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The cascading disaster risk of water, energy and food systems Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 H. M. Tuihedur Rahman, Shawn Ingram, David Natcher
This study presents a modified Institutional Analysis and Development framework for the purposes of analysing and developing policies to address cascading disasters in interconnected water, energy,...
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Climate change extreme events and exposure of local communities to water scarcity: a case study of QwaQwa in South Africa Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Fumiso Muyambo, Johanes Belle, Yong S. Nyam, Israel R. Orimoloye
The exposure of local communities to multiple climate change-related events is on the rise across the globe. Despite extensive disaster research on climate change, exposure and vulnerability, few s...
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Where there’s smoke there’s fire: the relationship between perceived and objective wildfire smoke risk Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Ross Buchanan, Joe Ripberger, Andrew Fox, Nina Carlson, Kuhika Gupta, Carol Silva, Hank Jenkins-Smith
To what extent do people’s perceptions of the risk posed by wildfire smoke correspond with objective risk? To answer this question, we draw upon a series of instruments from the University of Oklah...
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Forest fires in the Indian Central Himalaya: major drivers, implications, and mitigation measures Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
Forest fires pose a significant threat in the Central Himalaya due to both natural and human factors. This study investigates key drivers, consequences, and mitigation measures. Data on 2022 forest...
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Wildfire across agricultural landscapes: farmer and rancher experiences and perceptions in the southern great plains Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Jason S. Bergtold, Marcelus M. Caldas, Audrey Joslin, Mariam Gharib
Wildfire frequency and intensity has increased across the Southern Great Plains of the United States and other similar landscapes worldwide in part due to climate change. It is important that polic...
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Buyout programme experiences and perspectives of local public officials in eastern North Carolina Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Anuradha Mukherji, Kayode Nelson Adeniji, Scott Curtis, Jennifer Helgeson, Jamie Kruse, Meghan Millea
Eastern North Carolina (ENC) has been buffeted by compound coastal water events (CCWEs) making residential buyouts, that seek to move households and communities out of flood risk areas, an importan...
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Framing effects in disaster risk communication: the case of coastal erosion in the United States Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Jan Freihardt, Romain Buchs
Governments have the duty to protect their citizens and to prevent natural hazards from turning into disasters. Therefore, they need to communicate effectively about disaster risk to potentially af...
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Can historic natural disturbances enable conservation opportunities? Evidence from the establishment of national parks in Sweden Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Åsa Davidsson
This study investigates conservation establishment and management in the context of Sweden's 30 national parks by conceptualising natural disturbances as focus events for conservation opportunities...
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The impact of sinkholes on crop choices in water-scarce regions Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Alper Demirdogen, Emine Olhan, Mehmet Hasdemir
Irrigation is crucial in enhancing agricultural productivity, which is vital for ensuring food security. However, overusing water for irrigation, often due to weak water resource management, leads ...
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Trends and future research in climate migration: a bibliometric analysis of forty years Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir, Mohammad Hajian Hossein Abadi, Ali Sadeghi, Dariush Rahimi, Asad Asadzadeh
Human mobility in the context of environmental change has become a pressing issue in the last four decades, leading to a vast body of literature that this study seeks to analyze. This paper utilise...
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Multi-directional communication between decision makers and environmental health researchers: a qualitative inquiry Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Carrie Leach, Amy J. Schulz, Nicholas Schroeck, Susie Lawrence, Sharon Sand, Guy Williams, Oluwatosin A. Bewaji, Robin Fuchs-Young
It has been three decades since key leaders gathered to pave a path toward healthier and more just environments and recommendations were made to improve communication between scientists and communi...
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Method for prioritising buildings for seismic reinforcement based on prediction of earthquake-induced building collapse and evacuation routes Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Yoon-Ha Lee, Min-Seok Kim, Won-Hwa Hong
ABSTRACT Seismic design and seismic reinforcement of buildings are important for reducing seismic damage. Buildings have been prioritised for seismic reinforcement from various perspectives, but approaches considering the reduction in the effective road width after building collapse and the evacuation demand for each road link have not been developed. In this study, the effective road width was calculated
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Is the number of global natural disasters increasing? Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Gianluca Alimonti, Luigi Mariani
ABSTRACT We analyze temporal trends in the number of natural disasters reported since 1900 in the EmergencyEvents Database (EM-DAT) from the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). Visualinspection suggests three distinct phases: first, a linear upward trend to around mid-century followed byrapid growth to the turn of the new century, and thereafter a decreasing trend to 2022.
