نتایج جستجو برای: residence and activity against natural disasters

تعداد نتایج: 17082021  

Journal: :Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 2002

In recent centuries, many natural disasters such as floods and droughts have appeared and have had many adverse effects on many countries. Natural disaster is one of the major environmental challenges in the world and has serious socioeconomic consequences in countries. Evidence points to the fact that these natural disasters have a significant negative impact on crop yield, food security, ther...

Journal: :international journal of environmental research 0

earthquakes in urban areas leave behind a considerable amount of debris, which delays the relief services and the reconstruction activities. the relief work would be impossible without the removal of debris from the main access roads to the devastated areas. the proper implementation of this endeavor requires a long-term management of debris. this article discusses development of strategic mana...

Journal: :Academic radiology 1998
S J Ackerman K M Beusterien M S Mafilios M R Wood

If you could choose to live in a place in the United States that met all of your preferences and needs, where would it be? The "perfect state," of course, but does such a place exist? Judging places from best to worst has become an American pastime. Several surveys that rate the quality of life in different metropolitan areas are published annually (1-3). Not surprisingly, the results of these ...

2016
Tatyana Deryugina Kathy Baylis Jeff Brown Joseph Doyle Kerry Emanuel Don Fullerton Josh Gottlieb Tal Gross Jerry Hausman Daniel Keniston Patrick Kline Steven Levitt Randall Lewis Anup Malani

Little is known about the fiscal costs of natural disasters, especially regarding social safety nets that do not specifically target extreme weather events. This paper shows that US hurricanes lead to substantial increases in non-disaster government transfers, such as unemployment insurance and public medical payments, in affected counties in the decade after a hurricane. The present value of t...

Journal: :Social science & medicine 2013
Belinda M Reininger Mohammad H Rahbar Minjae Lee Zhongxue Chen Sartaj R Alam Jennifer Pope Barbara Adams

Examination of social capital and its relationship to disaster preparedness has grown in prominence partially due to world-wide need to effectively respond to terrorist attacks, viral epidemics, or natural disasters. Recent studies suggested that social capital may be related to a community's ability to plan for and respond to such disasters. Few studies, however, have examined social capital c...

2011
Thomas K.J. McDermott

We demonstrate, using a simple two-period equilibrium model of the economy, the potential effects of extreme event occurrences such as natural or humanitarian disasters on economic growth over the mediumto long-term. In particular, we focus on the effect of such shocks on investment. We examine two polar cases; an unconstrained economy where agents have access to perfect capital markets, versus...

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