This paper demonstrates the application of cost effectiveness analysis and cost benefit analysis to alternative avalanche risk reduction strategies in Davos, Switzerland. The advantages as well as limitations of such analysis for natural hazards planning are discussed with respect to 16...

Melbourne, Australia faced fourteen consecutive years of below average rainfall before drought breaking rains in 2010. Melbournians are also concerned about the significant increase in potable water price in the future where the cost is expected to increase by 100% in 5 years. Stormwater...

As a means to improve the school quality in Indonesia, Indonesian government introduced and encouraged two different kinds of programs: The International Standard Schools and Acceleration Class Program. Both programs are expected to contribute to improve the quality of education system in...

"Improvements in health conditions of the population are shown in a better quality of life, in individual welfare, and also in the development of the society. The economic growth in the past decades (5% average in the last 15 years; BCRP) allowed important advances in the Peruvian health sector....

Adverse Health mobility is a statistical measure of inter-temporal fluctuations in health of a group of individuals. Increased availability of panel data has led to a number of studies which analyse and compare health mobility across subgroups. Mobility can differ systematically across patient...