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Approaches to Disaster Management - Examining the Implications of Hazards, Emergencies and Disasters,
John P. Tiefenbacher, from IntechOpen (2013)

Crisis Management - Theory and Practice,
Katarina Holla, Jozef Ristvej and Michal Titko, from IntechOpen (2018)

Recent Advances in Flood Risk Management,
John Abbot and Andrew Hammond, from IntechOpen (2019)

Fire Safety and Management Awareness,
Dr. Fahmina Zafar and Anujit Ghosal, from IntechOpen (2020)

Natural Hazards - Impacts, Adjustments and Resilience,
Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi, from IntechOpen (2021)

Information Support of Crisis Management,
Katerina Vichova and Martin Hromada, from IntechOpen
Keywords: crisis management, information support, information system, rescue operation, heuristic analysis of usability, natural disaster

Managing International Financial Crises: Responses, Lessons and Prevention,
Eszter Solt, from IntechOpen
Keywords: financial crises, crisis management, prevention, monetary policy, global financial system

Urbanization and Crisis Management Using Geomatics Technologies,
Rifaat M. Abdalla, from IntechOpen
Keywords: GeoICT technology, emergency management, resilience

Position Tracking and GIS in Search and Rescue Operations,
Oyvind Hanssen, from IntechOpen
Keywords: GPS tracking, SAR, GIS, volunteers, situational awareness, operational picture

Trust and Organization: Integrating Responses to Freshwater Contamination within the Everyday Work of a Care Organization,
Jorgen Sparf, from IntechOpen
Keywords: crisis management literature, organization theory, open systems, social structures, active agency

Landslide Risk Management and Crises Events,
Valentina Svalova, from IntechOpen
Keywords: landslide, risk, risk management, risk assessment, risk reduction, monitoring

Corporate Governance in Downturn Times: Detection and Alert - The New Italian Insolvency and Crisis Code,
Patrizia Riva, Alessandro Danovi, Maurizio Comoli, Ambra Garelli and Ambra Garelli, from IntechOpen
Keywords: crisis, insolvency, alert measures, board of statutory auditors (Collegio Sindacale), audit firm, crisis settlement body for companies (OCRI from its Italian initials), performance measurement, crisis indicators, Italian crisis and insolvency legislation, crisis thresholds, European directive on preventive restructuring frameworks and insolvency (COM (2016) 723), UNCITRAL

Public Awareness and Education for Flooding Disasters,
Leon Rothkrantz and Siska Fitrianie, from IntechOpen
Keywords: crisis awareness, MOOCs, dynamic routing, flooding disasters, serious gaming

Crisis Management: A Historical and Conceptual Approach for a Better Understanding of Today's Crises,
T. Serra Gorpe and Khaled Zamoum, from IntechOpen
Keywords: history of crisis, crisis management leadership and crisis, ethics and crisis

Wargaming-Based Crisis Drills,
Xiaolei Li and Qing Song, from IntechOpen
Keywords: wargaming, crisis drills, evaluation, decision, analysis

Emerging Trends in Crisis Management: Usability, Earth Observation and Disaster Management,
Leonard Sweta, from IntechOpen
Keywords: earth observation, usability, disaster management, mobile technology

The World Financial Crisis: Impacts on GDP and International Trade in Taiwan,
Jean-Pierre Himpler, from IntechOpen
Keywords: Taiwan, world financial crisis, PRC-ROC relationship

Applying the Organizational Centaur Theory on Boundary Spanners in Demanding Situations,
Aida Alvinius and Gerry Larsson, from IntechOpen
Keywords: boundary spanners, organizational centaur, organizational adaption, crisis management, military operations

Flood Risk and Vulnerability of Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia,
Mohamed Daoudi and Abdoul Jelil Niang, from IntechOpen
Keywords: naturals hazards, flooding, multisource data, urban extension, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Fitting a Generalised Extreme Value Distribution to Four Candidate Annual Maximum Flood Heights Time Series Models in the Lower Limpopo River Basin of Mozambique,
Daniel Maposa, from IntechOpen
Keywords: moving sums, annual maxima, lower Limpopo River, generalised extreme value

Evidence-Based Contingency Planning to Enhance Local Resilience to Flood Disasters,
Miho Ohara, Naoko Nagumo, Badri Bhakta Shrestha and Hisaya Sawano, from IntechOpen
Keywords: contingency planning, disaster response, flood, risk assessment, simulation

