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ponent of the model can include various charac-teristics of assets, such as the location, age andtype of buildings or land use. The vulnerabilitycomponent of the model quantifies the impactof the natural hazard on the properties at risk,which may be done by the use of damage curvesthat describe the r[r]

Sci., 73, 749, 1993.9. Petit, H.V., Pasture management in animal production in Quebec: a review, Can. J.Anim. Sci., 73, 724, 1993.10. Entz, M.H. et al., Potential of forages to diversify Canadian and American northerngreat plain cropping systems, Agron. J., 94, 240, 2002.11. Willms, W.D. a[r]

VNU Journal of Science, Earth Sciences 27 (2011) 98-106 98 Impacts of climate change on the flow in Hong-Thai Binh and Dong Nai river basins Tran Hong Thai*, Tran Thuc Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, 23/62 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hanoi, Vietnam Rece[r]

framing since they limit the range of potentialmeasures aimed at curbing the crisis. On a morespecific level, there were also examples of whenscientists spoke more directly to politicians.They were then acting in the capacity of ‘frameguards’ determined by how other actors oughtto frame the crisis. O[r]

VNU Journal of Science, Earth Sciences 27 (2011) 98-106 98 Impacts of climate change on the flow in Hong-Thai Binh and Dong Nai river basins Tran Hong Thai*, Tran Thuc Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment, 23/62 Nguyen Chi Thanh, Hanoi, Vietnam Rece[r]

For the intended target, ‘extended ambition’would have to be combined with an increasedreliance on carbon offsets or additional measuresenvisaged under the ‘stretch ambition scenario’.However, the existing policy framework willhave to be strengthened to reach ‘extendedambition’ level or more.The CCC[r]

Hume Dam, Lake Victoria, Torrumbarry Weir,the Menindee Lakes and other river regulatorystructures – is responsible for about one-third.The storages have made it possible to store waterto be released in summer time or in times ofdrought.It should be noted that the case is complexbecause it tou[r]

week suggests deprivation. Instead, the campaign should pitchthe theme of eating all week long a line of food products thatis tasty, easy to prepare, and includes a “superfood,” such as soy,that will enrich their lives. When people hear appealing mes-sages about food, they are listening parti[r]

ance industry. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insur-ance – Issues and Practice, 25(4). 582–601.Dlugolecki, A. F., 2008. Climate change and the insur-ance sector. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance –Issues and Practice, 33(1). 71–90.Downton, M. W.[r]

ClimatechangeasenvironmentalandeconomichazardGuestEditor: Boris PorfirievClimate change as environmentaland economic hazardGuest Editor Boris Porfiriev Russian Academy of SciencesClimate change as environmentaland economic hazard■ The current policy for climate change pri[r]

agreement on issues necessary to reduce disasterrisk. Ultimately, these shifts led to the newlyrecognized DRR framework. ISDR promoted thisframework to development and humanitarianorganizations worldwide. The combined effortsof various stakeholders produced an increasingdesire to identify act[r]

6Climate Change and Glacier Lake OutburstFloods and the Associated Vulnerability inNepal and Bhutan6.1 INTRODUCTIONNatural disasters have become a part of the worldwide spectacle of a globalize media. TheGlacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) induced disaster has also[r]

Models developed at Rothamsted in collaboration withothers are producing predictions based on possible climatescenarios (see Box 1).•Worldwide, the net effect of climate change will be todecrease stocks of organic carbon (C) in soils, thus releasingadditional carbon dioxide (CO2) into[r]

by definition reactive, while planned adaptation in human systems can be both reactive and pro-active.Planning for adaptation will take time and should therefore not be postponeduntil impacts of climate change occur. In spite of the current uncertainty, a range ofadaptati[r]

— A complex climate and a fragile ecologicalenvironment determine that China's task of adapting itself toclimate change is arduous. China is characterized by acontinental monsoon climate, and most parts of China have awider range of seasonal temperature variation c[r]

FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER, 2012 BY NGUYEN THANH TAN,Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and ForestryNovember 2012IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE IN VIETNAMThe case of Mekong River Delta, VietnamByNGUYEN THANH TANStudent of Advanced Education Program,Thai Nguyen Universi[r]

cases, very low or no recovery from the collapse of 1998 (Grahamet al., 2008; Wilson et al., 2012) (Figs. 2 and 3b). In healthy reefsrecovery, at least in terms of coral cover, appears to take about adecade at best, in the absence of any local stressors, but in mostcases, it takes much[r]

32,768 people. Each week you can proceed inthis fashion. By the time eight weeks have goneby there will be 256 people anxiously waitingfor your next week’s selection because you havedemonstrated remarkable predictive capabilities,having provided them with eight perfect picks.Presumably they will now[r]

The small difference between these previousdefinitions of boundary organizations and ourcurrent proposal is that Guston (2001) focuseson how science can guide policy making whilenot becoming politicized and Brooke (2008)focuses on biodiversity conservation and CCAand argues that[r]

easternmost portion of the basin (i.e. the twomost eastern quadrants in Figure 4b) has seen anincrease in storm activity. This question willonce again lead to thus-far unresolved questionsabout data quality and causality. However,because the activity in this part of the basinis not highly cor[r]