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Use of satellite images for droughts studying: The bolivian case
(International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2017-09)
Bolivia is a country with a high risk of suffering a wide variety of natural disasters, such as forest fires, droughts, floods, earthquakes, and landslides; which may cause life losses, health impacts, property damage, and ...
Extreme precipitation events in bauru-sp: Possibility of occurrences of natural disasters?Eventos extremos de precipitação no município de Bauru-SP: Possibilidade de ocorrências de desastres naturais?
(2019-01-01)
The present work seeks to approach the natural disasters and extreme events that affect the southeast of Brazil, specifically the municipality of Bauru, in the state of São Paulo. Firstly, the text brings some theoretical ...
Disaster Management Simulation and research integration's Virtual Test Bed proposal for The Chilean National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disaster Management (CIGIDEN)
(IEEE, 2016)
The Chilean National Research Center for Integrated Natural Disaster Management, CIGIDEN, was created in 2011 to develop, integrate, and transfer scientific knowledge to reduce the social consequences of extreme natural ...
Implementation of evacuation measures during natural disasters under conditions of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic based on a review of previous responses to complex disasters in Japan
We aimed to investigate how evacuation measures could be effectively implemented in the event of
multiple disasters caused by natural hazards under conditions of the novel coronavirus infection
(COVID-19) pandemic, which ...
Persistent effects of natural disasters on human development: quasi-experimental evidence for Argentina
(Springer, 2020-11-09)
This paper evaluates whether exposure to natural disasters very early in the life of a person has persistent effects on her human development outcomes in the case of Argentina. Using the microdata of the 2010 National ...
Fables from the reconstruction: Lessons from Chile's recovery after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami
(2016)
Accelerating urbanization worldwide means more urban-centered disasters. Floods, earthquakes, storms and conflicts affecting densely populated areas produce significant losses in lives, livelihoods and the built environment, ...
Fables from the reconstruction: Lessons from Chile's recovery after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami
(2016)
Accelerating urbanization worldwide means more urban-centered disasters. Floods, earthquakes, storms and conflicts affecting densely populated areas produce significant losses in lives, livelihoods and the built environment, ...
Land Use Planning for Disaster Resilient Communities
(2020)
Land-use planning that considers natural hazard risk is the single most important mitigation measure in minimising the increase in future disaster losses in areas of new development. The Land Use Planning for Disaster ...
Natural Disasters Analysis based on IDF Equations
(Ios Press, 2015-01-01)
Several climate models indicate an increase in the occurrence of severe thunderstorms in the Southeast region of Brazil, highlighting the importance of determining vulnerable areas to provide logistical support to agencies ...