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Brown, Philip; Minty, Jessica - 2006

coverage of disasters has a dramatic impact on donations to relief agencies, with an additional minute of nightly news coverage …

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Applications of Solar Technology for Catastrophe Response, Claims Management, and Loss Prevention

Deering, A.; Thornton, J.P. - 2008

to natural disasters, collaborating with government agencies and emergency management organizations, and exploring the … use of new technologies to reduce the financial impact of disasters. In June of 1998, the National Renewable Energy … management. Attendees requested a follow-up report on solar technology, cost, and applications in disasters, including …

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National Incident Management System (NIMS) Standards Review Panel Workshop Summary Report

Stenner, Robert D.; Kirk, Jennifer L.; Stanton, James R.; … - 2008

The importance and need for full compliant implementation of NIMS nationwide was clearly demonstrated during the Hurricane Katrina event, which was clearly expressed in Secretary Chertoff's October 4, 2005 letter addressed to the State's governors. It states, ''Hurricane Katrina was a stark...

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DOE Fire Protection Handbook, Volume I

2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) Fire Protection Program is delineated in a number of source documents including; the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), DOE Policy Statements and Orders, DOE and national consensus standards (such as those promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association),...

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Solar technology and the insurance industry: Issues and applications

Deering, A.; Thornton, J. P. - 2008

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Droughts and big baths of Australian agricultural firms

Kent, Pamela; Monem, Reza; Cuffe, Glenn - 2008

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether Australian agricultural firms display big bath behaviour during droughts by recognising extraordinary and abnormal losses. It is hypothesised that Australian agricultural firms are more likely to report big bath losses in drought years...

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Executive order No. 2003-21: Arizona Fire Service Mutual Aid Plan

Napolitano, Janet - 2003

in mitigating the effects of civil, natural or technological disasters....THEREFORE... 1. All state agencies are directed …

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Asian economic and financial crises: causes, ramifications and lessons

Das, Dilip K - 1999

Financial globalisation during the 1990s impinged upon world savings and investment flows, macroeconomic developments, challenges confronting policy makers, international investors and financial market regulators. Experiences of the last two decades reveal that international financial markets...

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Overview of global and European institutional sustainable finances initiatives

González Martínez, Clara Isabel

Artículo de revista ; To contribute to the fight against climate change and achieve a carbon-neutral economy, a large volume of funds must be mobilised to finance the necessary investment. The international financial system will play a key role in this process to channel the financing, but...

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Measure to support credit and the financial sector in banking systems considered material for Spain

Buesa Olavarrieta, Alejandro; Vidal Muñoz, Elena; …

Artículo de revista ; Since March 2020, the world’s major economies have approved financial and regulatory measures to limit the impact of the health crisis on both the overall economy and their respective financial systems. This paper summarises the measures implemented by countries outside...

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