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A framework for robustness analysis of road networks for short term variations in supply
Snelder, M.; van Zuylen, H.J.; Immers, L.H. - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 46 (2012) 5, pp. 828-842
discuss issues that are related to road network robustness and vulnerability which goes beyond the disconnected definitions … questions need to be addressed: How is robustness defined? Against which disturbances should the network be made robust? Which … factors determine the robustness of a road network? What is the relationship between robustness, travel times and travel time …
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Road network vulnerability analysis of area-covering disruptions: A grid-based approach with case study
Jenelius, Erik; Mattsson, Lars-Göran - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 46 (2012) 5, pp. 746-760
We present an approach to systematically analysing the vulnerability of road networks under disruptions covering …. As a result, the vulnerability to spatially spread events shows a markedly different geographical distribution. These …
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La réforme du Medef : chronique des difficultés de l'action collective patronale
Woll, Cornelia - Sciences économiques, Sciences Po - 2006
Depuis sa réforme en 1998, le Mouvement des entreprises de France (Medef) apparaît comme une association puissante et … unifiée. En étudiant l’action collective patronale en France, cet article met en doute cette impression. Contrairement aux …
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State intervention in wine markets and collective action in France and Spain during the early twentieth century
Planas, Jordi - Asociación Española de Historia Económica - AEHE - 2015
called for state intervention. In the major wine producing countries such as France and Spain, large winegrowers … the consumption of unadulterated wine. However, while winegrowers in France were highly successful in obtaining government …
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The determinants of local collective action on erosive runoff. An analysis of farmers' geographical proximities in Upper Normandy, France
Joannon, Alexandre; Torre, Andre; Souchere, Veronique; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 3, pp. 302-320
Runoff disregards territorial boundaries, affects farmers as well as other users of space, and necessitates collective action if it is to be combatted. In this article, based on the case of Upper-Normandy, we show that geographical proximity can play a determining role in the struggle against...
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The determinants of local collective action on erosive runoff. An analysis of farmers' geographical proximities in Upper Normandy, France
Joannon, Alexandre; Torre, Andre; Souchere, Veronique; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 7 (2004) 3, pp. 302-320
Runoff disregards territorial boundaries, affects farmers as well as other users of space, and necessitates collective action if it is to be combatted. In this article, based on the case of Upper-Normandy, we show that geographical proximity can play a determining role in the struggle against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563849
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Flood Forecasting and Flood Warning in the Firth of Clyde, UK
Kaya, Yusuf; Stewart, Michael; Becker, Marc - In: Natural Hazards 36 (2005) 1, pp. 257-271
Coastal flooding has caused significant damage to a number of communities around the Firth of Clyde in south-west Scotland, UK. The Firth of Clyde is an enclosed embayment affected by storm surge generated in the Northern Atlantic and propagated through the Irish Channel. In recent years, the...
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IFKIS-Hydro: an early warning and information system for floods and debris flows
Romang, Hans; Zappa, Massimiliano; Hilker, Nadine; … - In: Natural Hazards 56 (2011) 2, pp. 509-527
IFKIS-Hydro is an information and warning system for hydrological hazards in small- and medium-scale catchments. The system collects data such as weather forecasts, precipitation measurements, water level gauges, discharge simulations and local observations of event-specific phenomena. In...
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Rainfall thresholds for flood triggering. The case of Marathonas in Greece
Diakakis, Michalis - In: Natural Hazards 60 (2012) 3, pp. 789-800
Basins across Mediterranean coast are often subject to rapid inundation phenomena caused by intense rainfall events. In this flash flooding regime, common practices for risk mitigation involve hydraulic modeling, geomorphic, and hydrologic analysis. However, apart from examining the intrinsic...
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A Probability-Based Renewal Rainfall Model for Flow Forecasting
Yu, Pao-Shan; Yang, Tao-Chang - In: Natural Hazards 15 (1997) 1, pp. 51-70
In real-time flood warning systems, sufficient lead-time is important for people to take suitable actions. Rainfall forecasting is one of the ways commonly used to extend the lead-time for catchments with short response time. However, an accurate forecast of rainfall is still difficult for...
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