This paper investigates the influence of private sector earnings on default risk in the municipal bond market and finds that small businesses have a greater impact on municipal bonds than public firms. This negative association can be explained by the expansion in property tax and sales tax...

This paper examines the short-run climate variability (change in the levels of temperature and precipitation) with a focus on the Manas River Valley, North-Western China, over the past 50 years (1956 to 2006) using data collected from four meteorological stations. The results show that the...

This book mainly addresses the Emergency Response Decision Support System (ERDSS) and its applications, making use of ten related modules and a number of key technologies, especially Disaster Assessing Technology, Adaptive Information Evaluation Technology and Knowledge Management Technology....