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The impact of climate vulnerability on firms’ cost of capital and access to finance
World Development, 2021 This article presents the first systematic investigation of the effects of climate-related vulnerability on firms’ cost of capital and access to finance and sheds light on a hitherto under-appreciated cost of climate change for climate vulnerable ...
Gerhard Kling +3 more
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Flood exposure and social vulnerability in the United States
Natural Hazards, 2021 Human exposure to floods continues to increase, driven by changes in hydrology and land use. Adverse impacts amplify for socially vulnerable populations, who disproportionately inhabit flood-prone areas.
Eric Tate +3 more
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2020 Background Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries in the world has been ranked 9th on the Climate Risk Index for 2017: the 10 most affected countries & 7th on the Long-Term Climate Risk Index: the 10 countries most affected from 1998 to ...
M. Tasdik Hasan +8 more
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Vulnerability, Vulnerable Populations, and Policy [PDF]
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 2004 [ 411 ] Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Vol. 14, No. 4, 411–425 © 2004 by the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature Produced at the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Box 571212, Washington, DC 20057-1212. The Center operates on a contract with the National Library of
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Vulnerability assessment of the karst aquifer feeding the Pertuso Spring (Central Italy): comparison between different applications of COP method [PDF]
, 2017 Karst aquifers vulnerability assessment and mapping are important tools for improved sustainable management and protection of karst groundwater resources.
DE FILIPPI, FRANCESCO MARIA +2 more
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Mandatory containment of COVID-19 patients in Monastir: Legislative framework and impact on freedoms
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Tunisia found itself in an exceptional situation during the covid 19 pandemic requiring a legal regime of exceptionality and sanitary necessity with a double challenge: the fight against the sanitary crisis, and the preservation of ...
I. Betbout +7 more
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Physical and Chemical Conditions of Bayur Bay Waters On the East and West Season
Ilmu Kelautan, 2017 Physical construction of Bayur bay coastal area as a port was followed by a variety of environmental issues, both physical degradation of the natural environment, biology reduction and an increase in social problems, directly affect to water quality ...
Ulung Jantama Wisha +2 more
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New type of vulnerability curve gives insight in the hydraulic capacitance and conductivity of the xylem [PDF]
, 2013 Drought vulnerability of trees and other woody plants is much debated in the context of climate change, which creates a high interest in understanding plant water relations.
Baert, Annelies +4 more
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Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection using Graph Neural Network
International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2020 The security problems of smart contracts have drawn extensive attention due to the enormous financial losses caused by vulnerabilities. Existing methods on smart contract vulnerability detection heavily rely on fixed expert rules, leading to low ...
Yuan Zhuang +5 more
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JGEET: Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology, 2019 Mandeh Bay is threatened by sedimentation issue caused by the rapid development of marine tourism area which strongly impacts to the environmental degradation.
Ulung Jantama Wisha +2 more
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