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the fourth largest recorded in the world. The scope of the disaster far exceeded that of the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 …The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the biggest earthquake recorded in Japanese seismic history, and …. The repercussions of this disaster spread far beyond the geographical areas directly affected. For example, Electric power …
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This paper analyzes the impacts of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in …
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assessment should also take into account the changing dynamics during and after a disaster. This paper provides a comparative … analysis of the situation in Sri Lanka and Indonesia within the context of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The author presents …
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the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which involved the immediate shutdown …
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Die Häufigkeit von Naturkatastrophen hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich zugenommen. Vor diesem Hintergrund gewinnt die Frage an Bedeutung, welche ökonomischen Konsequenzen mit dem Auftreten von Naturkatastrophen verbunden sind. In der Literatur werden sowohl Argumente für positive als...
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after the disaster, supplementing publicly available data with information from a field survey. Though the immediate … response to the disaster can be considered a success, and much progress has been made with reconstruction, poor coordination … stress. There was no evidence that such assistance leads to aid-dependency. In contrast to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, the Thai …
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After successful emergency relief operations, Sri Lanka initiated post-tsunami reconstruction with optimism and a relatively rapid recovery was expected. However, initial expectations have turned out to be overly optimistic. Coordination problems between agencies, constraints on aid absorption...
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This study explores people's risk attitudes after having suffered large real-world losses following a natural disaster …
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The recent flood events in Germany have demonstrated that the nation's current system of private flood insurance is … suboptimal. The article provides novel nationwide survey data on stated flood insurance penetration (suggesting that many … expects governmental relief payments), and on the dissemination of private flood mitigation measures. Taking into account …
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