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Review article: Natural hazard risk assessments at the global scale

WEBAbstract. Since 1990, natural hazards have led to over 1.6 million fatalities globally, and economic losses are estimated at an average of around USD 260–310 billion per year. …

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URL: https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/20/1069/2020/

Predicting social and health vulnerability to floods in Bangladesh

WEBAbstract. Floods are the most common and damaging natural disaster in Bangladesh, and the effects of floods on public health have increased significantly in …

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A global comparison of community-based responses to natural …

WEBAbstract. Community-based disaster preparedness is an important component of disaster management. Knowledge of interventions that communities utilize in response to …

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Predicting social and health vulnerability to oods in Bangladesh

WEBA vast majority (75%) of the country is within 10 meters above mean sea level, and an even higher fraction of landmass (80%) is classied as oodplain (BBS, 2018). …

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Predicting social and health vulnerability to ﬂoods in …

WEB1808 D. Lee et al.: Social and health vulnerability to ﬂoods Unsurprisingly, public health research on the impacts of natural disasters predominantly focuses on clinical, microbi-

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Predicting social and health vulnerability to ﬂoods in …

WEBIn this study, socio-economic, health, and coping. 5 capacity vulnerability and composite social-health vulnerability are assessed using both equal-weight and principal …

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Damage functions for climate-related hazards: uniﬁcation …

WEB1190 B. F. Prahl et al.: Damage functions for climate-related hazards 0 1 2 3 4 0 0.05 0.1 Flood height [m] Relative damage (a) 1 2 3 4 10-6 10-4 10-2 10-0 Gust speed

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