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Vulnerability to climate change: people, place and exposure to hazard [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2011 The Human Dimension of the Twinning European and South Asian River Basins to Enhance Capacity and Implement Adaptive Management Approaches Project (EC-Project BRAHMATWINN) is aimed at developing socio-economic tools and context for the effective ...
C. W. Hutton +5 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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Overcoming social barriers in managing vulnerability of alpine tourism to environmental change [PDF]
, 2010 Tourism as the world’s biggest service industry is threatened by global environmental change. Alpine tourism with its economic backbone of alpine skiing has been responding to direct ecological threats of climate change.
Luthe, Tobias
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg +43 more
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Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 2021 Indian Sundarban Biosphere Reserve (SBR), a fragile ecosystem, is susceptible to frequent cyclones, floods, and storm surge. The study impeccably analyzed the socio-economic vulnerability in SBR using pragmatic approach. Average storm surge height, slope
Mehebub Sahana +3 more
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Vulnerability Analysis to Water-related Hazards in Las Turbias Basin, Argentina
Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, 2021 Water-related hazards may trigger disasters depending on different people’s and territories’ level of vulnerability. Hydrographic basins are considered as a management unit, where government should consider all potential hazards and risks within ...
Mario Gardiol +4 more
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Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.Aging‐associated physiological and molecular alterations pose significant challenges in cancer management among India's elderly. Limited geriatric oncology expertise, financial constraints, and inadequate specialized care exacerbate disparities. Strategic expansion of insurance coverage, integration of palliative care, and infrastructural advancements ...
Nihanthy D. Sreenath +3 more
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Jurnal Ilmu LingkunganThe establishment of an international port at Tanjung Carat is part of the National Strategic Projects initiated by the South Sumatra Provincial Government to boost local economic growth.
Herda Sabriyah Dara Kospa +2 more
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY TO URBAN HEAT IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA AND DALLAS, TEXAS DURING JUNE 2020 [PDF]
ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 Urban expansion compounded by climate change appears to exacerbate the temperature difference between urban and rural areas. This temperature difference, known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect, results from lack of vegetation, increased impervious ...
T. Moss, B. Kar
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Policy-relevant Assessment Method of Socio-Economic Impacts of Floods: an Italian Case Study [PDF]
, 2012 This paper estimates the direct and indirect socio-economic impacts of the 2000 flood that took place in the Po river basin (Italy) using a combination of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model and Spatial and Multi-Criteria Analysis.
Carrera, Lorenzo +5 more
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