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To manage societal security in COVID-19 : operational continuity of fire rescue service in disaster conditions
Gromek, Paweł; Wojakowska, Monika - In: European research studies 24 (2021) 3, pp. 833-850
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Fifty years of peril : a comprehensive comparison of the impact of terrorism and disasters linked to natural hazards (1970-2019)
Wilson, Timothy; Noy, Ilan - 2022
We compare the realised impact of terrorism and disasters linked to natural hazards. Using fifty years of data from two databases covering 99 percent of the global population, we find that natural hazard disasters were more then 20 times more impactful than terrorism. The former had a larger...
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Reducing people's vulnerability to natural hazards communities and resilience
Cannon, Terry (contributor) - 2008
and disaster risk reduction. This paper seeks to bring greater rigour in their use. In particular, vulnerability must be … of §policy for disaster risk reduction at the scale of community. Here there is often an idealized notion of community as … ; community ; natural hazards ; disaster …
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Wachstumseffekte von Naturkatastrophen
Müller, Olaf - 2007
zeitlicher Abgrenzung - letzteres im Sinne der Einwirkzeit nach Auftreten der Katastrophe - führt zu unterschiedlichen …
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Global loss diversification in the insurance sector
Sheremet, Oleg; Lucas, André - 2008
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Damage costs of climate change through intensification of tropical cyclone activities : an application of fund
Narita, Daiju (contributor); Tol, Richard S. J. (contributor) - 2008
year 2100, while the ratio to world GDP is 0.006%. The US and China account for much of the absolute damage, whereas small …
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Cataclysms and currencies : does the exchange rate regime matter for real shocks?
Ramcharan, Rodney - 2005
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Fiscal storms : public spending and revenues in the aftermath of natural disasters
Noy, Ilan; Nualsri, Aekkanush - 2008
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The impact of extreme weather events on budget balances and implications for fiscal policy
Lis, Eliza M.; Nickel, Christiane - 2009
. Based on these findings, we discuss implications for fiscal policy and publiclyprovided disaster insurance. Our policy …
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Fiscal storms : public spending and revenues in the aftermath of natural disasters
Noy, Ilan; Nualsri, Aekkanush - 2008
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