in many parts of the world migrate into hazard-prone regions and into major urban centers, which are particularly vulnerable because of their dependence on complex ...
F, Press, R M, Hamilton
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Science, 1999
I read with interest the Review by the National Research Council's Board on Natural Disasters regarding the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction ( Science 's Compass, 18 June, p. [1943][1]) and the editorial “Mitigating national disasters” by Frank Press and Robert M. Hamilton in the same issue ( Science 's Compass, p. 1927).
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I read with interest the Review by the National Research Council's Board on Natural Disasters regarding the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction ( Science 's Compass, 18 June, p. [1943][1]) and the editorial “Mitigating national disasters” by Frank Press and Robert M. Hamilton in the same issue ( Science 's Compass, p. 1927).
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The Economics of Natural Disasters [PDF]
CESifo Forum, 2010 International ...
Hallegatte, Stéphane, Przyluski, V.
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2008
Natural disasters such as floods, landslides, snow avalanches and tsunamis cause loss of lives and goods every year in the world. Is it inevitable that natural catastrophic events become "natural disasters"? What role can forests play in reducing people's vulnerability to natural catastrophic events and how can forest conservation programs and policies
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Natural disasters such as floods, landslides, snow avalanches and tsunamis cause loss of lives and goods every year in the world. Is it inevitable that natural catastrophic events become "natural disasters"? What role can forests play in reducing people's vulnerability to natural catastrophic events and how can forest conservation programs and policies
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2013
Recently, Jeddah has witnessed catastrophic events that have caused the environment pollution, detention of people in one area and the inability of people to go to other safe places. For instance, flood has caused the sinking and destruction of homes and the private properties. Also, the existence of excavation works at Jeddah streets has been the main
Lamiaa Fattouh Ibrahim +5 more
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Recently, Jeddah has witnessed catastrophic events that have caused the environment pollution, detention of people in one area and the inability of people to go to other safe places. For instance, flood has caused the sinking and destruction of homes and the private properties. Also, the existence of excavation works at Jeddah streets has been the main
Lamiaa Fattouh Ibrahim +5 more
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Literature and Medicine, 1996
Steinberg queries the distinction between natural and human-engineered disasters. Using evidence of floods caused by artificial dams, rain created by cloud seeding, and hurricanes affected by weather control projects, the author suggests that humans are altering the weather and unself-consciously contributing to natural disasters such as ...
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Steinberg queries the distinction between natural and human-engineered disasters. Using evidence of floods caused by artificial dams, rain created by cloud seeding, and hurricanes affected by weather control projects, the author suggests that humans are altering the weather and unself-consciously contributing to natural disasters such as ...
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“Natural” Disasters and Disaster Relief
PrismAbstract This article discusses Celestial Fire, volume 2 of Alai's Epic of Ji Village, which depicts a major natural disaster—a wildfire—that hits the village during the Cultural Revolution and the subsequent relief efforts. This article examines how the natural disaster is woven into the texture of social organisms, appropriated by ...
Huaji Xu, Haomin Gong
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This chapter examines the implication of natural disaster on mental health of children and adolescents in Joshimath of Uttarakhand, India. Mental health is caused to increase death anxiety and psychological disorder among the children due to the existence of natural disasters. Natural disasters cause increased problems of post-traumatic stress disorder
Sudhanshu Negi +2 more
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How natural disasters affect energy innovation? The perspective of environmental sustainability
Energy Economics, 2022Mingbo Zheng, Xin-Xin Zhao
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The trap of climate change-induced “natural” disasters and inequality
Global Environmental Change, 2021Valeria Costantini +2 more
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