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Early warning of vulnerable counties in a pandemic using socio-economic variables
Economics & Human Biology, 2021 In the U.S. in early 2020, heterogenous and incomplete county-scale data on COVID-19 hindered effective interventions in the pandemic. While numbers of deaths can be used to estimate actual number of infections after a time lag, counties with low death counts early on have considerable uncertainty about true numbers of cases in the future. Here we show
Ruck, Damian J. +2 more
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An institutional approach to vulnerability: evidence from natural hazard management in Europe
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Institutional vulnerability to natural hazards has not been thoroughly investigated until now. Yet, institutional vulnerability is strongly connected to all other vulnerability dimensions, and specific socio-economic and physical indicators.
M Papathoma-Köhle, T Thaler, S Fuchs
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The Socio-Economic Impacts of the Covid-19 Mitigation Measures and Vulnerabilities in Singapore
Progress in Disaster Science, 2023 Abstract Lockdowns were widely used to reduce transmission of COVID-19 and prevent health care services from being overwhelmed. While these mitigation measures helped to reduce loss of life, they also disrupted the everyday lives of billions of people.
Daly, Patrick +9 more
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COVID-19: District level vulnerability assessment in India
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021 Objectives: COVID-19 Pandemic has brought a threatening challenge to the world and as well as for Indian society and economy. In India, it has become a public health disaster and its' intensity increasing continuously.
Apurba Sarkar, Pradip Chouhan
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Assessment of flood risk in a coastal city considering multiple socio-economic vulnerability scenarios [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological SciencesThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stresses the importance of vulnerability and exposure along with hazard in defining flood risk. Therefore, a novel approach for flood risk quantification is proposed that evaluates the impact of various ...
M. Ghosh +4 more
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Integrated rural socio-economic vulnerability analysis in Lampung Province
Jurnal Perspektif Pembiayaan dan Pembangunan Daerah, 2022 One of the common characteristics of rural areas is their vulnerability to socio-economic and environmental shocks. Therefore, rural development policies should consider these features to take full advantage of the benefits of rural development.
Dedy Yuliawan +3 more
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Quantifying Air Pollution Vulnerability and its Distributional Consequences
Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal, 2019 This paper estimates Vulnerability Index of air pollution in Delhi taking into account exposure, susceptibility and coping capacity of households. A general health production function model and a vulnerability assessment framework are used for this ...
Shivani Gupta +2 more
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Socio-economic vulnerability and losses of flood in Lampung, Indonesia
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2020 Abstract This study aims to determine the distribution of flood locations and the level of socio-economic vulnerability of the community and total losses due to flood disasters in Lampung, Indonesia. Climate change causes extreme weather. Thus, the rainfall increases from the previous year.
N R Chayyani +2 more
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Territoire en Mouvement, 2007 Much coastal and marine pollution by oil spills have been registered for the last thirty years. Literature review shows many studies which goal is to assess and to map such coastal events. Coastal vulnerability assessment is a necessity to anticipate oil
Paul Fattal, Marc Robin, Patrick Pottier
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Hydrology, 2023 Coastal areas are dynamic and complex systems exposed to waves, high tides, and storm surges. Often, these areas are densely populated and have essential socio-economic values for the region and country.
Zaviša Šimac +2 more
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