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Cause-specific mortality as a sentinel indicator of current socioeconomic conditions in Italy

Demographic Research, 2018
Background: In the last few years the need for disaggregated statistics at small territorial levels to monitor the social and economic conditions of the various areas of a country has increased considerably. The question of how to define these indicators
Elisabetta Barbi, Oliviero Casacchia, Filomena Racioppi   +2 more
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A Vulnerability Analysis of Coral Reefs in Coastal Ecotourism Areas for Conservation Management

Diversity, 2019
Coral reef ecosystems provide many ecological, economic, and social benefits. Despite their numerous functions, coral reefs are in a vulnerable state due to the effects of human activities.
Harsuko Riniwati, Nuddin Harahab, Zainal Abidin   +2 more
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Estimation of the flood vulnerability index (FVI) for Alexandria city , Egypt: A case study [PDF]

JES: Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2023
Climate change and urbanization are likely to increase the vulnerability of cities by increasing the intensity of flooding, which causes damage to the communities.
Mai Afifi, Abdelkawi Khalifa, Rifaat Abdel Wahaab, Ibrahim Moukhtar, Ezzat Elalfy   +4 more
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GIS spatial modelling for seismic risk assessment based on exposure, resilience, and capacity indicators to seismic hazard: a case study of Pahang, Malaysia

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2021
Various techniques and frameworks for an evaluation of seismic vulnerability have been developed and established in previous studies. However, some techniques demand a significant amount of empirical data currently not readily available in developing ...
Noor Suhaiza Sauti, Mohd Effendi Daud, Masiri Kaamin, Suhaila Sahat   +3 more
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Incorporating remote sensing techniques to the DRASTIC index to assess groundwater vulnerability at mining areas: application to Sonora river aquifer, northwestern Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 2022
Groundwater metal pollution is a major concern in mining areas. This study proposes a new addition to the DRASTIC method (DRASTIC+Lu) to assess groundwater vulnerability to metal pollution in mining areas by combining remote sensing (to locate metal ...
Denisse Archundia, Víctor Vidaña-Guillen, Juan Valenzuela-Munguia, Francisco Molina-Freaner   +3 more
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Vulnerability of smallholder sorghum farmers to climate variability in a heterogeneous landscape of south-western Uganda

Jàmbá, 2020
Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are at a greater risk to the impacts of climate variability. We therefore sought to assess vulnerability of smallholder sorghum farmers to climate variability in Kigezi highlands of south-western Uganda.
Frank Mugagga, Noeline Nakanjakko, Bob Nakileza, Denis Nseka   +3 more
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Study of Integrated Social Vulnerability Index SoVIint of Hilly Region of Uttarakhand, India

Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2020
The hilly regions of India have suffered many disasters, both natural and anthropogenic. In the hilly state like Uttarakhand, the hazards like flash flood, forest fires, and landslide affect the community at the large scale.
Kumar Dilip, Kumar Bhattacharjya Rajib
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An overview on seismic analysis of masonry building aggregates

Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022
Conservation of historical centres is a pressing need for Mediterranean countries, that are characterized by masonry aggregates representing the most typical construction type within cities.
Antonio Formisano, Naida Ademovic
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Assessment of the Physical Vulnerability of Vernacular Architecture to Meteorological Hazards Using an Indicator-Based Approach: The Case of the Kara Region in Northern Togo

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The analysis of the vulnerability of vernacular buildings to climatic hazards is nowadays a subject of significant importance due to the consequences of climate change.
Modeste Yaovi Awoussi, Eugene Kodzo Anani Domtse, Komlan Déla Gake, Paolo Vincenzo Genovese, Yao Dziwonou   +4 more
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Rural communities’ vulnerability to farmland poverty in varied ecological settings of northwest Ethiopia

Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 2018
Environmental and climate changes are among the serious threats to the world’s land resources in the 21st Century. Particularly, in the developing countries the impact inevitably goes as the continuing toll on agricultural production, human lives, and ...
Menberu Teshome
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