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An Inventory Of Landslides Within The Sydney Basin To Aid The Development Of A Refined Susceptibility Zoning, Phillip N. Flentje, David Stirling, Darshika Palamakumbure
An Inventory Of Landslides Within The Sydney Basin To Aid The Development Of A Refined Susceptibility Zoning, Phillip N. Flentje, David Stirling, Darshika Palamakumbure
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The University of Wollongong GIS-based Landslide Inventory is currently being expanded from its Illawarra centric coverage (664 landslides) to include the 31,000km2 geological extent of the Sydney Basin and ultimately all of New South Wales (hereafter this inventory will be referred to as the NSW LI). In 1998, this inventory stood at 319 sites of instability and in 2010 it had grown to 616 landslides. The population of the Sydney Basin in 2006 was approximately 4.9 million people, representing approximately one quarter of the population of Australia. When this current phase of expansion is completed, the NSW LI will include …
Separate And Unequal: Post-Tsunami Aid Distribution In Southern India, Daniel P. Aldrich
Separate And Unequal: Post-Tsunami Aid Distribution In Southern India, Daniel P. Aldrich
Daniel P Aldrich
Objective. Disasters are a regular occurrence throughout the world. Whether all eligible victims of a catastrophe receive similar amounts of aid from governments and donors following a crisis remains an open question. Methods. I use data on 62 similarly damaged inland fishing villages in five districts of southeastern India following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to measure the causal influence of caste, location, wealth, and bridging social capital on the receipt of aid. Using two-limit tobit and negative binomial models, I investigate the factors that influence the time spent in refugee camps, receipt of an initial aid packet, and receipt …