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The unexplored role of surfers in drowning prevention: Aotearoa, New Zealand as a case study Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Jamie Mead, Loïc Le Dé, Melanie Moylan
ABSTRACT Every year people drown while visiting coastal beaches. Increasingly, studies indicate that bystanders play a critical role in rescuing people from drowning. However, very limited research has explored the contribution surfers make to reducing fatal drowning. This research examined aquatic bystander rescues conducted by surfers in Aotearoa, New Zealand. It analysed their characteristics and
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Demographic predictors of disaster preparedness behaviour: Sylhet and Sunamganj, Bangladesh Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Mortuja Mahamud Tohan, Anamul Kabir, Md Ziaul Hoque, Tuhin Roy
ABSTRACT Bangladesh is a country prone to natural disasters, and disaster preparedness behavior (DPB) is an important factor in reducing the damage caused by these disasters. However, DPB has been neglected at the national level. This study aimed to investigate disaster preparedness behavior (DPB) among households in two districts in Bangladesh, Sylhet and Sunamganj. The researchers collected data
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Power, paralysis and action: understanding flood risk management in Kerala, India Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Medha Mukherjee
In the last 3 decades, millions of people in India have been impacted by floods, losing billions of dollars in damages. Structural and non-structural flood risk management measures have been adopte...
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Community-based natural hazard vulnerability assessment in rural Jamaica Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Heather R. Thole, Kari B. Henquinet, Gregory P. Waite
Disasters occur when natural hazards disrupt the livelihoods of a large enough number of vulnerable people such that they require outside assistance. Global, regional, and local influences accumula...
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Principals’ environmental suffering in schools with poor indoor-air quality Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Eerika Finell, Aino Walden
ABSTRACT The environmental suffering of contaminated communities has been analysed in depth. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the environmental suffering of such communities’ leaders. Our study aimed to shed light on this issue through interviews with 20 principals working in schools with poor indoor-air quality in Finland. Based on reflexive thematical analysis, we identified three themes:
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Investigating ways to better communicate flood risk: the tight coupling of perceived flood map usability and accuracy Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Keri K. Stephens, Russell Blessing, Tara Tasuji, Matthew S. McGlone, Laura N. Stearns, Yoonjeong Lee, Samuel D. Brody
Flooding is increasing worldwide, and many current maps and models available to help people understand their risk are not designed with risk communication best practices in mind. This study is one ...
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Evacuation decision making and risk perception: flooded rural communities in Pakistan Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Abdul Muqeet Shah, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Rida Hameed Lodhi, Fawad Ahmed Najam, Ather Ali
Evacuation is considered an essential aspect of flood risk reduction. It is important to identify the factors affecting the decision-making process during evacuation. The purpose of this study was ...
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Identifying different frames of resilience–vulnerability nexus in disaster study Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Lei Sun, Xingyu Liu
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to investigate how vulnerability and resilience have been constructed in the disaster literature to unpack the resilience–vulnerability nexus. This study identifies four different frames of the resilience–vulnerability nexus in the disaster literature: opposite, overlap, separate, and inclusion. It points out that the concepts of disaster resilience and vulnerability
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How do migration decisions and drivers differ against extreme environmental events? Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-03-29 Bishawjit Mallick, Kelsea Best, Amanda Carrico, Tuhin Ghosh, Rup Priodarshini, Zakia Sultana, Gopa Samanta
Migration is often understood to be a livelihood strategy to cope with the effects of environmental threats and climate change. Yet, the extent to which migration decisions differ due to the type, ...
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Is adaptation planning effective and for whom? The case of Louisiana’s 2017 Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Michael Molloy, Eric Nost, Megan Bledsoe
Flooding in the United States impacts over 40 million people, disproportionately affecting low-income and non-white communities, while costing at least $8 billion annually. Large scale response-bas...
