Prices and Supply Disruptions during Natural Disasters by Cavallo, Eduardo, Rigobon, Roberto, Cavallo, Alberto F.

“…We study the daily behavior of supermarket prices and product availability following two recent natural disasters: the 2010 earthquake in Chile and the 2011 earthquake in Japan. …”
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Arkema was not a Natural Disaster. It was a Preventable Accident Waiting to Happen by Ashford, Nicholas

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Towards an Understanding of the Root Causes of Forced Migration: The Political Economy of "Natural" Disasters by Cohen, Charles, Werker, Eric

“…Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level of government preparedness and response greatly determines the extent of suffering incurred by the affected population. …”
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Election Administration during Natural Disasters and Emergencies: Hurrican Sandy and the 2012 Election by Stein, Robert M.

“…Voters that evacuate their homes before and after a natural disaster are indisposed to vote on or even before Election Day at their assigned polling place.…”
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Diverse routing in networks with probabilistic failures by Modiano, Eytan H., Lee, Hyang-Won

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The Dynamic Effects of Hurricanes in the US: The Role of Non-Disaster Transfer Payments by Deryugina, Tatyana

“…We know little about the dynamic economic impacts of natural disasters. I examine the effect of hurricanes on US counties’ economies 0-10 years after landfall. …”
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Beyond Katrina: Improving Disaster Response Capabilities by Howitt, Arnold M., Leonard, Herman B.

“…These must be addressed if the country is to be ready for serious challenges that may lay ahead, whether severe natural disasters, outbreaks of emergent infectious disease, or renewed terrorist attacks.…”
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Input Specificity and the Propagation of Idiosyncratic Shocks in Production Networks by Sauvagnat, Julien, Barrot, Jean-Noel

“…We identify idiosyncratic shocks with the occurrence of natural disasters. We find that affected suppliers impose substantial output losses on their customers, especially when they produce specific inputs. …”
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Scaling Post-Disaster Housing Capacity: Roundtable Report by Finegan, Lauren, Goentzel, Jarrod, Reisman, Erin, Russell, Timothy Edward, Story, Drew

“…The roundtable used recent natural disasters and their subsequent housing challenges to frame discussions around two goals: 1) identify approaches to increase capacity for rapidly deployable housing solutions after disasters, and 2) capture policy and operational constraints that hinder implementation of those rapidly deployable housing solutions. …”
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A Drought Indicator based on Ecosystem Responses to Water Availability: The Normalized Ecosystem Drought Index by Chang, K.-Y., Paw U, K.T., Xu, L.

“…Drought is one of the most destructive natural disasters causing serious damages to human society, and studies have projected more severe and widespread droughts in the coming decades associated with the warming climate. …”
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Assessing the vulnerability of the fiber infrastructure to disasters by Neumayer, Sebastian James, Zussman, Gil, Cohen, Reuven, Modiano, Eytan H.

“…Communication networks are vulnerable to natural disasters, such as earthquakes or floods, as well as to physical attacks, such as an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack. …”
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Robust and economical multi-sample, multi-wavelength UV/vis absorption and fluorescence detector for biological and chemical contamination by Lu, Peter J., Macarthur, James B., Sims, Peter A., Ma, Hongshen, Slocum, Alexander H., Hoehl, Melanie Margarete

“…Our small robust economical device can be deployed in the absence of laboratory infrastructure, and therefore may find applications immediately following natural disasters, and in more general deployment for much broader-based testing of food, agricultural and household products to prevent outbreaks of poisoning and disease.…”
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Geographic max-flow and min-cut under a circular disk failure model by Efrat, Alon, Neumayer, Sebastian James, Modiano, Eytan H.

“…Failures in fiber-optic networks may be caused by natural disasters, such as floods or earthquakes, as well as other events, such as an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack. …”
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Preparing Cities for Climate Change: An International Comparative Assessment of Urban Adaptation Planning. A Research Agenda by Carmin, JoAnn

“…Therefore, as a consequence of studying adaptation, this research will enhance our understanding of the social and political dimensions of planning for natural disasters. To ensure that the policy-relevant results reach decision-makers in cities, the findings will be summarized in a report and disseminated to members of climate and local government networks. …”
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Preparing Cities for Climate Change: An International Comparative Assessment of Urban Adaptation Planning. Semi-Structured Interview Instrument by Carmin, JoAnn

“…Therefore, as a consequence of studying adaptation, this research will enhance our understanding of the social and political dimensions of planning for natural disasters. To ensure that the policy-relevant results reach decision-makers in cities, the findings will be summarized in a report and disseminated to members of climate and local government networks. …”
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Preparing Cities for Climate Change: An International Comparative Assessment of Urban Adaptation Planning. MIT-ICLEI Climate Adaptation Survey Instrument by Carmin, JoAnn

“…Therefore, as a consequence of studying adaptation, this research will enhance our understanding of the social and political dimensions of planning for natural disasters. To ensure that the policy-relevant results reach decision-makers in cities, the findings will be summarized in a report and disseminated to members of climate and local government networks. …”
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Network Reliability With Geographically Correlated Failures by Neumayer, Sebastian James, Modiano, Eytan H.

“…Fiber-optic networks are vulnerable to natural disasters, such as tornadoes or earthquakes, as well as to physical failures, such as an anchor cutting underwater fiber cables. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Tsunami and Tsunami Interventions on Conflicts in Sri Lanka and Aceh/Indonesia by Bauman, Peter, Paul, Gazala, Ayalew, Megistu

“…The objective of this field-based research was to assess the impact of natural disasters and disaster interventions on protracted intra-state conflicts and to provide insight for designing and implementing disaster interventions in conflict situations. …”
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How Lasting is Voter Gratitude? An Analysis of the Short- and Long-Term Electoral Returns to Beneficial Policy by Bechtel, Michael M., Hainmueller, Jens

“…We exploit the massive policy response to a major natural disaster, the 2002 Elbe flooding in Germany, to provide an upper bound for the short- and long-term electoral returns to targeted policy benefits. …”
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