Results 61 to 70 of about 41,297 (258)
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how salient sustainability risks from near‐miss natural disasters influence board composition. Using a difference‐in‐differences design, I find that firms located in counties neighboring disaster‐affected areas significantly increase the presence of directors with sustainability expertise following the disaster.
Bo Wang
wiley +1 more source
Welfare consequences of the compound risks of index insurance
Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract Index insurance is an attractive variant on the standard insurance contract that allows the determination of a loss event to be defined by one or more thresholds on an index that is positively correlated with actual losses. Index insurance also comes with a compound risk, basis risk.
Glenn Harrison +4 more
wiley +1 more source
THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION ALONG THE MAKRAN SUBDUCTION ZONE IN THE NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA. CASE STUDY: THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OF NOVEMBER 28, 1945 [PDF]
Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2006 Although large earthquakes along the Makran Subduction Zone are infrequent, the potential for the generation of destructive tsunamis in the Northern Arabian Sea cannot be overlooked.
George Pararas-Carayannis
doaj
Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.Abstract The Tvären structure in southeastern Sweden has been listed as a confirmed marine‐target impact structure for decades. However, to date, no measurements and/or indexed data of planar deformation features in quartz grains from the structure have been published or any other unequivocal evidence of impact.
Katarzyna J. Gajewska +6 more
wiley +1 more source
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED EARTH WALL FOR SHORE PROTECTION SYSTEM AGAINST TSUNAMI [PDF]
Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2009 The evaluation and design of coastal shore protection works for tsunamis assumed considerable importance following the impact of the 26th December 2004 tsunami in India and other countries of Asia.
Amit Srivastava, G. L. Sivakumar Babu
doaj
Outnumbered. Quantification and Reactivity Inside Street‐Level Organizations
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past three decades, the amount of quantitative data in general and performance indicators specifically within street‐level organizations has increased immensely. Although quantitative data is often perceived as information about and for practice, it must also be seen as part of practice itself.
Leif Tøfting Kongsgaard
wiley +1 more source
A Survey on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Disaster Robotics: Main Challenges and Directions
Sensors, 2019 Disaster robotics has become a research area in its own right, with several reported cases of successful robot deployment in actual disaster scenarios. Most of these disaster deployments use aerial, ground, or underwater robotic platforms.
Vitor A. M. Jorge +8 more
doaj +1 more source
Conceptualizing and contextualizing “large‐scale” and “scaling‐up” ecological restoration
Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Current restoration efforts are lagging behind the extent and pace of environmental degradation. This emphasizes the need and urgency to scale up ecological restoration. This study sought to understand the context of “large‐scale” and “scaling‐up” ecological restoration, that is, what it means, entails, where, and how it is implemented by ...
Duduzile K. Ngwenya +3 more
wiley +1 more source