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Kibler, Christopher T., and James L. Kerber. "Strategic guide to natural disaster planning, preparedness, response and recovery for Naval Supply Center, Oakland, California." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27772.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>The Specific goal of this thesis is to provide a strategic guide which can be used as a basis by Naval Supply Center (NSC), Oakland, California to formulate a natural disaster planning, preparedness, response and recovery program. The objective of such a aprogram is to reduce the amount of damage caused by a natural disaster, enable effective response to a disaster and facilitate recovery. The plan must be consistent with the supply center's priorities and be within budget limitations. Further, the plan must address additional areas su

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Davidson, Clayton Simmons. ""Natural Disasters"." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538761/.

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"Natural Disasters" is a cycle of five extractable movements for septet, conductor and computer. Each movement in the cycle is inspired by the ways that humans are affected by and respond to five different classes or categories of natural disasters: meteorological, such as hurricanes, tornados, and haboobs; geological, like earthquakes and landslides; hydrological, including flooding and sea level rise; wildfires; and extra-planetary disasters such as meteors and solar flares. The disaster types are used as overarching themes and also as sources for the organization of the movements and their

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Cleenewerck, Adélie. "Natural disasters : What are the economic consequences of natural disasters for households?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105154.

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Climate change is an important subject nowadays and climate change leads to more natural disasters. This essay is a large literature study on Asian, American, European, Oceanian and African countries about the economic consequences for households as a result of natural disasters and the coping mechanisms used by households, as well as governments and institutions. It also provides information about natural disasters, such as natural disasters that have the worst consequences, people that are highly affected by disasters and places in the world where disasters happen the most. The aim of this s

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Collier, Benjamin L. "Financial Inclusion and Natural Disasters." UKnowledge, 2013. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/agecon_etds/14.

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This dissertation explores the implications of natural disaster risk for access to financial services, especially credit. Its results show that disasters can dramatically undermine the ability of financial intermediaries (FIs) to lend after an event, increasing the cost of the disaster and delaying recovery. Moreover, the risk of natural disasters discourages investment in vulnerable regions and economic sectors and so slows economic development. Financial risk transfer mechanisms such as insurance can help maintain lending following an event. While many international development projects have

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Olauson, Jon. "Wind Power and Natural Disasters." Licentiate thesis, Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-225573.

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Wind power can be related to natural disasters in several ways. This licentiate thesis gives some background and introduces four papers devoted to two aspects of this relation. The first section looks into how small-scale wind energy converters (WECs) could be used to generate power after a natural disaster. For this application diesel generators are the most common solution today, but there would be several advantages of replacing these systems. A study of off-grid systems with battery storage at 32 sites showed that photovoltaics (PV) were more suitable than WECs. The results were confirmed

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Keerthiratne, Wendala Gamaralalage Subhani Sulochana. "Economic impact of natural disasters." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/70405/.

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Crespo, Cuaresma Jesus. "Natural Disasters and Human Capital Accumulation." Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhq008.

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The empirical literature on the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education is inconclusive. Model averaging methods in a framework of crosscountry and panel regressions show an extremely robust negative partial correlation between secondary school enrollment and natural disaster risk. This result is driven exclusively by geologic disasters. Exposure to natural disaster risk is a robust determinant of differences in secondary school enrollment between countries but not necessarily within countries Natural disasters, human capital, education, school enrollment,

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Heidelk, Tillmann. "Education, labor markets, and natural disasters." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/304527.

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This thesis explores the entire cycle of education, from initial access to schooling, over degree completion, to returns to education. Despite recent gains in increasing access, an tens of millions of children worldwide are still out of school. Abolishing school fees has increased enrollment rates in several countries where enrollments were low and fees were high. However, such policies may be less effective, or even have negative consequences, when supply-side responses are weak. The first part of the thesis evaluates the impacts of a tuition waiver program in Haiti, which provided public fin

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Goussebaile, Arnaud. "Prevention and insurance of natural disasters." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLX014/document.

