Sentences with phrase «impact of disaster experience»

Onuma, Hiroki and Shin, Kong Joo and Managi, Shunsuke (2016): Household preparedness for natural disasters: Impact of disaster experience and implications for future disaster risks in Japan.

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Yet ecological disasters, fearsome instruments of war, vast systems of classism, racism, and sexism all have impact upon our lives, and we experience ourselves as caught up in such systems with or without our consent.

When explaining the importance of this work, Wehner believes that the big impact lies in assessing the impact of climate change as exemplified by the recent painful experiences of hurricanes Harvey (tied with hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record), Irma (the strongest storm on record to exist in the open Atlantic region), and Maria (regarded as the worst natural disaster on record in Dominica and Puerto Rico).

As such, nominations were requested for experts who can integrate findings of climate change science, who have expertise in vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation to extreme events, and who have experience in the disaster risk management communities.

The comments to TH's satirical party tips for the Anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster demonstrate that this approach is not shared by all TreeHugger readers — even though a close look at the entertainment agenda proves the effectiveness of the «party tips» at revealing the underlying truth of the case: how can someone without direct experience even remotely appreciate the impacts on the individual lives of those involved?

The report is also one of the first of its kind to study how climate change impacts mental health, noting that people «exposed to climate - or weather - related natural disasters experience stress reactions and serious mental health consequences, including symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressions, and general anxiety.»

Cities have emerged as first responders to climate change because they experience the impacts of natural disasters firsthand and because they produce up to 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

Aviation disasters, whether onboard a commercial or private aircraft, fall under the category of catastrophic accidents, and passengers onboard, if they survive, often experience serious and grave injuries that impact the rest of their lives.

The exact financial cost of the disaster may not be known for some time, but it is clear that it will have a huge impact on those who experienced it as local residents.

I have extensive experience managing Individual Assistance programs on numerous disasters as well as managing the development and implementation of several large projects, exercises, and training's impacting all areas of emergency management.

When someone experiences trauma, whether the cause is a natural disaster or some type of relational trauma there are several lingering issues that can impact future relationships.