Sentences with phrase «impact of disasters»

The connection between these concepts and the audience impact of disaster news coverage seemed important to me.

It makes uncomfortable viewing and the accompanying stories further illustrate the sheer impact of the disaster.

Overall, the program reduces the socio - economic impact of disasters by promoting the purchase and retention of general risk insurance, but also of flood insurance, specifically.

Butterflies are developing physical abnormalities, raising questions about the long - term impact of the disaster

Director Kimberly Davis adds, «Butterfield's powerful body of work addresses the global impact of disasters to our environment.

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.

Speaking of the BP cover - up, there are two very important pieces of news today about the extent to which the real impacts of the disaster have been hidden.

Intact mangroves can reduce the loss of life and damage caused by tsunamis, and during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, coastal areas that were protected by mangrove forests were better able to withstand the devastating impacts of that disaster.

The damaged materials are all evidence of the impact of the disaster on your business.

It's difficult to estimate the impact of this disaster on the economy.

Death tolls are the primary way we understand the impact of a disaster.

Bandura notes several criteria that might be useful in assessing the impact of disaster media coverage on viewers.

It may be just as difficult to monitor the impact of disaster news coverage.

Join Marie and her special guest Dr. Karleen Gribble as they discuss the impact of a disaster on breastfeeding or formula - feeding before, during and after it occurs.

Nakanishi is coordinating seven teams to study the impact of the disaster on soil, plants, animals, fisheries and forests for the next decade, measuring contamination levels and assessing the long - term threat.

Several presentations at the 2014 OFC Conference and Exposition, being held March 9 - 13 in San Francisco, Calif., USA will present new information on strategies that can mitigate the impacts of these disasters.

Although understanding the wide - ranging effects of disasters is vital for an effective public health response, a lack of baseline data has made it difficult to attribute post-disaster changes in environmental conditions to the impacts of disasters.

«Elderly Japanese most resilient in wake of triple disaster, study finds: Older people in Japan are more resistant to the impacts of disasters on their health than younger generations, a study suggests.»

Sarah Hill, director of the University of Edinburgh's Global Public Health Unit, said: «We were incredibly surprised by these results, as they run counter to received wisdom about the impact of disasters on health.

Bradt, epidemiologist and physician board - certified in emergency medicine and public health, has made his career mitigating the impact of disasters.

Sometimes these streets and blocks are rebuilt, sometimes they are not, but a good historical fiction writer of the future, setting their stories in New Orleans or New Jersey shore towns anytime after these disasters, will have to take the impact of these disasters into consideration.

This program is available to nonprofit animal organizations and local or state government agencies whose communities suffer the impact of disasters.

But in terms of the politics surrounding nuclear energy, the impact of the disaster appears to have been much smaller than many were anticipating at the time.

This analytical document presents a model to assess the socioeconomic resilience to natural disasters of an economy, defined as its capacity to mitigate the impact of disaster - related asset losses on welfare, and a tool to help decision makers identify the most promising policy options to reduce welfare losses due to floods.

Humanitarian needs are rising as the rising world population faces increased risks from climate change, environmental degradation and the consequences of conflict; and much more needs to be done to reduce the impact of disasters before they happen, and to build local capacity.

Perhaps because the image we associate most often with a changing climate is not the devastation left by a flood in our own state but rather a polar bear perched on a chunk of melting ice or an African farmer bearing silent witness to the impacts of a disaster that's taken place on the other side of the world.

It aims to empower communities and help them become resilient to the impacts of disasters and climate change,» Saño said before they departed from Luneta.

Typical for this time of year in Louisiana the humidity was climbing as fast as the temperature and it was going to be a long day out on the water.On the drive down to Grand Isle we saw more and more signs proclaiming the impacts of this disaster, closed for business signs and sarcastic «thank you BP signs» were cropping up everywhere and helped to set the tone for my companions.

The DataGlobe provides visualisations of collected hazard data (Earthquake, Bushfire, Flood, Cyclone, Hail, Storm etc) that can be used to provide a meaningful insight into natural perils, risk - based insurance premiums and the mitigation measures that may reduce the impacts of disaster in specific locations.

«Family functioning and child characteristics might be factors that influence the impact of disasters on young children.»