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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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In this paper, a unique post-earthquake survey designed to provide a rapid assessment of food insecurity in Haiti is used in order to see how adequately emergency assistance programs have been allocated. When modelling the impact of various covariates upon assistance allocation, the location of...
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This paper examines the dynamics of poverty and vulnerability in Haiti using various data sets. As living conditions survey data are not comparable in this country, we first propose to use the three rounds of the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) available before the earthquake. Decomposing...
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Winning "hearts and minds" in the Muslim world is an explicitly acknowledged aim of U.S. foreign policy and increasingly, bilateral foreign aid is recognized as a vehicle towards this end. The authors examine the effect of aid from foreign organizations and on-the-ground presence of foreigners...
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actual earthquakes, mortality is lower in countries with higher earthquake propensity, where the payoffs to mortality …
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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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