Flood Risk Assessment in Housing under an Urban Development Scheme Simulating Water Flow in Plains,
Faustino De Luna, Oscar Fuentes-Mariles, Judith G. Ramos and Jesus Gracia Sanchez, from IntechOpen
Keywords: flood risk prediction, FluBiDi, 2D-hydraulic modelling, flood management, hydraulic vulnerability, urban development

Flood Damage Reduction in Land Subsidence Areas by Groundwater Management,
Yin-Lung Chang, Jinn-Chuang Yang, Yeou-Koung Tung, Chehao Chang and Tung-Lin Tsai, from IntechOpen
Keywords: flood hazard, flood damage reduction, risk analysis, groundwater management, land subsidence

New Frontiers in Flood Risk Management,
Guangwei Huang, from IntechOpen
Keywords: vulnerability, framework, flooding time, flood duration, Ec0-DRR

Methodology for Agricultural Flood Damage Assessment,
Badri Bhakta Shrestha, Hisaya Sawano, Miho Ohara, Yusuke Yamazaki and Yoshio Tokunaga, from IntechOpen
Keywords: flood damage, agriculture, damage curves, RRI model, Asian river basins

Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Development of the Fires in Confined Spaces,
Rositsa Velichkova, Ivan Antonov, Svetlin Antonov and Kamen Grozdanov, from IntechOpen
Keywords: fire simulation, FDS, garages, buildings, numerical simulation

Methodology for Optimal Fire Evacuations in Underground Mines Based on Simulated Scenarios,
Vancho Adjiski and Zoran Despodov, from IntechOpen
Keywords: underground mines, fire, safety, evacuation, optimization, simulation, modeling

Shifting Wildfire Trends and Management Implications for the Wildland Urban Interface in the Twenty-first Century,
Rebecca Abney and Qin Ma, from IntechOpen
Keywords: climate change, fire regime, urban-natural interface, wildfire

A Case Study on the Fire Safety in Historic Buildings in Slovakia,
Agnes Iringova, from IntechOpen
Keywords: fire safety, restoration, historic buildings, legislation, model examples

Numerical Study on the Outdoor Wind Effects on Movement Smoke along a Corridor,
Brady Manescau, Khaled Chetehouna and Aijuan Wang, from IntechOpen
Keywords: outdoor wind, CFD, FDS, sensitivity analysis, corridor, smoke spread

BLEVE Fireball Effects in a Gas Industry: A Numerical Modeling Applied to the Case of an Algeria Gas Industry,
Brady Manescau, Ilyas Sellami and Khaled Chetehouna, from IntechOpen
Keywords: BLEVE effects, CFD, FDS, fireball, LES, QRA

Disaster Resilient Rescue of Coastal Community on Cyclone Warning,
Md. Shahin, Sanjida Akter, Prome Debnath and A.K.M. Mostafa Zaman, from IntechOpen
Keywords: Wi-Fi scanner, MAC/SSID, cyclone, disaster, hotspot, rescue, evacuation

Natural Hazards - Impacts, Adjustments and Resilience,
Bhushan Mohan Raisinghani, from IntechOpen
Keywords: disaster mitigation, resilient structures, performance-based design, design tools, displacement-based design, seismic performance evaluation

Question of Livelihood in the Light of Disaster: With Special Reference to Flood of Bahraich, India,
Keyoor Pathak and Chittaranjan Subudhi, from IntechOpen
Keywords: capital, flood, disaster, livelihood, vulnerability

Effects of Earthquakes on Buildings in the Ibero-Maghrebian Region,
Jose Antonio Aparicio Florido, from IntechOpen
Keywords: earthquakes, damage, buildings, standards, shear cracks, X-shaped cracks, plastic hinges, soft-story, vulnerability

Flooding and Its Impact on Education,
Edson Munsaka and Sebia Mutasa, from IntechOpen
Keywords: flooding, education, governance, hazards

Disaster Management: A State-of-the-Art Review,
Jared Bly, Louis Hugo Francescutti and Danielle Weiss, from IntechOpen
Keywords: natural disasters, emergency management, disaster management, disaster training

Flood Disaster Hazards; Causes, Impacts and Management: A State-of-the-Art Review,
Frank Jerome Glago, from IntechOpen
Keywords: flood disaster, disaster risk awareness, disaster risk preparedness, disaster management, early warning system, resilience, technology

Households' Adaptation to Climate Change Hazards in Semi-Arid Region of Mopani, South Africa,
Yusuf Musa Jimoh, Yusuf Musa Jimoh, Peter Bikam, Hector Chikoore, James Chakwizira and Emmaculate Ingwani, from IntechOpen
Keywords: households, adaptation, climate change, semi-arid, South Africa

