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Can increasing human development and income reduce impact from natural disasters? : empirical evidence for floods in India

Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar; Patnaik, Unmesh - 2017

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Decasticization, dignity, and "Dirty Work" at the intersections of caste, memory, and disaster

Mahalingam, Ramaswami; Jagannathan, Srinath; Selvaraj, … - In: Business ethics quarterly : the journal of the Society … 29 (2019) 2, pp. 212-239

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What drives households to buy flood insurance? New evidence from Georgia

Atreya, Ajita; Ferreira, Susana; Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 117 (2015), pp. 153-161

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Modelling the inter-relationship between factors affecting coordination in a humanitarian supply chain: a case of Chennai flood relief

John, Lijo; Gurumurthy, Anand; Soni, Gunjan; Jain, Vipul - In: Application of operations research (OR) in disaster …, (pp. 1227-1258). 2019

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Urban Governance and Development of Informality in China and India

Acolin, Arthur; Chattaraj, Shahana; Wachter, Susan M. - 2014

This chapter contrasts the process of urbanization in China and in India. It characterizes the differences in outcomes with regard to the provision of urban infrastructure and the development of informality in each country. The role of local autonomy and governance structures help to explain...

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Development in Karnataka : challenges of governance, equity and empowerment

Kadekodi, Gopal K. (ed.); Kanbur, S. M. Ravi (contributor); … - 2008 - 1. publ.

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Does the Relationship between Economic Development and Natural Disaster Risk Follow a 'U'-Shape Pattern? Evidence from India

Patri, Prasanta; Sharma, Dr. Pritee; Patra, Suresh Kumar - 2021

This study aims to study whether development reduces damage risk from extreme climatic events such as a flood, based on the data set of reported loss and damage from major flood-affected Indian states between 1981 and 2019. Many research papers talk about specific climate extremes and their...

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A multi-tier hazard-part I: description of the event

Nirupama, N.; Sharma, Rika; Verma, Kesari; Panigrahi, … - In: Natural Hazards 76 (2015) 1, pp. 259-269

A rare weather system, last seen about 80 years ago, converged over north-west India in June 2013, leaving devastating impacts on communities in the region. The event involved three components to it: first, cloud burst with precipitation higher than during a normal period occurred; second, the...

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Geomorphic Effects of Monsoon Floods on Indian Rivers

Kale, Vishwas - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 1, pp. 65-84

the rivers is carried out during the monsoonseason in general and the monsoon floods in particular. Indian rivers … magnitude, frequency and power of floods, on account of regional variations in monsoon rainfall, basin characteristics … hydrological and geomorphological aspects, as well asthe geomorphic effects of monsoon floods in the Indian rivers. The geomorphic …

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Farm Productivity Loss due to Flood-Induced Sand Deposition: A Study in Dhemaji, India

Das, Kalyan - The South Asian Network for Development and …

It is widely believed that the decline in agricultural productivity in the Dhemaji district of Assam, India, is due to flood-induced sand depositions in paddy fields. Increased sand content reduces the water retaining capacity of soils and reduces crop productivity. Soil tests in 346...

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