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While laboratory and analytical studies can provide valuable information about earthquake hazard mitigation, the most … propose a national mitigation strategy for Turkey for a time-frame of 10 years. The model proposed is a very comprehensive … model for earthquake risk reduction in Turkey and within this context, the legislative and technical aspects of mitigation …
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that one of the biggest challenges to the natural hazard mitigation community is how to improve the performance of older … mitigation. Screening constitutes a preliminary evaluation process and sets priority for detailed evaluation. Evaluation compares … a built environment with code requirements for new construction and sets priority for mitigation. Mitigation can be …
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. The lack of interest in insurance protection and mitigation by property owners and by public sector agencies prior to a …
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.g., planning of mitigation measures), a financial appraisal of industrial assets at risk is needed. This paper presents the …
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.g., planning of mitigation measures), a financial appraisal of industrial assets at risk is needed. This paper presents the …
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Natural disaster risk is emerging as an increasingly important constraint on economic development and poverty reduction. This paper first sets out the key stylized facts in the area-that the costs of disaster have been increasing, seem set to continue to increase, and bear especially heavily on...
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Each year natural disasters affect about 200 million people and cause about $50 billion in damage. This paper compares the incidence of natural disasters across countries along several dimensions and finds that the relative costs tend to be far higher in developing countries than in advanced...
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In the case of an emergency provoked by a natural event, decision makers should (1) acquire a comprehensive understanding of the current dynamics and (2) take the optimal decision based on the information available at that moment. Scientists should provide the key inputs to decision makers, as...
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forplanning and coordination of a community's mitigation, preparedness, response and recoveryefforts, are originated from a … communities, but also frequently lacka basic methodology for the assessment of risks. The effective planning of mitigation … priorities for both mitigation efforts and for the acquisition of response needs,within the availability of community resources …
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