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Mapping of risk and susceptibility of shallow-landslide in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BVAMSTERDAM, 2012)
In the city of Sao Paulo, where about 11 million people live, landslides and flooding occur frequently, especially during the summer. These landslides cause the destruction of houses and urban equipment, economic damage, ...
Distribution of Short-Term and Lifetime Predicted Risks of Cardiovascular Diseases in Peruvian Adults
(Wiley, 2015)
BACKGROUND: Short-term risk assessment tools for prediction of cardiovascular disease events are widely recommended in clinical practice and are used largely for single time-point estimations; however, persons with low ...
Perception of Risk and Sustainability: Concept Analysis of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development in Geological–Geotechnical Risk Assessment Approaches
(2019-10-01)
Geological–geotechnical risks studies are a traditional approach in Earth Sciences and Engineering areas. Its main focus is understood the environmental dynamics related to risk situations and the consequences of these ...
Risk of Giardia infection for drinking water and bathing in a peri-urban area in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2011)
A high incidence of waterborne diseases is observed worldwide and in order to address contamination problems prior to an outbreak, quantitative microbial risk assessment is a useful tool for estimating the risk of infection. ...
Airport risk of importation and exportation of the COVID-19 pandemic
On March 11, 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized the spread of
the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, as a pandemic on the basis of “alarming levels of spread and severity, and ...
Flood risk index development at the municipal level in Costa Rica: A methodological framework
(2022)
Floods constitute one of the most damaging natural hazards in the world. Seasonal and extraordinary rainfall
recurrently trigger different types of floods in Costa Rica. An integrated and efficient flood risk management
requires ...
Why do people choose to live in disaster areas?
(SciDev.Net, 2022)