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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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household welfare before and after the flood, for both affected households and for those who were not directly flooded. We can … thus measure the true impact of the disaster on income, expenditure, assets, debt and savings levels as well as labour … market outcomes. We analyse flood impacts across different socio-economic groups and livelihoods, and identify spillover …
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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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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 …
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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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of natural hazards. Considering a general preference for private solutions, the example of the English flood insurance … Vertrags nachlässig verhalten und so die Versicherungskosten hochtreiben. Da der Klimawandel die industriellen Gesellschaften …
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Natural disasters are one of the main sources of risks and economic losses in modern time. The annual economic damage for the European Union from climate change is from 0.1% to 1% in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). The projected climate change in EU can increase the economic losses of EU...
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can be used in flood adaptation planning will assist in determining strategic investments and enhancing public … communication. A state-of-the-art review was conducted of commonly available flood modeling and impact assessment tools that could … be utilized for climate adaptation planning by municipalities. Assessment criteria such as flood modeling capabilities …
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of climate change on the drought and flood risks of a … change. To analyze flood risks, changes in water levels of the dam in future flood seasons were reviewed based on the current … dam operation method. The results of the review indicated that both the drought and the flood risks of the dam would …
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