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Climate and disaster risk.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244478
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events that strain states' emergency response and fiscal resources. The latest wave of disasters showed no country in…
The Eastern Star cruise ship disaster.
An ecological disaster on the Oder, Poland’s second-longest river, on its western border with Germany, revealed the state’s weaknesses in water quality control and environmental…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273276
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After securing a record allocation from the new EU budget, estimated at EUR72bn (USD84.8bn), the Greek authorities must now formulate a comprehensive strategic development plan in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254496
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The Brumadinho collapse comes just over three years after the similar Samarco disaster in Mariana. Health, environmental and economic concerns are mounting as sludge flows down…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241726
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The disaster gives the government political ammunition against its predecessors, but intractable dilemmas over resource-starved public infrastructure may quickly divide it.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238043
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Economic recovery.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252388
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Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category Four hurricane, two weeks after Category Five Hurricane Irma wrought severe wind and flood damage to much of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224665
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One feature of the plan is using the Army Corps of Engineers, which often works on natural disaster prevention and response, to build Trump's long-promised US-Mexico border wall…