Taiwan (China)

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This study investigates the relationships between resilience dimensions, coping strategies, and prior disaster experience, focusing on disaster preparedness and avoidance behaviors in Taiwan.

BMC Public Health
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This study utilizes levelling, global navigation satellite system (GNSS), and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) observation data to analyze land subsidence in the Choushui River alluvial fan in Taiwan.

Taylor & Francis
Cover and source: npj Natural Hazards
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Earthquakes in Taiwan have caused significant economic losses. The researchers develop a model to assess seismic economic losses using the records of economic losses caused by historical earthquakes.

npj Natural Hazards (Nature)
Cover and source: Global Earthquake Model Foundation
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This seismic risk profile of Taiwan, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM)
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This study adopted a collaborative approach, involving industry, government, and academia, using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to enhance ecosystem services.

Water (MDPI)
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This study estimated a resident preference model using the CE method, used demographic data and prevention attitudes to measure resident preference heterogeneity, and estimated the welfare effects of community-based disaster management (CBDM).

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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This study established a quantitative flood resilience index to assess the resilience of specific locations to flooding. The researchers then used a 3Di hydrodynamic model to simulate time-variant inundation conditions under an extreme event in Taiwan.

Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley)
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The 2021/2022 edition of the Interconnected Disaster Risks report analyses 10 disasters from around the world which were selected for their notoriety and representation of a larger global issue that has changed or will change lives across the world.

United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

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