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Les pertes économiques liées aux catastrophes naturelles ont augmenté dans le monde plus rapidement que le PIB les trente dernières années en raison d’un accroissement de population et d’un faible niveau de prévention dans les régions exposées. De plus, seulement un tiers de ces pertes sont assurées et la faible pénétration de l’assurance génère des chocs de richesse pour les populations affectées. Dans ce contexte et dans la perspective du changement climatique, réduire les pertes liées aux catastrophes naturelles et accroître la couverture d’assurance sont devenus des enjeux majeurs pour nos

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Prevatte, Darren R. "Catastrophic risks and mitigation measures around the world." View electronic thesis, 2008. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2008-3/prevatted/darrenprevatte.pdf.

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Watson, Beth Eleanor. "Reconceptualising Disasters: Lessons from the Samoan Experience." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1424.

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In the early nineties Samoa was hit by two major cyclones, Cyclone Ofa (1990) and Cyclone Val (1991), which caused significant damage and devastation. Although it is more than 15 years since these cyclones, they still factor in people's lives and have impacted on the way individuals and organisations conceptualise disasters in Samoa. The incidence of disasters is increasing globally and Pacific Island nations face ongoing and increasing vulnerability to the impacts of such disasters at both community and national levels. Disasters can result in short and long-term social, economic and enviro

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Garcia, Sharon Louise. "THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: A STUDY OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA." Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2002. http://lib.uky.edu/ETD/ukyagec2002t00032/00Garcia.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Kentucky, 2002.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 150 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-149).

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Kalish, Alexander P. "The Effect of Natural Disasters on Volunteerism." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/916.

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The power of natural disasters to significantly and drastically alter the lives of the people they touch is vast, and the response rate of the provided aid can be the difference between a successful recovery and not. This study examines the relationship between natural disasters and volunteerism. The analysis makes use of panel data measurements on volunteer rate and volunteer hours per resident as well as FEMA measurements of major natural disasters from 2005 – 2012. I find that states that experience a natural disaster in the current year experience a significant and positive increase in vol

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Tveit, Thomas. "Essays on the Economics of Natural Disasters." Thesis, Cergy-Pontoise, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017CERG0950/document.

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Natural disasters have always been and probably always will be a problem for humans and their settlements. With global warming seemingly increasing the frequency and strength of the climate related disasters, and more and more people being settled in urban centers, the ability to model and predict damage is more important than ever.The aim of this thesis has been to model and analyze a broad range of disaster types and the kind of impact that they have. By modeling damage indices for disaster types as different as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, the thesis helps with understanding both simi

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Jara, Valencia Benjamin Andres. "Social and Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468519136.

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Li, Jing. "Optimization of emergency logistics for natural disasters." Electronic Thesis or Diss., université Paris-Saclay, 2024. https://www.biblio.univ-evry.fr/theses/2024/interne/2024UPASG072.pdf.

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Le problème de planification de la logistique d'urgence (ELPP) pour les catastrophes naturelles a attiré une attention significative ces dernières années en raison de la fréquence croissante et des impacts graves sur la santé publique et la sécurité. Ces catastrophes peuvent être classées en deux types : prévisibles et imprévisibles. Cette étude se concentre sur l'amélioration de l'efficacité et de l'efficience des secours pour les deux types de catastrophes.Les catastrophes imprévisibles, survenant soudainement avec peu ou sans avertissement préalable, présentent de sérieux défis pour les org

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Bergholt, Drago. "Natural Disasters, Economic Growth and Armed Civil Conflict." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-10170.

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Catastrophes such as floods, droughts and earthquakes have caused significant human and infrastructural losses throughout history. Nevertheless, researchers struggle to quantify macroeconomic impacts, and the existing literature is ambiguous in its findings. In this study I use econometric methods on panel data from Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), and find that hydrometeorological, climatological and geophysical events all affect economic growth negatively in the short run. Second, while events typically linked to climate change tend to cause negative growth shocks

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Kindred, Tiffany. "How Do Insurance Markets Respond to Natural Disasters?" Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/264.

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This thesis analyzes the interplay between natural disasters, human behavior, and insurance markets. Prospect theory can help us understand how fundamental behavioral biases in human nature affect insurance purchases and can begin to explain previously exhibited irrational behavior in regards to earthquake insurance. The Great East Japan Earthquake presents a useful case study to examine the performance of Japanese residential earthquake insurance in light of a devastating major catastrophe. Analysis suggests that prospect theory can explain low earthquake insurance penetration rates, and that

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Ramos, Homero, and Michael Pereira. "Natural disasters: a military option for increased responsiveness." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10133.