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The natural warning signs of tsunami earthquake in Indonesia: case of the 2006 Cilacap event Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Muhammad Yudhi Rezaldi, Ambar Yoganingrum, Nuraini Rahma Hanifa, Abdurrakhman Prasetyadi, Widjo Kongko, Yoshiyuki Kaneda
Natural warning signs and self-evacuation are essential to save lives in the event of a tsunami caused by an earthquake, especially if there are no clear early signs for example ground shaking. Thi...
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Engaging beachgoers for drowning prevention: the spillover effects on non-participants Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Peter Kamstra, Brian R. Cook, Jasmin C. Lawes, Hannah Calverley
Despite reduced drowning incidence at lifeguard patrolled beaches, 71 drowning fatalities occurred on Australian beaches last year (2021–2022). Prevailing drowning prevention practices on beaches i...
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Flood stressors and mental distress among community-dwelling adults in Ghana: a mediation model of flood-risk perceptions Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Kabila Abass, Razak M. Gyasi, Richard Serbeh, Bernard Obeng
Extant research has linked flooding with mental distress (MD) among flood-prone populations, but the mechanisms underlying this association remain largely unknown. This paper examines the associati...
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Applying a framework of environmental and climate change adaptation to evaluate government intervention in coastal Louisiana Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Michael Molloy, Audrey Joslin
Government planning is an integral part of shaping decision-making about adaptation to environmental change. It affects the resources available for adaptation, and in turn enables or constrains the...
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Persons with disabilities and resilience: coping with environmental hazards case of landslides in Mount Elgon region, Uganda Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Yeeko Kisira, Martin Ssennoga, Frank Mugagga, Daniel Nadhomi
ABSTRACT Adverse impacts on persons with disabilities occur disproportionately during landslide hazards in a rugged landscape. Coping with climate-induced hazards to boost disaster resilience among persons with disabilities is directly influenced by the deepseated power relations in society. The study explored coping mechanisms and assessed their perceived effectiveness in boosting resilience of persons
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Ripples from an earthquake: legacies of a disaster volunteer response Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Sally Carlton, Sylvia Nissen, Jennifer H. K. Wong
ABSTRACT The Student Volunteer Army was formed following the earthquake sequence of 2010–2011 in Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, and has since been widely celebrated as a youth-led volunteer disaster response. More than ten years after the mobilisation, we trace the legacies of this action through in-depth interviews. Our findings demonstrate that informal disaster volunteerism can generate numerous
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Past experience of drought, drought risk perception, and climate mitigation and adaptation decisions by farmers in New Zealand Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Thi Mui Nguyen, Philip Stahlmann-Brown, Ilan Noy
ABSTRACT We analyze the perception of farmers in New Zealand with regards to future drought risk as shaped by climatic change and the implications of these perceptions for climate mitigation and adaptation actions that these farmers choose to pursue. The policy options examined include reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening climate resilience, and using water resources more efficiently. Almost
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Income and floods in New Zealand Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Apurba Roy
ABSTRACT Floods include some of the most frequent and costliest extreme weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand. Using data from Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure and Historical Weather Events Catalogue from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), this study empirically investigates the impact of floods on individual income across the country. The study
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Regional differences in the effects of drought events on farm profitability in New Zealand Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Farnaz Pourzand
ABSTRACT This paper estimates the regional impact of drought, as defined by the New Zealand Drought Index (NZDI), on-farm income and profits across the main agricultural regions in New Zealand. We use farm micro-data (tax forms) from Statistics New Zealand's Longitudinal Business Database (LBD). The empirical strategy relies on region-specific panel-data models with fixed effects. We find that outcomes
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Local-level managers’ attitudes towards natural hazards resilience: the case of Texas Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Rotem Dvir, Carol Goldsmith, Ian Seavey, Arnold Vedlitz
ABSTRACT Prior research on natural hazards resilience demonstrate that citizens favor immediate and direct solutions to disasters, and are less supportive of future-oriented prevention strategies. These perceptions create incentives for politicians to adopt similar views. In this study, we explore the views of an intermediate group of stakeholders – public and professional managers who play a role
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The gendered dimensions of London’s last bubonic plague epidemic 1665–1666 Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Kent B. Barnes
