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Autor:
Frederic Bouder, Matan-Ilan Shapiro
Publikováno v:
Journal of Risk Research
In this article we go beyond epidemiological models to make a case for a more holistic approach to the use of face masks as a risk mitigation factor in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. We argue that while masking offers a measure of protection f
Publikováno v:
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Mountain areas are often subject to conflicts between different user interests and protection. The authors examine land use planning processes in Norway applied in accordance with the Planning and Building Act and the Nature Diversity Act and discuss
Publikováno v:
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 37-47 (2020)
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 37-47 (2020)
This article explores the expectations associated with self-driving vehicles and the role of public trials in testing and upscaling this technology. Using a two-pronged empirical approach, we first analyze public responses to draft legislation circul
Autor:
Hooman Abdollahi
Publikováno v:
Environmental and Climate Technologies, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 275-293 (2020)
Scientific Journal of Riga Technical University. Environmental and Climate Technologies
Scientific Journal of Riga Technical University. Environmental and Climate Technologies
Attaining continuous economic growth entails special consideration of energy sector and the environment. Compliance with this purpose may be more intricate in the uncertain milieu of developing countries. The present paper examines the nature of caus
Publikováno v:
Climatic Change
361–375
361–375
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link. This article investigates the influence of exposure to the IPCC special report on 1.5°C global warmin
Autor:
Jarle Løwe Sørensen, Eric Carlström, Glenn-Egil Torgersen, Tae-eun Kim, Stig wahlstrøm, Leif Inge Magnussen, Atle Martin Christiansen
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 261-269 (2019)
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
his article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 In crisis management, cross-sector collaboration exercises are perceived as improving preparedness and develop team-integration efforts. However, studies show that exe
Autor:
Arezoo Soltani, Dawit Gebregziabher
Publikováno v:
Forest Policy and Economics. 101:1-14
The paper examines the perceptions and attitudes of local people living next to nine exclosures in the Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Social exchange theory was used as theoretical framework and data were collected from 446 farming households. Factor ana
Autor:
Nina Heidenstrøm
Publikováno v:
Journal of Risk Research
Despite increasing attention to individuals’ everyday lives in the literature on risk, few studies investigate household preparedness within the everyday life context. Preparedness is most often regarded as a predefined set of capacities for dealin
Autor:
G. Venkatesh
Publikováno v:
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 21:413-430
The social aspect of sustainable and ‘clean’ production/manufacturing technologies is researched and understood by means of Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA), a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) tool, which is still in its infancy. In
Autor:
Sanne Bech Holmgaard
Publikováno v:
Environmental Hazards. 18:311-325
This paper explores religious perceptions of disasters and their implications for post-disaster processes of religious and cultural change. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in post-tsunami Samoa, this study investigates how people in two tsunami-affec