Although the elderly are commonly thought to be disproportionately vulnerable to natural hazards, the elderly populations of coastal communities are continuing to grow. Because …
The existence of coastal ecosystems depends on their ability to gain sediment and keep pace with sea level rise. Similar to other coastal areas, Northeast Florida (United States) is …
1.1 Background: Research in Climate change and its vulnerable impact on natural as well as human domain is an emerging area in the contemporary world. Occurrence of a …
La planificación del desarrollo y de la ordenación del territorio, que se conoce como ordenamiento territorial son obligatorias, vinculantes, participativas y concurrentes para …
La planeación y ordenación del territorio son obligaciones de todos los niveles político- administrativos en un país amenazado por eventos catastróficos como inundaciones …
G Palka, K Serrhini, S Fuchs, S Thibault… - 26th International …, 2013 - hal.science
An efficient communication requires knowing the characteristics of the receiver. Even if this rule of communication is the basis in many fields of applications (marketing, education …
Environmental disasters result in the death of tens to hundreds of thousands of people and the loss of US $250-300 billion annually. Vulnerability to environmental disasters stems from …
In order to reduce the impacts of natural disasters, research in Geography and the natural hazards sub-discipline have made efforts to understand the complex relationship between …