ABSTRACT There was a female bias in deaths during metropolitan London’s last epidemic of bubonic plague. This was unusual for the period and place, for on an annual basis, male deaths typically exceeded female deaths, a pattern that included prior plague years. This study examines this gender bias in mortality during the 1665–1666 epidemic through statistical analyses and a review of prior studies
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Considering sustainability trade-offs in bushfire policy for the wildland-urban interface Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Simone Ruane, Courtney Babb, Mohammad Shahidul Hasan Swapan
ABSTRACT In Australia, bushfire risk in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) is increasing due to climate change and urbanisation. Like other complex issues, policy strategies for addressing bushfire risk are multi-faceted, involve diverse stakeholders, and are highly contested. Based on a case study of south-west Western Australia (south-west WA), we identify three key policy strategies for adapting
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How the past influences the future: flood risk perception in informal settlements Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Chati Jerry Tasantab, Thayaparan Gajendran, Kim Maund
ABSTRACT This study presents fresh evidence from an informal settlement in Accra, Ghana, examining how knowledge, understanding, experiences, and feelings about flood risk influence the flood risk perceptions of residents. The study adopted a mixed-methods approach, involving the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. We collected the data through seventeen interviews and 392
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Can positional concerns be a threat to disaster management? Assessing the prevalence of positional concerns among socially vulnerable populations in Trinidad & Tobago Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-08-16 J. Celse, M. Kensen
ABSTRACT Social vulnerability refers to the inability of some populations, organisations and societies to withstand adverse impacts from multiple stressors to which they are exposed, such as natural hazards. In this paper, we examine the existence of positional concerns (i.e. willingness to incur a loss so as to be above or not to be below others) in social vulnerability that may undermine the strategies
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Trends in recovery aid concentration following Hurricane Florence in North Carolina: exploring the role of physical damage, community vulnerability, and Hurricane Matthew Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Julia Cardwell, Charles E. Konrad II
ABSTRACT The intensity of extreme events like hurricanes is predicted to increase. As such, the role of federal disaster aid programmes in assisting community recovery will also grow, and potential inequities in these programmes could compound in an increasing disaster landscape. This study analyzes recovery efforts after Hurricane Florence (2018) to identify trends in areas that were targeted for
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Managed retreat from high-risk flood areas: exploring public attitudes and expectations about property buyouts Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-08-07 Jonathan Raikes, Daniel Henstra, Jason Thistlethwaite
ABSTRACT Increasing flood risk requires governments to develop innovative solutions for flood risk management. The effectiveness of these solutions depends, in part, on their social acceptability. This paper presents the findings of a national survey to explore the social acceptability of property buyouts as a form of managed retreat from flood risk in Canada. It discusses public attitudes and expectations
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Social vulnerability to earthquake disaster: insights from the people of 48th ward of Dhaka South City, Bangladesh Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-06-06 Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Md. Sadequr Rahman, Tasnim Jerin
ABSTRACT This study sheds light on investigating the root causes, dynamic pressure and unsafe conditions to the progression of social vulnerability of the people residing in 48th ward of Hazaribagh Thana, Dhaka South City (DSC) of Bangladesh. We employed qualitative method to explore people’s knowledge, views and perceptions on the production of social vulnerability to earthquake disasters. We utilized
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Legislative amendments and the environmental impact assessment process in Istanbul Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-05-30 Y. Özhan Türker, Aynur Aydin
ABSTRACT An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a tool that has been used for more than 50 years to assess situations that may have future negative effects on the environment. This study has attempted to address the status of the EIA in Istanbul, a city founded 2500 years ago and, therefore, one of the oldest cities in the world. The study first defines the EIA and then discusses legislative amendments
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Climate change and windstorm losses in Poland in the twenty-first century Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Jan Gaska
ABSTRACT Although windstorms are not as spectacular as large, fluvial floods, they cause significant losses every year. Due to the difficulties in measuring this damage, the literature on the impact of climate change on it is relatively scarce. The aim of this paper is to estimate the impact of climate change on losses caused by windstorms in Poland over the twenty-first century. To do that, damage
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Risk perception, impact, and management by farmer households in Rajasthan (India) Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Vinita Kanwal, Smita Sirohi, Prem Chand
