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Methodology and findings for the exposure analysis of the Chinese wastewater sector to flooding and earthquakes hazards : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : back...
Hu, Xi; Pant, Raghav; Zorn, Conrad; Lim, Weeho; Koks, Elco - 2019
earthquake exposure of a spatially accurate wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) database for China, covering a total of 1 … their flood protection standards. For earthquakes, we examine the exposure of WWTPs to earthquake hazards through both …
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Necessity as the mother of invention : innovative responses to natural disasters
Miao, Qing; Popp, David - In: Journal of environmental economics and management : … 68 (2014) 2, pp. 280-295
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A gender-sensitive earthquake recovery assessment using administrative and satellite data : the Case of Indonesia's 2016 Aceh earthquake
Akter, Sonia; Chairunissa, Talitha Fauzia; Pundit, Madhavi - 2022
from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument, distance from the earthquake epicenters collected from the … average monthly nighttime radiance and W2DI scores in earthquake-affected and unaffected villages of the Aceh Province before … and after the 2016 earthquake series. Similar to studies using the nighttime radiance to monitor disaster recovery and …
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Risk management and coping strategies : climate change and agriculture in the Philippines
Ravago, Majah-Leah V.; Roumasset, James Alan; Jandoc, … - 2015
We provide an initial framework regarding priorities for government programs to reduce the natural-disaster vulnerability of farm households in the Philippines. We begin with the likelihood that climate change will increase the probability of flooding, since rainfall is expected to both increase...
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Lessons from the Dzud : community-based rangeland management increases the adaptive capacity of Mongolian herders to winter disasters
Fernández-Giménez, María E.; Batkhishig, Baival; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 68 (2015), pp. 48-65
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An economic analysis of climate adaptations to hurricane risk in St. Lucia
Ou-Yang, Chieh; Kunreuther, Howard; Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - In: The Geneva papers on risk and insurance - issues and … 38 (2013) 3, pp. 521-546
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Understanding the linkages between climate change and inequality in the United States
Avtar, Ruchi; Blickle, Kristian; Chakrabarti, Rajashri; … - 2021
We conduct a review of the existing academic literature to outline possible links between climate change and inequality in the United States. First, researchers have shown that the impact of both physical and transition risks may be uneven across location, income, race, and age. This is driven...
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Climate shocks and human capital : the impact of the natural disasters of 2010 in Colombia on student achievement
Valencia Amaya, Mauricio Giovanni - In: Cuadernos de economía 39 (2020) 79, pp. 303-328
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Natural disaster shocks and macroeconomic growth in Asia : evidence for typhoons and droughts
Alano, Emmanuel; Lee, Minsoo - 2016
Climate-related natural disaster shocks are expected to rise as the earth is getting warmer, which will adversely affect growth prospects globally. Current robust estimates of the effects of typhoons and droughts point to both short- and long-term declines in national incomes compared to...
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A possible approach to fiscal rules in small islands : incorporating natural disasters and climate change
Nakatani, Ryota - 2019
A big challenge for the economic development of small island countries is dealing with external shocks. The Pacific Islands are vulnerable to natural disasters, climate change, commodity price changes, and uncertain donor grants. The question that arises is how should small developing countries...
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