Adoption of Conservation Agriculture as a Disaster Risk Reduction Tool in Chivi District, Zimbabwe,
Jestina Chineka, Nthaduleni Samuel Nethengwe and Hector Chikoore, from IntechOpen
Keywords: adaptation, adoption, conservation agriculture, disaster risk, drought

On Modelling Extreme Damages from Natural Disasters in Kenya,
Carolyne Ogutu and Antony Rono, from IntechOpen
Keywords: natural disasters, extreme events, compound distributions

The Risk of Tsunamis in Mexico,
Jaime Santos-Reyes, from IntechOpen
Keywords: tsunami, earthquake, Mexico, tsunami early warning

Simple Housing Solution Project: (Re) Building in Critical Situations,
Leandro Torres Di Gregorio, Gustavo Guimaraes, Fernando Danziger, Graziella Jannuzzi, Eduardo Qualharini, Aline Pires Verol, Assed N. Haddad, Marcelo Gomes Miguez, Virgilio Cruz and Daki Bianchessi, from IntechOpen
Keywords: disaster recovery, post-conflict recovery, humanitarian aid, housing recovery, livelihood recovery, community recovery, reconstruction, risk management

Disaster Management Process Approach: Case Study by BOSS for Disaster Response under COVID-19,
Arisa Yasui, Muneyoshi Numada and Chaitanya Krishna, from IntechOpen
Keywords: BOSS, process management, disaster management, disaster response, COVID-19

Medical Provision of the Population within an Outbreak of a Traumatic Defeat an Earthquake: A Fundamental Tool of the Staged Health Risk Management,
Diana Dimitrova, from IntechOpen
Keywords: earthquake, mass victim structure, medical triage, medical provision of the population, health risk management, risk reduction, prevention measures, emergency and disaster medicine, good medical practices

Performance-Based Design for Healthcare Facilities,
Wilfrid Gbenankpon Gbenankpon Djima, Abdullah Can Zulfikar, Abdullah Can Zulfikar and Cuneyt Tuzun, from IntechOpen
Keywords: Seismic Performance Assessment, Performance-Based Design, Earthquake Loss Assessment, Healthcare Facilities

Disaster Relief Supply Management,
Yusen Ye and Hong Yan, from IntechOpen
Keywords: disaster relief supply, relief material, reverse logistics, marketing strategy, resale, coordination

Introductory Chapter: Fire Prevention Strategies,
Anujit Ghosal and Dr. Fahmina Zafar, from IntechOpen

Evaluation of Liquefaction-Induced Settlement Using Random Forest and REP Tree Models: Taking Pohang Earthquake as a Case of Illustration,
Mahmood Ahmad, Xiaowei Tang and Feezan Ahmad, from IntechOpen
Keywords: liquefaction, random forest, REP tree, settlement

Learning from Lisbon: Contemporary Cities in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters,
Diane Brand and Hugh Nicholson, from IntechOpen

The Implications of Post Disaster Recovery for Affordable Housing,
Jacqueline McIntosh, from IntechOpen

Five Star Crisis Management -- Examples of Best Practice from the Hotel Industry,
Outi Niininen, from IntechOpen

Disaster Management Discourse in Bangladesh: A Shift from Post-Event Response to the Preparedness and Mitigation Approach Through Institutional Partnerships,
C. Emdad Haque and Mohammed S Uddin, from IntechOpen

The Role of Earthquake Information Management System to Reduce Destruction in Disasters with Earthquake Approach,
Sima Ajami, from IntechOpen

Hazard Mitigation Planning in the United States: Historical Perspectives, Cultural Influences, and Current Challenges,
Andrea Jackman and Mario Beruvides, from IntechOpen

Visualization for Hurricane Storm Surge Risk Awareness and Emergency Communication,
Thomas Allen, Stephen Sanchagrin and George McLeod, from IntechOpen

Corrigendum: Conceptual Frameworks of Vulnerability Assessments for Natural Disasters Reduction,
Roxana Liliana Ciurean, Dagmar Schroeter and Thomas Glade, from IntechOpen

Open Space Innovation in Earthquake Affected Cities,
Martin Bryant and Penny Allan, from IntechOpen

Improved Disaster Management Using Data Assimilation,
Paul Houser, from IntechOpen

Home bias in humanitarian aid: The role of regional favoritism in the allocation of international disaster relief,
Christian Bommer, Axel Dreher and Marcello Perez-Alvarez, from Courant Research Centre PEG
Keywords: humanitarian aid; natural disasters; regional favoritism; birth regions

