In China, one recent case is the heavy rain that happened in Beijing on July 21, 2012, which caused the collapse of 10,660 houses, affected 1.62 million people and caused an economic loss of 11.64 billion RMB ( Hou, 2012 ). The occurrence of disasters caused by emergency risks depends ...
Witness such problems as "brown lung" among textile workers, pul- monary illness caused by asbestos exposure 8 and air pollution, environmental damage from acid rain, and the wide variety of can- cers linked to industrial chemicals and emis- sions.There is no reason to assume that nan- o...
Table 6. Effect of organic organisations on supply chain risk mitigation. Empty CellDependent variable: supply chain risk mitigation Independent variableMod1Mod2Mod3Mod4Mod5 Organic Structure .211*** .157* -0.464 Organic Culture .194** .123+ -0.497 Organic Structure × Organic Culture 1.061+ Co...
Radon released from the soil into the atmosphere depends on the Uranium-238 content of the geological substrate on which these buildings are settled, soil parameters (porosity, density, and humidity), and weather conditions (wind, rain, and humidity, etc.) [178,179]. Importantly, radon is ...