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Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Projections for Boston [PDF]
, 2016 While the broad outlines of how climate change would impact Boston have been known for some time, it is only recently that we have developed a more definitive understanding of what lies ahead.
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AtmosphereUrban flooding, driven by extreme rainfall events and urbanization, poses substantial risks to urban safety and infrastructure. This study employed a neighborhood-scale InfoWorks ICM model to analyze the full-process impacts of urban flooding under six ...
Yuzhou Zhang +5 more
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama +3 more
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MONITORING THE EFFECTS OF FLOODING ON THE TERRITORY KHABAROVSK IN 2013
InterCarto. InterGIS, 2015 The Amur flood in 2013 have caused catastrophic damage in the coastal area of Khabarovsk. Prolonged flooding caused the destruction of buildings, roads, pollution of the urban environment.
T. I. Podgornaya
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural water management (AWM) is increasingly transitioning towards transformative thinking, where interconnected sectors, including water, energy and food, are managed holistically. Trends point towards cross‐sectoral and harmonised strategies to optimise water use efficiency and productivity, integrate renewable energy, promote ...
Luxon Nhamo +5 more
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Fault tree analysis for urban flooding
Water Science and Technology, 2009 Traditional methods to evaluate flood risk generally focus on heavy storm events as the principal cause of flooding. Conversely, fault tree analysis is a technique that aims at modelling all potential causes of flooding. It quantifies both overall flood probability and relative contributions of individual causes of flooding. This paper presents a fault
Ten Veldhuis, J.A.E. (author) +2 more
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Impacts of Urban Flooding on Gender in a Slum of Bangladesh
Social SciencesUrban flooding is a frequent disaster during the monsoon period (June–October), hindering the daily lives of city dwellers, especially slum dwellers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Zarin Subah +2 more
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
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Adolescents' Experiences of Hate Speech and Psychological Needs: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescents are increasingly exposed to hate speech in both online and offline contexts, yet limited research has examined how such exposure is experienced and how it relates to adolescents' psychological needs and well‐being. Drawing on Self‐Determination Theory (SDT), this study explores how adolescents make sense of hate speech
Tomas Jungert +6 more
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The Effect of Design Rainfall Patterns on Urban Flooding Based on the Chicago Method. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023 Chen J, Li Y, Zhang C.
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