ABSTRACT The increasing frequency of droughts and floods is undermining sustainable agricultural development at the global level. The concerns are more profound in countries like India, where agriculture the primary source of livelihood is mainly rainfed. Based on the primary survey of 180 rural farm households in the highly natural disaster-prone state of India, this study elucidates how farm households
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The long-term frequency and intensity of cyclonic storms and associated losses in Odisha, India Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Manoranjan Mishra, Tamoghna Acharyya, Namita Pattnaik, Manoj Kumar Dash, Prabhu Prasad Das, Shailendra Kumar Mishra
ABSTRACT We investigated long-term (1890–2020) frequency changes in depressions (D), cyclonic storms (CS) and severe cyclonic storms (SCS), along Odisha coast. We reviewed the fatalities, damage to properties and livestock and linked with the existing cyclone disaster management policy of the state. The decadal frequencies of D and CS show marked declining pattern after reaching their peak in 1930–1939
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Cultural worldviews and the perception of natural hazard risk in Australia Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Melissa Parsons, Amy D. Lykins
ABSTRACT The cultural theory of risk proposes that risk perception is biased by sociality and the maintenance of four ways or life, or cultural worldviews: hierarchism, egalitarianism, individualism or communitarianism. This study examined whether cultural worldviews influenced the perception of the risk of bushfire, flood, storm and earthquake in Australia. A sample of 503 participants completed two
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Building resilience through informal networks and community knowledge sharing: post-disaster health service delivery after Hurricane Maria Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Santina Contreras, Skye Niles
ABSTRACT In September of 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, bringing widespread damage to public systems across the island, which included particularly devastating impacts to local hospitals and medical facilities. Health care organisations operating on the ground played an essential role in hurricane response efforts as they attempted to address the medical needs of vulnerable populations
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The interplay between enterprise and entrepreneur in the flood risk management of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Austria Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Claudia Winkler, Thomas Thaler, Sebastian Seebauer
ABSTRACT Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of most economies across the globe. They are particularly vulnerable to floods because they typically have less structural adaptation measures and less resources and financial access for recovery than large companies. In SMEs, economic and personal interests in risk governance intersect, such as when business crises after flood impacts
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Preventing social isolation: Otsuchi town after the Great East Japan Earthquake Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2022-01-07 Ryoichi Nitanai, Jun Goto
ABSTRACT On 11th March 2011, Japan was struck by an earthquake of tremendous force, the Great East Japan Earthquake. A social issue that emerged during the early stage of reconstruction after the disaster was social isolation. This study aims to explore a process by which community action of the affected people can be promoted to prevent them from experiencing social isolation. The process was applied
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Interpreting and responding to wildfire smoke in western Canada Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-12-28 Tara K. McGee, Devon Healey
ABSTRACT This paper presents findings from an online survey that explored public experiences of wildfire smoke, public health advisory information, risk perceptions, and protective actions in response to wildfire smoke in western Canada. Most respondents had wildfire smoke experiences lasting several days with decreased visibility, and many had difficulty breathing and changes to their health. While
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A call for reducing tourism risk to environmental hazards in the Himalaya Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-10-11 A. D. Ziegler, R. J. Wasson, Y. Sundriyal, P. Srivastava, G. Sasges, S. J. Ramchunder, C. E. Ong, S. K. Nepal, B. G. McAdoo, J. Gillen, D. Bishwokarma, A. Bhardwaj, M. Apollo
ABSTRACT As mountain tourism rapidly expands in remote landscapes, there is a critical need for improved disaster risk management to ensure the safety of tourists and industry workers, safeguard infrastructure designed to support tourism and service industries (e.g., transportation), as well as protect the local economies that have come to depend on tourism revenue. Drawing from recent disasters in
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Social learning-based disaster resilience: collective action in flash flood-prone Sunamganj communities in Bangladesh Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-09-08 M. Abul Kalam Azad, C. Emdad Haque, Mahed-Ul-Islam Choudhury
ABSTRACT Despite widespread recognition that social learning can potentially contribute toward enhancing community resilience to climate-induced disaster shocks, studies on this process remain few and far between. This study investigates the role of local institutions (formal, informal, and quasi-formal) in creating learning arenas and translating social learning into collective action in flash flood-prone
