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Research, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics); and Thailand (Field Crops Research Institute …
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what disaster research literature has labeled ‘disaster subcultures’ or a set of cultural (tangible and intangible) tools … at discerning if the disaster subculture concept has contemporary relevance in the Netherlands, particularly with respect … to flooding, and if so, whether applying this lens would reveal more about the nature of existing disaster subcultures …
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Linking indegenious knowledge of the community with modern techniques to mesure, analyse and reduce disaster … local wisdom, knowledge along with modern tools and techniques can give rid from disaster worst situation and can reduce …
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Flood is one of the common natural phenomena anywhere. In the second half of 2011, Thailand has recently faced with the … most devastating flood of her modern history. More than 3,330 national highways are damaged by this flood. Some roads are … Thailand highway maintenance management system. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 …
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, and indicated whether they favored governmental disaster relief. For all hazards, including auto accident risks, most …-fifths of our respondents favor government relief for disaster victims, but only one-third do for victims in high-risk areas …
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reaction to the flood was to seek possible relocation of their production sites within Thailand … performance. Simulation results show that negative long-run impacts of the flood will be moderate, because many companies’ first …
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The economic development potential that wind power offers is often an overlooked aspect of today's wind power projects. Much has been written about how wind can spur economic development, but few have attempted to quantify these impacts. Using the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's)...
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OAK-B135 Interest in wind power development is growing as a means of expanding local economies. Such development holds promise as a provider of short-term employment during facility construction and long-term employment from ongoing facility operation and maintenance. It may also support some...
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OAK-B135 Interest in wind power development is growing as a means of expanding local economies. Such development holds promise as a provider of short-term employment during facility construction and long-term employment from ongoing facility operation and maintenance (O&M). It may also add to...
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The Western Area Power Administration (Western) was founded by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 to market and transmit federal hydroelectric power in 15 western states outside the Pacific Northwest, which is served by the Bonneville Power Administration. Western is divided into...
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