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MBA Professional Report<br>The purpose of this MBA project is to study the feasibility of a military fast reaction team that would provide emergency services in a "declared" domestic national disaster. We believe that initial responses might be coordinated and implemented more effectively by a specially trained military team. The response time period being considered would be immediately preceding a forthcoming "declared" disaster, during the actual disaster, and immediately following the disaster for a short period of time until longer term assistance can be established. After a disaster

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Boria, Maria Gabriella. "Human Trafficking and Natural Disasters: An Empirical Analysis." Thesis, Boston College, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:106784.

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Thesis advisor: S Anukriti<br>Thesis advisor: Robert Murphy<br>It is widely believed that natural disasters increase human trafficking from the affected region or country; however, credible analyses of the causal relationship are lacking. This paper estimates the causal effect of natural disaster occurrence on economic factors and the probability of human trafficking. I find that there is a significant, positive effect of disasters—as measured by an indicator for occurrence as well as disaster intensity—on human trafficking. Moreover, disasters negatively impact economic outcomes, suggesting a

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Arabaci, Okan. "Blockchain consensus mechanisms : the case of natural disasters." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för systemteknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355715.

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Blockchain is described as a trustworthy distributed service for parties that do not fully trust each other. It enables business transactions to be handled without a third party or central governance. For this distributed and concurrent communication to work, a consensus mechanism needs to be implemented into the blockchain protocol. This mechanism will dictate how and when new blocks can be added and in some cases, by whom. The medical industry suffers from many informational inefficiencies. Data is scattered across many different databases and the lack of coordination often results in mishan

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Wang, Qi. "Human Mobility Perturbation and Resilience in Natural Disasters." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51955.

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Natural disasters exert a profound impact on the world population. In 2012, natural disasters affected 106 million people, forcing over 31.7 million people to leave their homes. Climate change has intensified natural disasters, resulting in more catastrophic events and making extreme weather more difficult to predict. Understanding and predicting human movements plays a critical role in disaster evacuation, response and relief. Researchers have developed different methodologies and applied several models to study human mobility patterns, including random walks, Lévy flight, and Brownian walks.

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Rapo, Hanna. "The Portrayal of Natural Disasters in News Reporting." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22598.

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As climate change becomes more destructive to our planet, some governments have taken action towards a more sustainable future. One being the UK, where a Climate Emergency was declared in 2019, which affects public corporations and news outlets. The aim of this thesis is to investigate how do news reports portray natural disasters from an eco-linguistic perspective. This qualitative study focuses on analysing data regarding the 2019-2020 wildfires in Australia through the linguistic choices made in the texts by incorporating a combination of corpus linguistics, eco-linguistics and media discou

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Christensen, Rachel Julia, and Rachel Julia Christensen. "The Socioeconomic Consequences of Natural Disasters in Chile." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624942.

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The aim of this project is to analyze the economic effects over time that Chile has encountered due to natural disasters. I will provide information about Chile as country, breaking down several crucial regions to highlight the key threats to each. Several natural disasters used in my research will be defined and a brief account of their occurrences throughout the country's history will be given. My paper will demonstrate how Chilean society has shaped their way of life around these economic consequences, with a unique look at the short-term effects on small businesses. The primary focus

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Curtis, Thom. "Child Abuse in the Wake of Natural Disasters." DigitalCommons@USU, 1995. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2497.

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Natural and technological disasters impact thousands of families in the United States each year. Catastrophic events leave homelessness, unemployment, injury, and death in their wake. The cost to society is usually measured in homes destroyed, jobs lost, casualties, and expected dollar expense of recovery. There are the social, psychological, and family consequences of catastrophic stressors. Anecdotal reports suggest that among these consequences is an increase in family violence, including child abuse. This dissertation tests the hypotheses that reported and confirmed child abuse increases i

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Komen, Anita Louise. "A reconnaissance natural hazard assessment of Lakes Lyndon, Coleridge and Tekapo." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1781.

