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Pathways for adaptive and integrated disaster resilience
Djalante, Riyanti; Holley, Cameron; Thomalla, Frank; … - In: Natural Hazards 69 (2013) 3, pp. 2105-2135
The world is experiencing more frequent, deadly and costly disasters. Disasters are increasingly uncertain and complex … of disasters requires comprehensive, systematic and multi-disciplinary analysis. This paper introduces recent … multidisciplinary work on resilience, disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA) and adaptive governance and then …
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Natural Disasters, Household Welfare, and Resilience: Evidence from Rural Vietnam
Arouri, Mohamed; Nguyen, Cuong; Youssef, Adel Ben - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 59-77
resilience of households to natural disasters. We find that all the three disaster types considered in this study including …-credit, internal remittances, and social allowances can help households strengthen the resilience to natural disasters. …The study uses commune fixed-effects regressions to estimate the effect of natural disasters on welfare and poverty of …
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Disaster response and emergency risk management in Ethiopia
Graham, John; Rashid, Shahidur; Malek, Mehrab - In: Food and agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and policy …
Agrarian communities dependent on rainfall are vulnerable to production shortfalls due to drought and other climatic shocks. The human suffering caused by such shocks is often amplified due to deficiencies in market fundamentals, such as roads, information, and risk management institutions. This...
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Community Subjective Well-being, Personality Traits and Quality of Life Therapy
Kimweli, David; Stilwell, William - In: Social Indicators Research 60 (2002) 1, pp. 193-225
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Measuring Capacities for Community Resilience
Sherrieb, Kathleen; Norris, Fran; Galea, Sandro - In: Social Indicators Research 99 (2010) 2, pp. 227-247
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Building Philippine SMEs Resilience to Natural Disasters
Ballesteros, Marife M.; Domingo, Sonny N. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2015
Disasters are bad for business specifically for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These catastrophic events can … recommends strategic policies to embed DRRM into the business sector and the role of APEC in promoting SME resilience in the …
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Natural Disasters, Household Welfare and Resilience: Evidence from Rural Vietnam
AROURI, Mohamed; BEN YOUSSEF, Adel; Nguyen, Nguyen Viet … - Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion … - 2015
resilience of households to natural disasters. We find that all the three disaster types considered in this study including … remittances and social allowances can help households strengthen the resilience to natural disasters. Households in communes with …The study uses commune fixed-effect regressions to estimate the effect of natural disasters on welfare and poverty of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123173
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The Pancake Palace: A Case Study in Business Interruption from the Defense Side
DiGabriele, James - In: Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis 1 (2007) 1, pp. 5-5
This case demonstrates the difficulties that can occur in business interruption cases when the insured is represented by a public adjuster. The Pancake Palace, a restaurant established for approximately thirty five years, suffered a business interruption due to a fire that completely destroyed...
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Business interruption and loss of assets risk assessment in support of the design of an innovative concentrating solar power plant
Amato, Andrea; Compare, Michele; Gallisto, Maurizio; … - In: Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 5, pp. 1558-1567
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants are a promising technology of renewable energy production, as witnessed by the increasing public and private investments during the last decade. The assessment of the associated risks of business interruption (loss of production) and loss of assets due to...
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Business Interruption insurance as an element of production company insurance program
Kita, Mateusz - In: Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting 1 (2012) 1, pp. 81-94
The aim of this article is to present current theory of business interruption insurance and the possibilities of their further development. There are 2 case studies presented in the article – losses resulting with business interruption. Based on them there are 2 main findings. The first is...
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