Search Results - "natural disasters"
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Social impacts of natural disasters in Africa
Published 2024“…Natural disasters continue to adversely impact the lives of individuals, especially those in developing countries. …”
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Vulnerability framework of tourism to natural disasters
Published 2019“…Natural disaster is a major challenge to tourism destinations. …”
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Economic impact of natural disasters' fatalities
Published 2010“…Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find the meaningful relationship between the economic impact of the natural disaster and economic condition. Design/methodology/approach: The paper employed cross-sectional analysis to investigate the relationship between economic condition namely, gross domestic product per capita (GDPpc); gross domestic product per capita squared (GDPpc2); government consumption ratio to GDP (gc); ratio of M2 over GDP(M2); years of schooling attainment (sc); land area and finally; population and the economic impact of natural disasters, whereby ten types of natural disasters were chosen. …”
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The macroeconomic consequences of natural disaster in Vietnam
Published 2012“…The main purpose of this study is to investigate the macroeconomic consequences of natural disasters in Vietnam for the period from 1983 to 2009. …”
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Naturalistic decision-making in natural disasters: an overview
Published 2017“…The purpose of this paper is to present the decisionmaking process in real-life settings focusing on the recognition-primed model (RPD) in an attempt to understand how decisions are made in emergencies and natural disasters. Literature review was conducted and it was found that the dynamic behaviour of disasters requests the decision-makers to allocate resources and attention to collaboration and coordination. …”
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RADON CAN DETECT POTENTIAL NATURAL DISASTERS
Published 2015“…PENANG, July 2015 Although radon is a radioactive gas which can cause lung cancer in instances of overexposure, it can also foretell the onset of natural disasters. A physicist from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) specialising in radiation, Professor Dr. …”
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The Impact caused by the natural disaster in Malaysia: Food and Landslide
Published 2013“…Natural disaster is the consequence of the combination of the natural hazard and human activities, human vulnerability, caused by the lack of appropriate emergency management, leads to financial structural and human losses. …”
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The Impact caused by the natural disaster in Malaysia : Flood and Landslide
Published 2013“…Natural disaster is the consequence of the combination of the natural hazard and human activities, human vulnerability, caused by the lack of appropriate emergency management, leads to financial structural and human losses. …”
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Effects of natural disaster on fertility rate and quality of life
Published 2018Subjects: “…Quality of life - Natural disaster effects…”
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Natural disasters and community resilience: the case of El Morro, Chile
Published 2016“…Specifically, the thesis examines the role of community resilience in coping with and recovery from natural disasters, and the capacities and external factors that enhance or undermine the levels of community resilience. …”
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Exploring experiences of counselors in crisis intervention of natural disasters in Malaysia
Published 2018“…Crises such as natural disaster are an intrinsic part of life and despite efforts aimed at prevention, crises will continue to occur. …”
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Factors affecting mitigation of natural disaster fatalities in selected countries
Published 2011Subjects: “…Natural disasters - Research…”
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Framework For The Design And Development Of An Integrated Natural Disaster Management System In Malaysia
Published 2011“…The aim of this work is to develop an integrated management framework - particularly for seven of natural disasters in the country. To achieve this objective, in this work the current disaster management system of Malaysia was investigated from two points of views - individual organizations involved in the system (MICRO) and National Security council (MACRO) as the coordinative body.…”
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Crisis communication in a natural disaster: a chaos theory approach
Published 2019“…Various studies indicated the need for crisis communications in natural disasters because a disaster can trigger crisis. …”
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Impact of natural disasters on biodiversity: evidence using quantile regression approach
Published 2019“…The OLS results suggest that the occurrences of natural disasters exhibit positive relationship with biodiversity loss. …”
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Researching natural disaster preparedness through health behavioral change models
Published 2019“…This reflects the lack of knowledge about how these models identify certain behaviors regarding natural disaster preparation. This article seeks to address this lack of knowledge. …”
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