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Spatiotemporal distribution of power outages with climate events and social vulnerability in the USA
Nature Communications, 2023 The authors find within-day, seasonal, and regional differences in county-level power outages from 2018–2020. Outages commonly co-occur with climate events.
V. Do +6 more
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Flood exposure and social vulnerability in the United States
Natural Hazards, 2021 Human exposure to floods continues to increase, driven by changes in hydrology and land use. Adverse impacts amplify for socially vulnerable populations, who disproportionately inhabit flood-prone areas.
Eric Tate +3 more
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Lancet Planetary Health, 2023 The need to assess and measure how social vulnerability influences the health impacts of climate change has resulted in a rapidly growing body of research literature.
Ang Li, Mathew Toll, Rebecca Bentley
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Adversity specificity and life period exposure on cognitive aging
Scientific Reports, 2023 This study set out to examine the role of different adversities experienced at different life course stages on cognitive aging (i.e., level and change). Data from the longitudinal study: Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) with the
M. Künzi +8 more
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Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
, 2023 The Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of the scientific literature relevant to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability ...
Dr. Kirstin K. Holsman
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Social vulnerability and climate risk assessment for agricultural communities in the United States.
Science of the Total Environment, 2023 Floods and droughts significantly affect agricultural activities and pose a threat to food security by subsequently reducing agricultural production. The impact of flood events is distributed disproportionately among agricultural communities based on ...
Tugkan Tanir +3 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2022 There are few studies on the social vulnerability of small towns in landslide disaster areas. The occurrence of geological disasters will directly threaten the local socioeconomic growth, it is particularly important to identify vulnerable areas and ...
Yi Xiao +4 more
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Social Vulnerability and Risk of Suicide in US Adults, 2016-2020
JAMA Network Open, 2023 Key Points Question Is social vulnerability associated with suicide rates for US adults? Findings In this cohort study including 222 018 suicides in 3141 US counties, high scores on both the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Social ...
Shuhan Liu +17 more
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Machine learning-enabled regional multi-hazards risk assessment considering social vulnerability
Scientific Reports, 2023 The regional multi-hazards risk assessment poses difficulties due to data access challenges, and the potential interactions between multi-hazards and social vulnerability.
Tianjie Zhang, Donglei Wang, Yang Lu
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Social vulnerability, frailty and mortality in elderly people. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 BACKGROUND:Social vulnerability is related to the health of elderly people, but its measurement and relationship to frailty are controversial. The aims of the present study were to operationalize social vulnerability according to a deficit accumulation ...
Melissa K Andrew +2 more
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