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Sanctions, National Security, and Free Speech
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A fundamental, but largely overlooked, aspect of the New Washington Consensus is the use of national security arguments to restrict speech and punish disfavored speakers. Although the United States has a longer history of using sanctions to restrict speech in the terrorism context, it has recently applied sanctions to restrict political speech,
Joshua Andresen
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Briefing Paper on Taking stock of the Tsunami recovery process [PDF]
, 2015 Promoting positive action towards disaster risk reduction and advising future recovery policies and practices when communities face the aftermath of a major disaster, a briefing paper has been launched on Taking stock of the Tsunami recovery process in ...
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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A Model for TSUnami FLow INversion from Deposits (TSUFLIND)
, 2015 Modern tsunami deposits are employed to estimate the overland flow characteristics of tsunamis. With the help of the overland-flow characteristics, the characteristics of the causative tsunami wave can be estimated.
Tang, Hui, Weiss, Robert
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Frontiers in Earth ScienceThe Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) is a tectonically active margin with a documented history of tsunamis that have repeatedly impacted coastal communities along the northern Arabian Sea.
Mouloud Hamidatou +5 more
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract An extensive literature demonstrates a positive relationship between social capital and health. However, empirical analyses within the Italian context remain limited. This study contributes to the existing literature by expanding the empirical evidence on this topic for Italy, employing an ecological approach.
Maria Alessandra Antonelli +1 more
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Review of impact of post-tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure facilities [PDF]
, 2006 On 26 December 2004, an earthquake in the West Coast of Northern Sumatra set off a series of other earthquakes lasting for several hours which resulted in a Tsunami in the Indian Ocean. This led to widespread disaster, particularly in Sri Lanka, India,
Amaratunga, Dilanthi +2 more
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, 2020 Understanding the evacuation behaviour in tsunamis offers important knowledge to consider for evacuation, countermeasures and preparedness for future tsunamis.
Fumiyasu Makinoshima +2 more
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Early‐Life Disaster Exposure and the Investment Response to Monetary Policy
Financial Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We place CEOs' formative experiences at the center of analyzing how firms respond to monetary policy. Specifically, we examine how early‐life exposure to natural disasters shapes CEOs’ investment behavior following monetary shocks. CEOs with exposure to moderate natural disasters during their formative years exhibit stronger risk‐taking ...
Samer Adra +3 more
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Assessing Opportunities for Livelihood Enhancement and Diversification in Coastal Fishing Communities of Southern India [PDF]
, 2008 "The United Nations Team for Tsunami Recovery Support (UNTRS) based in Chennai,India, is facilitating the process of tsunami recovery in the region through specific interventions in strategic areas. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations
Thaddeus Koriya, Venkatesh Salagrama
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TSUNAMI GENERATION FROM MAJOR EARTHQUAKES ON THE OUTER-RISE OF OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE SUBDUCTION ZONES - Case Study: Earthquake and Tsunami of 29 September 2009 in the Samoan Islands Region. [PDF]
Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2020 The present study examines the crustal deformational characteristics caused by earthquakes occurring primarily on the outer-rise of the oceanic lithosphere in zones of tectonic plate collision and subduction. Additionally it examines the possible reasons
George Pararas-Carayannis
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