Browsing by Subject "hazards"
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(2009-05-15)This study uses geographic information systems to determine if the aggregation of census block data are better than census block group data for analyzing social vulnerability. This was done by applying a social vulnerability ...
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(2021-06-04)Frequency and intensity of coastal hazards driven by climate and land change have been increasing in many parts of the world, including in North America, where 40% of the population lives near the coast. While many settlements ...
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(2014-08-06)In the last decade, nanomaterials have been increasingly researched as the result of the rapid development in nanotechnology due to novel properties and behavior of nanomaterials different from their bulk materials. However, ...
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(2013-05-08)Wildfires are a natural hazard that present an increasing risk to communities in fire-prone areas. This study examines the impacts of the municipal-level built environment upon fire damages in California, a particularly ...