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A shore thing : post-hurricane outcomes for businesses in coastal areas

Chow, Melissa; Stanley, Jordan - 2020

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Silvia, Muhcinã; Adrian, ªerban Comãnescu; Ramona, … - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 1, pp. 1426-1431

As a modern shape of tourism, the ecotourism fallows to observe and admire the natural environmental elements, in such a manner that assures the conditions of protection and preservation of nature. On the Black Sea Coast, the marine ecotourism can involves activities like: watching animals and...

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Before the Deluge: Coping with Floods in a Changing Climate

eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011

Improving our ability to cope with floods under current and future climates requires adopting a more sophisticated set of techniques -- the "soft path" of flood risk management, which aims to understand, adapt to and work with the forces of nature. The report gives an in-depth look at the flaws...

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Assessment of the performances of various wave energy converters along the European continental coasts

Rusu, Liliana; Onea, Florin - In: Energy 82 (2015) C, pp. 889-904

The present work aims to provide a realistic picture of the efficiency along the European continental coasts of ten …

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Mispricing of S and P 500 Index Options

Jackwerth, Jens Carsten; Constantinides, George M.; … - 2008

We document widespread violations of stochastic dominance by one-month S&P 500 index call options market over 1986-2006. These violations imply that a trader can improve her expected utility by engaging in a zero-net-cost trade. We allow the market to be incomplete and also imperfect by...

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Hydrological and environmental issues of inter-basin water transfers in India: a case study of the Krishna River Basin

Smakhtin, Vladimir; Gamage, Nilantha; Bharati, Luna - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2008

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Protecting coastal communities: managing change

Kotval, Zenia; Mullin, John - In: Communities and Banking (2007) Sum, pp. 9-10

Careless coastal development is threatening a bulwark of New England’s economy and quality of life. The authors offer 30 years of research on techniques for permitting change without doing harm.

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Coasts: the high-risk areas of the world

Kron, Wolfgang - In: Natural Hazards 66 (2013) 3, pp. 1363-1382

No other region is more threatened by natural perils than coasts. Fierce winds, storm surges, large waves and tsunamis … plates, coasts experience earthquakes and volcanic eruptions more frequently. The changing climate poses the threat of sea …, coasts attract people, businesses and industries. Some coastal regions rank among the top places in the world in terms of …

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Evaluation of wind energy potentiality at coastal locations along the north eastern coasts of Turkey

Akpınar, Adem - In: Energy 50 (2013) C, pp. 395-405

This study aims to determine and evaluate wind energy potentiality along coastal locations at the North Eastern of Turkey. For this purpose, the present study has statistically analysed wind power potentials and wind characteristics from six meteorological stations (Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, Giresun,...

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The city and the ocean : jpurneys, memory, imagination

White, Jonathan Charles (contributor) - 2012

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