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Hazards Risk Assessment Methodology for Emergency Managers: A Standardized Framework for Application
Ferrier, Norman; Haque, C. - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 2, pp. 271-290
forplanning and coordination of a community's mitigation, preparedness, response and recoveryefforts, are originated from a … communities, but also frequently lacka basic methodology for the assessment of risks. The effective planning of mitigation … priorities for both mitigation efforts and for the acquisition of response needs,within the availability of community resources …
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Resilient responses to climate change and variability: a challenge for public policy
O'Brien, Geoff; O'Keefe, Phil - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 369-385
Climate change produces future risks and increasing climate variability produces current risks. Reducing disaster risk is addressed at the national level using approaches usually developed by the United Nations. These approaches, particularly in the developed world, address resilience building...
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Post-Katrina Hazard Mitigation on the Gulf Coast
Cigler, Beverly - In: Public Organization Review 9 (2009) 4, pp. 325-341
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CANADA'S EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING A NATIONAL DISASTER MITIGATION STRATEGY: A DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUE APPROACH
Hwacha, Valeriah - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 3, pp. 507-523
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Bayesian networks and agent-based modeling approach for urban land-use and population density change: a BNAS model
Kocabas, Verda; Dragicevic, Suzana - In: Journal of Geographical Systems 15 (2013) 4, pp. 403-426
Land-use change models grounded in complexity theory such as agent-based models (ABMs) are increasingly being used to examine evolving urban systems. The objective of this study is to develop a spatial model that simulates land-use change under the influence of human land-use choice behavior....
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Analysis of a spatial distribution of landslides triggered by the 2004 Chuetsu earthquakes of Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Wang, H.; Sassa, K.; Xu, W. - In: Natural Hazards 41 (2007) 1, pp. 43-60
On October 23, 2004, a series of powerful earthquakes with a maximum M <Subscript>w</Subscript> = 6.6 located near the western coast of northern Honshu struck parts of northern Japan, particularly Niigata Prefecture; these earthquakes were known as the Chuetsu event. Thousands of landslides, as a secondary...</subscript>
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GIS-Based Probabilistic Mapping of Landslide Hazard Using a Three-Dimensional Deterministic Model
Xie, Mowen; Esaki, Tetsuro; Zhou, Guoyun - In: Natural Hazards 33 (2004) 2, pp. 265-282
Based on a new Geographic Information Systems (GIS) grid-basedthree-dimensional (3-D) deterministic model and taking the slopeunit as the mapping unit, this study maps landslide hazard usingthe 3-D safety factor index and failure probability. Assuming theinitial slip to be the lower part of an...
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Landslide susceptibility mapping using certainty factor, index of entropy and logistic regression models in GIS and their comparison at Mugling–Narayanghat road section in Nepal Hi...
Devkota, Krishna; Regmi, Amar; Pourghasemi, Hamid; … - In: Natural Hazards 65 (2013) 1, pp. 135-165
susceptibility maps can be used for preliminary land use planning and hazard mitigation purpose. Copyright Springer Science …
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Embedding a Geographic Information System in a Decision Support System for Landslide Hazard Monitoring
Lazzari, Marco; Salvaneschi, Paolo - In: Natural Hazards 20 (1999) 2, pp. 185-195
In this paper we present an application that exploitsa geographic information system as a front-end of acomplex information system supporting the managementof landslide hazard in Valtellina, an alpine valley inNorthern Italy. A decision support system (EYDENET, operational sinceOctober 1996),...
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Georeferenced Assessment of Trade Liberalization Effects on Agriculture in Ecuador
Ludena, Carlos E.; Schuschny, Andres; de Miguel, Carlos; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
As the use of global and national computable general equilibrium (CGE) models has become more widespread, most policies still remain at the regional or sub-national level. This level of disparity requires an approach that bridges the gap between national results and sub-national policies. This...
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