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flood that hit the Netherlands in 1953 and from the mitigation measures that followed it.A dynamic difference … mitigation efforts, gathered under the Deltaworks Programme, are on the other hand found to have had positive effects that are … fundamentals. The results also suggest that the combined long term effect of the flood in 1953 and the mitigation measures that …
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warming develops. It is thus important that the impacts of climate mitigation policies are assessed not only on global and … national levels, but also on the regional level. The key tool for assessing the efficiency of climate mitigation policies and … function. We compare a business-as-usual scenario (no mitigation policy) with various mitigation scenarios with different …
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EU mitigation policies are derived from the international agreementsforreducing and limiting greenhouse gases emissions …. Mitigation policies have a strict compliance regime using both positive and negative reinforcement. On the other side, adaptation … the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. By examining the relative projected efficiency of EU's mitigation efforts …
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Prior studies show that both mass and social media have played an influential role after the Great East Japan Earthquake, in particular, media information can affect a person's perception of the disaster as well as their behavioural intention of post-disaster activities. However, currently the...
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Japan is a country which has many steep slopes along rivers. Therefore, the disasters due to landslide and mud flood have often occurred in mountainous urbanized areas. In rainy or typhoon season much rain triggers such disasters because of unusual rainfall. In these years those disasters have...
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Japan has experienced major earthquake disasters in the past. The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011 caused enormous damage. Subsequently, in April 2016, a major tremor centered in Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu also occurred. In the event of such a disaster, it is important to ensure...
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