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The Canterbury Region is susceptible to a variety of natural hazards, including earthquakes, landslides and climate hazards. Increasing population and tourism within the region is driving development pressures and as more and more development occurs, the risk from natural hazards increases. In order to avoid development occurring in unacceptably vulnerable locations, natural hazard assessments are required. This study is a reconnaissance natural hazard assessment of Lakes Lyndon, Coleridge and Tekapo. There is restricted potential for development at Lake Lyndon, because the land surrounding th

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Dymkowski, Thad J. "A geographic analysis of the effects of natural disasters on the human landscape : five case studies /." Abstract, 2008. http://eprints.ccsu.edu/archive/00000485/01/1940ABSTR.htm.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 2008.<br>Thesis advisor: Cynthia Pope. "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geography." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 185-202). Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Flores, González Claudia G. "Risk management of natural disasters the example of Mexico /." Karlsruhe : Univ.-Verl. Karlsruhe, 2006. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=979662885.

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Flores, González Claudia G. "Risk management of natural disasters the example of Mexico." Karlsruhe Univ.-Verl. Karlsruhe, 2005. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=979662885.

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Asimakopoulou, Eleana. "A grid-aware emergency response model for natural disasters." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2008. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10870.

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Natural phenomena are essential and unavoidable planetary actions. When they occur in extreme forms they may have a disastrous impact on human life, property and the environment. Emergency management bodies mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from such events. Emergency response is a sum of decisions and actions taken through the collaboration and cooperation of many specialists from different disciplines. However, primary and secondary research findings suggest that there are limitations in the current information and communication technologies (leT), which affect the effectiveness

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Southard, Nicole. "The Socio-Political and Economic Causes of Natural Disasters." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1720.

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To effectively prevent and mitigate the outbreak of natural disasters is a more pressing issue in the twenty-first century than ever before. The frequency and cost of natural disasters is rising globally, most especially in developing countries where the most severe effects of climate change are felt. However, while climate change is indeed a strong force impacting the severity of contemporary catastrophes, it is not directly responsible for the exorbitant cost of the damage and suffering incurred from natural disasters -- both financially and in terms of human life. Rather, the true root caus

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Bui, Uy Ngoc. "After the storm : natural disasters and development in Vietnam /." Bergen : Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, 2008. https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/1956/3014/1/47689501.pdf.

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Stephane, Victor. "Three essays on the economic impact of natural disasters." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne‎ (2017-2020), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018CLFAD004.

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Les désastres naturels ont des conséquences particulièrement dévastatrices dans les pays en développement où les individus sont hautement vulnérables et les institutions inefficaces. Néanmoins, leurs impacts sur le bien être des ménages et le rôle des autorités publiques restent encore mal compris. En outre, alors que la plupart des études se focalisent sur le risque climatique, les désastres géologiques, et les éruptions volcaniques en particulier, restent peu étudiés. Pourtant, même si elles représentent une fraction marginale des désastres naturels au niveau mondial, les éruptions volcaniqu

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Perazzini, Selene. "Public-private insurance for the management of natural disasters." Thesis, IMT Alti Studi Lucca, 2020. http://e-theses.imtlucca.it/321/1/Perazzini_phdthesis.pdf.

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Natural disasters can compromise the economy, solidity, and social well-being of entire nations. To cope with natural risks, some countries have established public-private partnerships with the insurance industry, with generally satisfactorily outcomes. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the role of these partnerships. Chapter 2 reviews the international experience and investigates the main weaknesses of the public-private insurance systems currently in force, that can be traced back to poor risk understanding and inadequate governance. Including risk management into development

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Fara, Katiuscia. "How natural are 'natural disasters'? : vulnerability to drought in Southern Namibia communal areas." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4850.

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Threatt, Patrick Lee. "Natural hazards in Mississippi regional perceptions and reality /." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2007. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11092007-145929.

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Stover, Timothy V. "Myth, ritual and symbol in natural disasters and disaster management." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com.

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Dodrill, Charles A. "Protecting Digital Evidence during Natural Disasters| Why It Is Important." Thesis, Utica College, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10788395.

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<p> The safeguarding of digital evidence, valuable corporate proprietary intellectual property and related original objects on which it resides, such as cell phones, tablets, external drives and laptops, becomes a more complex challenge when a natural disaster is imminent. Natural devastation disrupts the investigative and legal process, often destroying the evidentiary elements required to serve justice. Traditional methods such as backups to external drives, and copies as well as cloud storage options, are inadequate to serve the requirements of evidence-gathering and chain of custody docume

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Arsenault, Denis. "Environment, security and natural disasters, contesting discourses of environmental security." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0018/MQ36809.pdf.