Puerto Rico Post-Maria: Twelve Months of Hardship,
Jason Bram and Joelle Scally, from Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2018)
Keywords: Puerto Rico; disaster; Maria; hurricane

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
Adrian Stanisoara, in Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series (2014)
Keywords: climate change; greenhouse gases; economic effect

KYOTO PROTOCOL- THE SOLUTION TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM,
Andrei Stanisoara, in Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series (2014)
Keywords: greenhouse gases, climate change, protocol, joint implementation mechanism , emissions trading

Análisis de los procedimientos de reducción de emisiones de CO2 en el sector del transporte de pasajeros por carretera,
Pablo del Río González and Félix Hernández Álvarez, in EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía (2008)
Keywords: emisiones de CO2 en el transporte, instrumentos de mitigación, mitigation instruments, transport CO2 emissions

Localizing Disaster Risk Reduction,
Lilybeth Matunhay, Jonel Milan and Cecilio Paqueo, in International Journal of Social Sciences (2019)
Keywords: disaster risk reduction, barangay disaster risk reduction council, performance, disaster culture, local & community level

Financial Stability: Overcoming the Crisis and Improving the Efficiency of the Banking Sector,
Randall S. Jones and Masahiko Tsutsumi, from OECD Publishing (2009)
Keywords: agences de notation financières, bank, Bank of Japan, banque, Banque du Japon, banques régionales, Basel II, Bâle II, capital adequacy regulation, capital injections, capital markets, credit rating agencies, crise financière mondiale, financial sector, FSA, FSA, global financial crisis, injections de capitaux, Japan, Japanese economy, Japon, marchés de capitaux, prêts viagers hypothécaires, regional banks, reverse mortgages, règles relatives aux fonds propres, secteur financier, securitisation, titrisation, économie japonaise

Improving the Policy Framework in Japan to Address Climate Change,
Randall S. Jones and Byungseo Yoo, from OECD Publishing (2009)
Keywords: carbon sinks, carbon tax, changement climatique, Clean Development Mechanism, Cool Earth 50, Cool Earth 50, COP 15, COP 15, efficacité énergétique, emissions trading systems, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, Kyoto protocol, mécanisme pour un développement propre, programme Top Runner, Protocole de Kyoto, puits de carbone, renewable energy, système d’échange de droits d’émissions, taxes carbone, Top Runner Programme, émissions de gaz à effet de serre, énergies renouvelables

Towards Green Growth in Denmark: Improving Energy and Climate Change Policies,
Stéphanie Jamet, from OECD Publishing (2012)
Keywords: carbon tax, changement climatique, climate change, climate change mitigation policy, Danemark, Denmark, energy security, green technologies, greenhouse gas emissions, politiques d’atténuation du changement climatique, renewable energy, taxe carbone, technologies respectueuses de l'environnement, émissions de gaz à effet de serre, énergie renouvelable

Shutting Down the Fog Machine,
Gar W. Lipow, in Review of Radical Political Economics (2015)
Keywords: carbon markets; clean development mechanism; offsets; climate crisis; climate justice; carbon capture and storage; sequestration

Perception of local experts about accessibility to international climate funds: Case of Bangladesh,
Syed Mahbubur Rahman and Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, in Journal of Developing Areas (2016)
Keywords: Climate finance, Climate fund, Accessibility, Perception, Bangladesh

Optimal Climate Policy When Damages Are Unknown,
Ivan Rudik, in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2020)

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Business in Pakistan: Perceptions and Realities,
Ajaz Ahmed and Aneel Salman, in The Pakistan Development Review (2012)
Keywords: UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Mitigation, Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), Designated National Authority (DNA)

Bezpieczenstwo energetyczne Polski w latach 2010–2015: aspekty ekologiczne i prawno-polityczne,
Adam Pogorzelski, in Catallaxy (2017)
Keywords: energy security; conventional energy sources; renewable energy sources; energetics

Cambio climático y sustentabilidad económica y social: implicaciones sobre el bienestar social,
Emèrit Bono, in CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa (2008)
Keywords: Global change, Climate change, Vulnerability, Carbon sequestration and storage, Energy productivity, Renewable energy, New economic, social and environmental paradigm.

