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We examine the extent to which economic development reduces both a country's disaster risk and its social vulnerability … incomes generally reduce a country's social vulnerability to such disasters. We additionally find that underlying political …
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stover supply sites and least cost transportation routes are identified using a linear programming transport model and a GIS …
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with geographic information system (GIS) coordinates are utilized to examine the spatial relationships among neighboring …
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Over the last 20 years, costs for wildfire initial attack in the U.S. have increased significantly. The increased cost relates to wildfire suppression practices as well as the growing number of wildland urban interface (WUI) homes. Requiring WUI residents to pay an annual tax for their wildfire...
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This study is primarily intended to examine the dynamics and determinants of rural household poverty and vulnerability …, the trend has been found to vary across villages for both poverty and vulnerability measures. Besides, poverty … poverty appear to impact on vulnerability to poverty differently. Therefore, strategies aimed at reducing poverty should …
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term food deficiency and reducing vulnerability but limited in contributing to longer lasting impact. The results also …
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frames the study of the vulnerability of Latinos with respect to economic success. Racial profiling is a measure of the …
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