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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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This paper makes a first pass at evaluating embankments. Using two years or more of data from 504 households in 28 villages in the floodplain of the Kosi river in north Bihar, a comparison of the agricultural output, wage incomes, unemployment, and other indicators of well-being between villages...
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Urban floods are linked to patterns of land use, specifically urban sprawl. Since the 1980s, government-led new … districts are sweeping across China, which account for many of the floods events. Focuses of urbanization impact on floods are … basins. Thus, the paper aims to explore how urban land pattern can affect floods in urban areas to provide decision makers …
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/or floods in Pasay City, Metro Manila have significant and negative effects on household per capita income. It concluded that …
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This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the impacts of natural disasters, particularly typhoons, floods … that can be undertaken. The study found that: a) typhoons, floods, and droughts have an insignificant impact on … with the impacts of typhoons; and d) the different impacts of typhoons, floods, and droughts on the natural resources and …
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During 1995-2006, the Eastern Apuseni Mountains was affected by floods which generate damages almost every year … period 1995-2006. Counting the direct damages generated by the floods in the region during the above mentioned period, the … the most susceptible to the unfavorable action of the floods (72.1% of the damages overall). …
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Most countries in the world are suffering from natural disasters caused by floods, earthquake, tornado and even tsunami …
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While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...
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While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...
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