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Almost annually, natural hazards such as floods and landslides cause a great deal of financial loss and human suffering in Taiwan. In order to gain a better understanding of disaster preparedness, this paper examines several factors in relation to hazard mitigation behavior: social economic...
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The vulnerability index presented in this paper is a tool to measure the vulnerability of different city areas related to flooding. The index is applied to the boroughs of the City of Hamburg. The city faces three different kinds of flood risks: storm surges, inland flooding and heavy rainfall....
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An increasing number of hazardous natural phenomena is one of the results of climate change for Russia. Risks increase in coastal areas with high concentration of hazards and high density of population and economic activity. In 2012, an integrated damage from floods was about 1 billion euros;...
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Socially vulnerable households across the earth tend to live in informal settlements, which also are likely to be in areas that might experience flooding. Given that since the 1980s there have been more frequent and devastating hurricanes, this study asks what is the relationship between...
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