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characteristics. In this paper, the scaling property of regional floods in New South Wales (NSW) State in Australia is investigated …. The results indicate that the annual maximum floods in NSW satisfy a simple scaling assumption. The application of a …
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Recent floods have become more abundant and more destructive than ever in many regions of the globe. Destructive floods … and vulnerability can be linked to climate variability and change. Links between climate change and floods have found … material on floods is scattered over many places of two large volumes of the TAR, the present contribution - a guided tour to …
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stormy rain or drought, and bush fires. The occurrences of floods in Accra have become an annual event with severe … consequences mostly felt by the urban poor. We present a brief discussion on the annual occurrences of floods in Accra, Ghana by … costs of floods in Accra and Ghana are presented and analyzed. Case study of recent types and causes of floods in Accra are …
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This paper reviews the effect of natural disasters on human mobility or migration. Although there is an increase of natural disasters and migration recently and more patterns to observe, the relationship remains complex. While some authors find that disasters increase migration, others show that...
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Severe weather shocks recurrently hit Malawi, and they adversely affect the incomes of many farm households as well as small businesses. With climate change, the frequency of extreme weather events is expected to increase further. A clear understanding of households' vulnerability to...
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. Using panel data and a two-way fixed effects estimation, the analysis focuses on storms, floods, wildfires, and landslides …
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We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs … floods and landslides is affected by whether rain falls inside or outside PAs. We use a two-way fixed effect panel data model … find that shifts in precipitation towards PAs reduce floods significantly. These results were highly robust. We also find …
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