Risk interpretation and action: A conceptual framework for responses to natural hazards. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 1, 5-16.J.R. Eiser, A. Bostrom, I. Burton, D.M. Johnston, J. McClure, et al., Risk interpretation and action: a conceptual framework for responses to ...
States and societies that repeatedly experience natural hazards develop a culture of disaster to adapt and cope with catastrophic events by creating institutions and building codes, architecture, and mentalities. A historical perspective of contemporary calamities examines the political decisions, social and...
All over the world, inhabitants of coastal areas live under the constant threat of natural hazards, raising the question of how they react to this risk of ... Mallick,Bishawjit - Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference 被引量: 10发表: 2011年 Discovering opportunities in necessity: the invers...
On the other hand, research on credit as insurance mechanism in the face of natural disasters is scarce, despite the fact that these hazards severely jeopardize the livelihoods of the poor.4 The small body of research on the role of credit for coping with such shocks is exclusively concerned ...
It has been emphasised that common expressions of penance were the most important spiritual means of fighting natural disasters. Individual penance was simply not enough, some collective and common forms were called on to impress and placate God with the continuity of the prayers and chants and ...
Our paper contributes to extending the applications of disaster related Twitter studies to heat waves which, although often deadly, are rarely perceived to be as severe and destructive as are some other natural hazards. To the best of our knowledge, social media analysis has been employed to expl...
2. The public health impacts of natural disasters Disasters may be classified according to the causative nature of the hazard as either natural or technological. Natural hazards originate from natural process or phenomenon as compared to technological hazards that originate from technol... ME Keim -...
These populations, often referred to as ‘immobile’, ‘non-migrant’ or ‘trapped’, remain in dangerous situations where climate change increasingly exacerbates their vulnerability by affecting their exposure to natural hazards. But not everyone staying is trapped, rather many of them are voluntarily...
Using Germany, Austria and Switzerland as examples, the paper demonstrates that based on the status quo, the Swiss monopoly insurance system, which is embedded within a unique direct voting environment, is most able to reduce micro- and macroeconomic disruptions resulting from natural hazards. '...
Mononuclear phagocytes (MNP), including macrophages and dendritic cells form an essential component of primary responses to environmental hazards and toxic exposures. This is particularly important in disease conditions such as asthma and allergic airway disease, where many different cell types are present...