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African women workers, economic reform, globalization, AIDS and civil conflict
Mhone, Guy - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1995
Analyses isues concerning the situation of women workers in the context of current economic reform, globalization, technological change, AIDS, environmental degradation and civil strife.
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The Location of Displaced New Orleans Residents in the Year After Hurricane Katrina
Sastry, Narayan; Gregory, Jesse - In: Demography 51 (2014) 3, pp. 753-775
Using individual data from the restricted version of the American Community Survey, we examined the displacement locations of pre–Hurricane Katrina adult residents of New Orleans in the year after the hurricane. More than one-half (53 %) of adults had returned to—or remained in—the New...
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Actigraphically evaluated sleep on the days surrounding the Great East Japan Earthquake
Mizuno, Koh; Okamoto-Mizuno, Kazue - In: Natural Hazards 72 (2014) 2, pp. 969-981
several days after the catastrophic disaster. The findings should be considered for future disaster preparedness initiatives …
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The impact of severe natural disasters on the livelihoods of farmers in mountainous areas: a case study of Qingping Township, Mianzhu City
Guo, Shili; Liu, Shaoquan; Peng, Li; Wang, Haiming - In: Natural Hazards 73 (2014) 3, pp. 1679-1696
. These results suggest that, during the process of post-disaster reconstruction work, affected farmers’ security, the …
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“Washed away”—assessing community perceptions of flooding and prevention strategies: a North Queensland example
Franklin, Richard; King, Jemma; Aitken, Peter; Leggat, Peter - In: Natural Hazards 73 (2014) 3, pp. 1977-1998
This article explored the perceptions of residents of a regional city in North Queensland of how to remain safe during flood events. It also explored reasons for and how to prevent risk-taking behaviour in floodwater using the protection motivation theory (PMT). PMT is a psychological theory...
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The role of gender and age in fracture distribution following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
Cao, Ying; Kamel, Nabil - In: Natural Hazards 59 (2011) 3, pp. 1357-1375
and discusses implications for post-disaster emergency operations and planning. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media …
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Engaging public for building resilient communities to reduce disaster impact
Nirupama, N.; Maula, Amanda - In: Natural Hazards 66 (2013) 1, pp. 51-59
a paradigm shift in the approach to disaster management. A recent trend has been to encourage more community …
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Estimation of indirect economic loss caused by house destruction in a natural disaster
Fujimi, Toshio; Tatano, Hirokazu - In: Natural Hazards 61 (2012) 3, pp. 1367-1388
Designing appropriate post-disaster emergency and recovery housing policies requires accurate estimation of the …. We employed the stated choice method to measure residence choice following a hypothetical disaster in a procedure … financially assisting economically constrained households after a disaster. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 …
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Learning from (small) disasters
Voss, Martin; Wagner, Klaus - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 3, pp. 657-669
disaster types. Such classification has, on the one hand, practical and analytical advantages. On the other hand, they harbour … disaster scale by Fischer (Int J Mass Emerg Disasters 1:91–107, <CitationRef CitationID="CR11">2003</CitationRef>), flash …
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Towards an Open Information Infrastructure for Disaster Research and Management: Data Management and Information Systems Inside DFNK
Köhler, Petra; Wächter, Joachim - In: Natural Hazards 38 (2006) 1, pp. 141-157
for the manifold application areas. Disaster management is one field depending on a very high level on high-quality data …
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