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Water level decline at Iran's Lake Urmia: changing population dynamics Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-08-25 Somayeh Mohammadi hamidi, Hossein Nazmfar, Christine Fürst, Mohammad Hassan Yazdani, Ahad Rezayan
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of decreasing the water level of Lake Urmia on migration and geographical distribution of the population in the eastern coastal settlements in Northwestern Iran. Initially, we considered the migration statistics from 2006 and 2016, compiled by the National Statistics Office. Then, by using kernel density estimation in ARC GIS, we examined the geographical distribution
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Dynamic economic resilience scenarios for measuring long-term community housing recovery Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-08-09 Sahar Zavareh, Gordon M. Winder
ABSTRACT The research measures post-disaster long-term housing recovery to assess community resilient recovery using the case of Broadmoor, a community located in New Orleans. Dynamic economic resilience scenarios calculate post-disaster housing recovery and differences of rebuilding using three housing recovery scenarios (baseline, reference recovery and dynamic economic resilience). The baseline
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Readiness towards earthquake disasters among community in Peninsular Malaysia Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-08-09 Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril, Nor Sabila Ramli, Jeffrey Lawrence D’Silva, Dzuhailmi Dahalan, Nor Aini Mohamed
ABSTRACT Despite the attention given to the devastating earthquake incident that occurred in Sabah in the year 2015, it is noteworthy to highlight that Peninsular Malaysia had experienced 40 minor earthquakes between 2007 and 2009. This scenario portrays the potential of this region being hit by a bigger magnitude of earthquake and it is unclear if the local community is prepared to face this disaster
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Cultural vulnerability, risk reduction and gender equity: two Mexican coastal communities Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-06-30 Cloe Mirenda, Elena Lazos Chavero
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to identify and analyse the cultural dimension of vulnerability from a gender perspective in two rural localities of the South Coast of Jalisco, Mexico. This region is exposed to hydro-meteorological hazards and it is expected that, as a result of climate change, its intensity will increase, causing greater disaster risks. We analyse three culturally determined factors
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Strengthening public engagement on environmental hazards: insights from cross-disciplinary air pollution research Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-06-14 Brianne Suldovsky, Lauren B. Frank
ABSTRACT Studying air pollution provides an opportunity to explore public opinion about the environment from a health perspective, and examine how the often-siloed fields of health, environmental, and science communication might inform each other to generate a more holistic understanding of these issues. This raises an important question for social scientists: what is the best way to understand public
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Compound natural disasters in Australia: a historical analysis Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-06-08 Andrew Gissing, Matthew Timms, Stuart Browning, Ryan Crompton, John McAneney
ABSTRACT Compound disasters, defined here as two or more disasters occurring within a three-month window and within a given jurisdiction, pose complex disaster coordination and recovery challenges. Planning for the management of such disasters would benefit from a better understanding of their frequency and their underlying climate influences. Here we utilise an Australian natural disaster database
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Drought-related media analysis from Andalusia and São Paulo Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-06-04 Jesús Vargas Molina, Pilar Paneque Salgado, Pedro Augusto Breda Fontão
ABSTRACT Drought risk is a complex phenomenon that leads to different interpretations, public understanding of causes, consequences and adaptation strategies and, therefore, different responses. To date, and despite the rise of social media, mass media are still the main way through which society receives information about drought, mainly owing to accessibility and periodicity. Media content analysis
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City transportation network vulnerability to disasters: the case of Hurricane Hermine in Florida Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-05-31 Mahyar Ghorbanzadeh, Mohammadreza Koloushani, Eren Erman Ozguven, Arda Vanli, Reza Arghandeh
ABSTRACT Hurricanes affect millions of people in the U.S. every year and cause billion-dollar economic losses. Florida is one of the states in the U.S. which is vulnerable to hurricanes and major infrastructure damages were reported due to these extreme events such as Hurricane Hermine (2016). This study aims to assess the impacts of Hermine on the transportation network of Tallahassee, the capital
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Urban expansion and enhanced flood risk in Africa: The example of Lagos Environmental Hazards (IF 3.781) Pub Date : 2021-05-27 Oluwasinaayomi Faith Kasim, Bolanle Wahab, Michael Femi Oweniwe
ABSTRACT The world is increasingly characterised by uncertainty, complexity and rapid change while vulnerability to potential disasters is equally increasing. The situation is more dire in countries where governments are unable to manage land use and development in rapidly growing towns and cities. Lagos, a major city in Nigeria, is notorious for flooding, owing to its being lowland, and this is compounded