Towards Consistent and Effective Carbon Pricing in Germany?,
Ivana Capozza and Joseph Curtin, from OECD Publishing (2012)
Keywords: Allemagne, carbon price, emissions trading systems, environmentally harmful subsidies, environmentally related taxes, Germany, prix du carbone, subventions dommageables pour l’environnement, système d’échange de droits d’émissions, taxes liées à l'environnement

Economic Effects of an Ocean Acidification Catastrophe,
Stephen G. Colt and Gunnar P. Knapp, in American Economic Review (2016)

Vulnerability and Willingness to Pay for Coping with Flood in Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia,
Suryanto, from Global Academy of Training and Research (GATR) Enterprise (2017)
Keywords: Vulnerability; Flood Mitigation; Contingent Valuation; Willingness to Pay (WTP).

Budget for protection of the population in case of disasters,
Daniela Baleva, in Economic Thought journal (2016)

Asset pricing during pandemic lockdown,
Yuta Saito and Jun Sakamoto, in Research in International Business and Finance (2021)
Keywords: Asset pricing; Lockdown; SIR model; CCAPM;

Are Political and Charitable Giving Substitutes? Evidence from the United States,
Pinar Yildirim, Andrei Simonov, Maria Petrova and Ricardo Perez-Truglia, from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)

How Bad Are Weather Disasters for Banks?,
Kristian Blickle, Sarah Ngo Hamerling and Donald Morgan, from Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2021)
Keywords: hurricanes; wildfires; floods; climate change; weather disasters; FEMA; banks; financial stability; local knowledge

Green Growth and Climate Change Policies in New Zealand,
Alexandra Bibbee, from OECD Publishing (2011)
Keywords: agricultural emissions, biodiversity, biodiversité, carbon price, changement climatique, climate change, emissions trading scheme, environmental policies, gestion des déchets, gestion des resources, GHG emissions, industries minières, Kyoto obligations, mining, New Zealand, Nouvelle-Zélande, nutrient trading, politiques environnementales, pollution de l'eau, renewables, resource management, waste management, water pollution, water use, échange de quotas sur les nutriments, émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES), émissions du secteur agricole, énergies renouvelables

Greening Growth in Japan,
Ivana Capozza, from OECD Publishing (2011)
Keywords: accords volontaires, changement climatique, climate change, dépenses de lutte contre la pollution, eco-innovation, economic instruments for environmental policy, environmentally harmful subsidies, environmentally-related taxes, green growth strategy, instruments économiques au service de la politique d’environnement, Japan, Japon, objectifs de performance, performance targets, pollution abatement and control expenditure, stratégie pour une croissance verte, subventions dommageables pour l’environnement, taxes liées à l'environnement, voluntary agreements, éco-innovation

Power struggle: Decarbonising the electricity sector,
Dirk Röttgers and Brilé Anderson, from OECD Publishing (2018)
Keywords: climate change, Decarbonisation, electricity, political economy, regression analysis

OECD Progress Update on Approaches to Mobilising Institutional Investment for Sustainable Infrastructure,
Dirk Röttgers, Aayush Tandon and Christopher Kaminker, from OECD Publishing (2018)
Keywords: climate change, finance, financial instruments, financial sector, infrastructure, Institutional investors, sustainable

Addressing Challenges in the Energy Sector in Israel,
Philip Hemmings, from OECD Publishing (2011)
Keywords: carbon tax, demande énergétique israélienne, diesel, diesel, efficacité énergétique, electric car, electricity generation, energy, energy efficiency, essence, fiscalité des véhicules, gasoline, gaz naturel, gaz à effet de serre, GES, GHG, greenhouse gases, installations solaires, Israel, Israeli energy demand, Israeli energy supply, Israël, natural gas, offre énergétique israélienne, production d'électricité, public transport, renewable energy, solar power, taxes carbone, transport public, vehicle emissions, vehicle taxation, voiture électrique, wind power, émissions des véhicules, énergie, énergie renouvelable, éoliennes

Financing water security for sustainable growth in Asia and the Pacific,
Hannah Leckie, Harry Smythe and Xavier Leflaive, from OECD Publishing (2021)
Keywords: Asia, flood protection, infrastructure finance, irrigation, Pacific, sanitation, wastewater, water security, water supply

Solidarity Versus Management in Local Public Administration in the Context of Expenditure of Public Resources for Humanitarian Aid to Refugees in Ukraine,
Marius Silviu Culea, Angela-Eliza Micu and Daniel Constantin, in Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series (2022)
Keywords: humanitarian aid, refugees, public resources, management, risks

Finance des risques catastrophiques. Le marché américain est en plein bouleversement,
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, in Revue économique (2013)

A chance to win or lose it all? A systematic literature review on the consequences of natural disasters for governments,
Anna Kindsmüller, from University of Münster, Center for Interdisciplinary Economics (CIW) (2022)
Keywords: natural disasters, crisis, governmental popularity