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Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards
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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1006 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social vulnerability & Vulnerability.read more
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An Earth Hazards Camp to Encourage Minority Participation in the Geosciences
TL;DR: The 2013 summer camp was structured to emphasize three subject areas: geology, hydrology, and meteorology as discussed by the authors, and nine middle school students (seven males and two females) attended the camp developed and held at Mississippi State University.
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Urban hazards management: A case study of Langat river basin, Peninsular Malaysia
TL;DR: In this article, a study in the Upper-Langat river basin, Peninsular Malaysia, which has been experiencing numerous disasters including floods and landslides, was conducted to: systemize the intricacy of the geodata, identify the predisposing and triggering factors associated with natural hazards, and integrate them spatially to derive multi-hazards data for effective hazard management.
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Natural hazard resilient communities and land use planning: the limitations of planning governance in tropical Australia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how two Australian land use planning systems address the creation of hazard resilient communities in tropical areas and examine the application of substantive hazard knowledge and how this influences the associated procedures within the planning system.
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A Preliminary Flood-risk Assessment OfMunicipalities Located In Headwater Basins OfSlovakia Based On The Integrated Approach
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a flood risk assessment of the municipalities situated in the headwater basins of Slovakia is based on a combination of flood hazard and expected negative consequences.
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A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters
Susan L. Cutter,Lindsey Barnes,Melissa Berry,Christopher G. Burton,Elijah Evans,Eric Tate,Jennifer J. Webb +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the disaster resilience of place (DROP) model is proposed to improve comparative assessments of disaster resilience at the local or community level, and a candidate set of variables for implementing the model are also presented as a first step towards its implementation.
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Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a methodology and a set of indicators for measuring baseline characteristics of communities that foster resilience by establishing baseline conditions, it becomes possible to monitor changes in resilience over time in particular places and to compare one place to another.
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A Social Vulnerability Index for Disaster Management
TL;DR: In this article, the development of a social vulnerability index (SVI) from 15 census variables at the census tract level for use in emergency management is described, and the potential value of the SVI by exploring the impact of Hurricane Katrina on local populations.
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Mapping community determinants of heat vulnerability.
Colleen E. Reid,Marie S. O'Neill,Carina J. Gronlund,Shannon J. Brines,Daniel G. Brown,Ana V. Diez-Roux,Jennifer Schwartz +6 more
TL;DR: The evidence that heat waves can result in both increased deaths and illness is substantial, and concern over this issue is rising because of climate change as discussed by the authors, and adverse health impacts from h...
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A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in assessing climate change impacts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a Coastal City Flood Vulnerability Index (CCFVI) based on exposure, susceptibility and resilience to coastal flooding, which is applied to nine cities around the world, each with different kinds of exposure.