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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 +3 more
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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 +3 more
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Six-proposition manifesto for small Island territories [PDF]
, 2000 Conventional wisdom suggests that small, often island, states are more likely than larger nations to be hard hit by the effects of national disasters, of fluctuations in the global economy, and the political aspirations of world powers.
Baldacchino, Godfrey
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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 +3 more
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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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Mangrove vulnerability index using GIS [PDF]
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2018 Climate change, particularly its associated sea level rise, is major threat to mangrove coastal areas, and it is essential to develop ways to reduce vulnerability through strategic management planning. Environmental vulnerability can be understood as a function of exposure to impacts and the sensitivity and adaptive capacity of ecological systems ...
Mohd Zulkifli Mohd Yunus +2 more
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Covid-19 Economic Vulnerability Index: EU Evidence
Procedia Computer Science, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak caused many negative effects on both the global and national economies. To implement effective policies to mitigate the negative impact of a pandemic, it is necessary to identify particularly vulnerable areas. The objective of this paper is to rank the EU countries in terms of the level of vulnerability of their economies
Brzyska, Joanna, Szamrej-Baran, Izabela
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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 Approach for the Validation of a Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Index: An Application in Sicily
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 In recent decades, coastal erosion phenomena have increased due to climate change. The increased frequency and intensity of extreme events and the poor sediment supply by anthropized river basins (dams, river weirs, culverts, etc.) have a crucial role in
Giorgio Manno +6 more
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Vulnerability assessment of storm surges in the coastal area of Guangdong Province [PDF]
, 2011 Being bordered by the South China Sea and with long coastline, the coastal zone of Guangdong Province is often under severe risk of storm surges, as one of a few regions in China which is seriously threatened by storm surges.
G. S. Li, K. Li
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