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Sickmiller, Adam Byron. "Social vulnerability to natural disasters a study of Skopje, Macedonia /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1179513447.

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Thesis (Master of Community Planning)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.<br>Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed July 16, 2007). Includes abstract. Keywords: Earthquakes; International Development; Disaster Planning; Disaster Preparedness; Community Preparedness; Albanians in Macedonia; 1963 Skopje Earthquake Includes bibliographical references.

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Lee, Dalbyul. "The impact of natural disasters on neighborhood change:longitudinal data analysis." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50113.

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This dissertation seeks to explore the association between natural disasters and neighborhood change and further to examine the differential impact of natural disasters on neighborhood change according to the disaster itself, the rehabilitation efforts of local jurisdictions, and the characteristics of the affected neighborhoods. Using the longitudinal model, it examines the shifts in neighborhood change trajectory before and after natural disaster for three indicators (home values, poverty rate and racial diversity). The results find that natural disasters have a significant impact on the tre

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LEITAO, GABRIEL ESTEVES DE OLIVEIRA. "DESIGN WITHOUT BORDERS: SEARCHING WAYS TO ACT AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2014. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=24320@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR<br>PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO<br>Este estudo investiga o papel do design frente a desastres naturais e parte do princípio que o design deve se ocupar de problemas complexos. Seus principais interlocutores foram Jorge Frascara - autor do livro Diseño Grafico para la gente, que defende que o fruto da atuação do design deve ser a transformação de realidades existentes em outras mais desejáveis –, Ulrich Beck – que, em seu livro Risk Society, apresenta a g

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OLIVEIRA, NATALIA DE BRITO. "BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE LOGISTICS IN RESPONSE OPERATIONS TO NATURAL DISASTERS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25678@1.

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A crescente participação das Forças Armadas (FA) em cooperação com a Defesa Civil em situações de desastres naturais tem demonstrado a importância do aprofundamento e aprimoramento dos estudos da logística humanitária no campo militar. Sabendo que a excelência nos processos pode gerar economia dos recursos a serem mobilizados para alcançar as necessidades da população afetada, bem como a minimização do tempo de resposta, este estudo objetiva apresentar e analisar as atividades de resposta a desastres naturais desempenhadas pela Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB), sob a ótica da modelagem de processo

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Benson, Charlotte. "The economy-wide impact of natural disasters in developing countries." Thesis, University of London, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.409221.

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Fuentes, Véliz Juan Andrés, and Velásquez David Sánchez. "Some Notes on Consumers' Rights in Times of Natural Disasters." Derecho & Sociedad, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/118371.

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These comments have the objective of opening discussion regarding intervention of the State in the economy, regulating prices in times of natural disasters due to the sudden increase of the demand by consumers and consequent economic exploitation by some providers. Taking the chilean case as example, the authors raise certain legislative amendments to avoid that certain providers take improper advantage of consumers in such dramatic times.<br>Los presentes comentarios pretenden abrir la discusión sobre si el Estado peruano debería intervenir, en tiempos de desastres naturales, en la regulación

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SICKMILLER, ADAM BYRON. "SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL DISASTERS: A STUDY OF SKOPJE, MACEDONIA." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179513447.

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Garber, Nikola Marie. "Natural disasters in international affairs formulating reconstruction planning in NOAA /." [Hattiesburg, MS : The University of Southern Mississippi], 2004. http://www.usm.edu/international/files/Garber-FullDissertation.pdf.

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Albrecht, Frederike. "The Social and Political Impact of Natural Disasters : Investigating Attitudes and Media Coverage in the Wake of Disasters." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-320680.

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Natural disasters are social and political phenomena. Social structures create vulnerability to natural hazards and governments are often seen as responsible for the effects of disasters. Do social trust, political trust, and government satisfaction therefore generally change following natural disasters? How can media coverage explain change in political attitudes? Prior research suggests that these variables are prone to change, but previous studies often focus on single cases, whereas this dissertation adopts a broader approach, examining multiple disasters. It investigates the social and po

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Kelman, Ilan. "Role of technology in managing vulnerability to natural disasters, with case studies of volcanic disasters on non-industrialized islands." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq40921.pdf.

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Harraman, Jeffrey S. "Mitigating Communities from Natural Disasters: Perspectives of the Butler County, Ohio, 2011 Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337716487.

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