... conceptual-ization of the multiplicity and salience of major challengesto development and security, all of which require political and public awareness andeconomic resources for timely and efficient policy treatment. ... ‘long tail’ and intergenera-tional modes of climate change impact and thus impliesspecial monetary and/ or insurance funds to cover respect-ive costs and expected damage. On the other hand, look-ing ... of risks,costs and benefits of handling these hazards using a multi-criteria and systems approach towards the setting ofpolicy priorities and resource sharing.In addition to and developing...
... renewal and transformation; and (3) and understandingof change and uncertainty as inherent insocial-ecological systems.This statement strongly reflects the convergentaspects of CCA and DRR. ... CCA and DRR merged with insurance schemes could playan important role when discussing financial vul-nerability and managing risks for governments and communities.Understanding resilience and ... al. (2003) attri-bute coping capacity and adaptive capacity asseparate dimensions of resilience, Smit and Wandel (2006) lump them together. To Smit and Wandel (2006), adaptive capacity is equivalentto...
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... variability in landfalls.3.2. Landfall rates and proportionTable 2 shows for three different periods – 1900 –2008, 1951–2008 and 1979–2008 – the frequencyof annual landfalls in the first and second ... of ENSO, NAO and AMO on landfall-ing storms and damage (e.g. Elsner and Jagger,2006; Jagger et al., 2008). Elsner and Jagger(2008) find a relationship between the solar cycle and US hurricane ... thenumber of storms making landfall (cf. Elsner and Bossack, 2001; Elsner et al., 2003; Nzerem et al.,2008; Smith, 2008) and also in the intensity ofstorms at landfall (Landsea, 2005). This meansthat...
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... Climate change and the frequency and severity of natural disastersIn addition to socio -economic developments,climate change may increase the intensity and severity of weather extremes and contribute ... under climate and socio -economic change2.1. Impact of socio -economic developmentson natural catastrophe damageHuman-induced developments are a major deter-minant of the occurrence and consequences ... of diseases in affected areas, and havemajor adverse economic consequences causedby damage to property, both direct and indirect,such as business interruption and productivitylosses. Some...
... namely low economic growth (RC) and high growth (GE) and corresponding changes inthe ‘portfolio of properties at risk’ module ofFigure 2 were based on a land use model of the Neth-erlands (Janssen ... Assessment of future flood risk in the Nether-lands under a range of climate change and socio -economic scenariosSource: Aerts et al. (2008a)214 Botzen and van den BerghENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS3.2.2. ... system that enhancethis system’s resistance to disasters and itscapacity to respond to, and cushion impacts of,a disaster (Handmer and Dovers, 1996; Bocˇkar-jova, 2007). Bocˇkarjova (2007)...
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... wetlands which perform essentialhydrological, biological and chemical functions and which support and maintain the productivity and health of the river systems. A number of theBasin wetlands ... (The Australian,3 September 2008), and ‘Water dries up life on theland – Randall Crozier stands in the barrenpaddock, frowning at the drought-bleacheddesert sand’ (The Australian, 13 September ... catchment area forthe Murray and Darling rivers and their tribu-taries. It extends from Queensland to South Aus-tralia, including three-quarters of New SouthWales and half of Victoria. The basin...
... management and climate change was justified by the fact that MinisterPenny Wong was the minister for climate change and water.5. The Coorong Wetlands are one of the most impor-tant wetlands in ... Contingencies and Crisis Management, 8(4). 218–222.Rosenthal, U., Boin, A. and ’t Hart, P., 2001. The chan-ging world of crises and crisis management.Managing Crises: Threats, Dilemmas and Opportunities,U. ... and L. Comfort (eds). CharlesC. Thomas, Springfield, IL.Seeger, M. W., Sellnow, T. L. and Ulmer, R. R., 2003.Communication and Organizational Crisis. Praeger,Westport, CT.Semetko, H. A. and...
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... A. and Limongi, F. (1993). “Political Regimes andEconomic Growth,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 7: 51–69.Przeworski, A., Alvarez, M.E., Cheibub, J.A. and Limongi, F. (2000). Democracy and Development: ... C. and Karl, Terry Lynn (1991). “What Democracy Is . . . And Is Not,”Journal of Democracy, summer 75–88.Shleifer, Andrei and Vishny, Robert W. (1993). “Corruption,” Quarterly Journal of Economics108: ... Columbia and conducts research on foreign policy and politicaleconomy, and specifically on economic sanctions. He is the author of Economic Sanctions and Presidential Decisions: Models of Political...