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Hazards Risk Assessment Methodology for Emergency Managers: A Standardized Framework for Application
Ferrier, Norman; Haque, C. - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 2, pp. 271-290
forplanning and coordination of a community's mitigation, preparedness, response and recoveryefforts, are originated from a … communities, but also frequently lacka basic methodology for the assessment of risks. The effective planning of mitigation … priorities for both mitigation efforts and for the acquisition of response needs,within the availability of community resources …
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Resilient responses to climate change and variability: a challenge for public policy
O'Brien, Geoff; O'Keefe, Phil - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 369-385
Climate change produces future risks and increasing climate variability produces current risks. Reducing disaster risk is addressed at the national level using approaches usually developed by the United Nations. These approaches, particularly in the developed world, address resilience building...
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Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making
Nohrstedt, Daniel; Parker, Charles F. - In: Climate policy 24 (2024) 3, pp. 428-439
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Post-Katrina Hazard Mitigation on the Gulf Coast
Cigler, Beverly - In: Public Organization Review 9 (2009) 4, pp. 325-341
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CANADA'S EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING A NATIONAL DISASTER MITIGATION STRATEGY: A DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUE APPROACH
Hwacha, Valeriah - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 10 (2005) 3, pp. 507-523
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Geographic Analysis of Domestic Violence Incident Locations and Neighborhood Level Influences
Bunch, Rick L.; Murray, Christine; Gao, Xiaoli; Hunt, … - In: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 9 (2018) 2, pp. 14-32
Domestic violence is an important public health issue, and there is limited research to date that examines community-level influences on this serious form of violence. This article investigates the neighborhood characteristics of domestic violence incidents in the city of Greensboro, North...
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Application of Geographical Information System and Interactive Data Visualization in Healthcare Decision Making
Zhu, Zhecheng - In: International Journal of Big Data and Analytics in … 1 (2016) 1, pp. 49-58
This paper focuses on two techniques and their applications in healthcare systems: geographic information system (GIS) and interactive data visualization. GIS is a type of technique applied to manipulate, analyze and display spatial information. It is a useful tool tackling location related...
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Safety evaluation of evacuation routes in Central Tokyo assuming a large-scale evacuation in case of earthquake disasters
Yamamoto, Kayoko; Li, Ximing - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 10 (2017) 3, pp. 1-21
The present study aims to conduct a quantitative evaluation of evacuation route safety using the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm for risk management in central Tokyo. Firstly, the similarity in safety was focused on while taking into consideration road blockage probability. Then, by...
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Hedonic price function for residential area focusing on the reasons for residential preferences in Japanese metropolitan areas
Sasaki, Mitsuru; Yamamoto, Kayoko - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 11 (2018) 3, pp. 1-18
This study aims to offer a new estimate of the hedonic price function of residential areas in Japanese metropolitan areas, focusing on the reasons for residential preferences. More specifically, it introduces two new explanatory variables-'regional vulnerability' and 'accessibility to...
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Analysis of extreme precipitation indices in the Marche region (central Italy), combined with the assessment of energy implications and hydrogeological risk
Gentilucci, M.; Barbieri, M.; D'Aprile, Fabrizio; Zardi, D. - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 804-810
Extreme weather events are increasingly affecting the climate of our planet and they cause natural disasters that are often dangerous to human life. Furthermore, the management of extreme events is very important and can be mitigated by artificial reservoirs, such as those existing in the...
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