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Aboriginal peoples and the response to the 2019 - 2020 bushfires
Williamson, Bhiamie; Markham, Francis; Weir, Jessica K. - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431011
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Dealing with Increased Risk of Natural Disasters; Challenges and Options
Keen, Michael; Freeman, Paul K.; Mani, Muthukumara - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825906
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Macroeconomic Implications of Natural Disasters in the Caribbean
Rasmussen, Tobias N. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605190
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The reference installation approach for the estimation of industrial assets at risk
Geldermann, Jutta; Merz, Mirjam; Bertsch, Valentin; … - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 2 (2008) 1, pp. 73-93
.g., planning of mitigation measures), a financial appraisal of industrial assets at risk is needed. This paper presents the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563639
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The reference installation approach for the estimation of industrial assets at risk
Geldermann, Jutta; Merz, Mirjam; Bertsch, Valentin; … - In: European Journal of Industrial Engineering 2 (2008) 1, pp. 73-93
.g., planning of mitigation measures), a financial appraisal of industrial assets at risk is needed. This paper presents the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754455
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Hazards Risk Assessment Methodology for Emergency Managers: A Standardized Framework for Application
Ferrier, Norman; Haque, C. - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 2, pp. 271-290
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010846291
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A General Framework for Mitigation-oriented Planning Assessments of Mobile Telecommunications Lifelines (MTL)
Anderson, Peter; Gow, Gordon - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 2, pp. 305-317
This article describes a generalframework for hazard mitigation-oriented planning assessments of mobile … framework. Our view is that the creation and adoption of a mitigation-oriented assessment framework could provide the basis for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010846852
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Resilient responses to climate change and variability: a challenge for public policy
O'Brien, Geoff; O'Keefe, Phil - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 369-385
Climate change produces future risks and increasing climate variability produces current risks. Reducing disaster risk is addressed at the national level using approaches usually developed by the United Nations. These approaches, particularly in the developed world, address resilience building...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670234
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CANADA'S EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING A NATIONAL DISASTER MITIGATION STRATEGY: A DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUE APPROACH
Hwacha, Valeriah - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 3, pp. 507-523
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005756022
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Improving evacuation compliance through control : implications for emergency management policy and disaster communications
Atalay, A. Selin; Meloy, Margaret G. - In: Journal of nonprofit & public sector marketing 32 (2020) 4, pp. 364-378
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289894