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Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) nightlights are used to model damage caused by earthquakes, floods …
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floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and the 2004 Christmas Tsunami. Ex ante, prior to the incidence of a disaster …
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sector to flooding and earthquakes hazards. This analysis is undertaken for changing flooding, under climate scenarios, and … their flood protection standards. For earthquakes, we examine the exposure of WWTPs to earthquake hazards through both … seismic shaking and induced liquefaction. Overall, we demonstrate the significant risk that earthquakes can have on the WWTP …
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The size of the economic shocks triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the associated non-pharmaceutical interventions have not been fully assessed, because the official economic indicators have not been published. This paper provides estimates of the economic impacts of the...
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How much an economy should invest in its physical infrastructure is a crucial question being asked by policy makers from developing countries where financial resources for economic development are limited. This paper aims to address this question by bringing insights from the literature that...
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recovery. The analysis indicates that countries that adopted a gradual, staged reopening experienced stronger economic recovery … progress of the pandemic may speed up the recovery process …
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disasters, prominent among which are earthquakes, floods, droughts, cyclones and landslides. Recurring floods formed the bulk of … process. It outlines the decision-making processes in recovery planning and extracts best practices and key lessons learned …
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proved to be vulnerable and have revealed several structural deficiencies during previous earthquake events. Earthquakes in … Europe and Central Asia (ECA) to better understand their behavior and potential losses when subjected to earthquakes, and to …
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The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Country Risk Profiles for floods and earthquakes presented in this publication are … fatalities and capital loss. Estimates of future population and GDP affected by earthquakes vary significantly among five shared …
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Strong earthquakes strike frequently countries in East Asia and the Pacific, causing building collapses and extensive … repercussions and human loss. The next earthquake and other large earthquakes in the East Asia region in the near future are … particularly those directly responsible for mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery to anticipate and prepare for …
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