Showing papers in "Global Environmental Change Part B: Environmental Hazards in 2003"

TL;DR: An improvement to conceptual clarity would foster much-needed communication between the natural hazards and the climate change communities and, more importantly, offers greater potential in application, especially when attempting to move away from disaster recovery to hazard prediction, disaster prevention, and preparedness.

TL;DR: This article explored the preparedness of residents living in a rural community in Victoria, Australia, for wildfires and the factors influencing their preparedness, and found that residents involved in agriculture and with a long-standing association with the area appeared better prepared than were those on small properties and newcomers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a combination of climate change (in particular increasing precipitation and relative sea level rise in parts of the UK) and increasing socio-economic vulnerability, particularly in terms of household/industrial contents and infrastructure vulnerability.

TL;DR: Banos, Ecuador, some 16,000 people, was evacuated in 1999 in anticipation of a violent eruption of Mount Tungurahua, although no cataclysmic events occurred as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a retrospective analysis of the relief and recovery efforts in the aftermath of the 2001 flood disaster in the Rawalpindi-Islamabad conurbation in Pakistan.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the time series pattern of employment growth and stability in Fort Worth, Texas taking into account the March 28, 2000 tornado and found that the mining sector experienced a significant increase in employment growth following the tornado.

TL;DR: In this paper, the validity of proximity as an estimate for environmental health hazard exposure was tested and suggested how it may be used as an indicator in future environmental health and justice research.

TL;DR: A review of existing measures of the national impacts from weather-climate conditions reveals annual average losses of $36 billion from extremes and gains averaging $26 billion when conditions are favorable.

TL;DR: In this paper, the hidden victims of disaster are identified and the hidden targets of disasters are identified, and the Hidden Victims of Disasters are identified in the context of global environmental change.