2023 disasters in numbers
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
This paper examines the economics of the landed price of natural gas in India through the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline in comparison with the existing agreements for the import of liquefied natural ga
Recent weeks have seen the carbon footprint of the National Thermal Power Corporation - India
The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change had calculated that a relatively safe level of carbon dioxide emissions globally would be 14.5 gigatonnes per year. Roughly calculated, this comes out to be 2.25 tonnes per person per year, globally. However, data clearly shows that advanced nations are at per capita output levels that, if replicated by developing nations, would be dramatically in excess of safe levels.
This article presents data illustrating the networked structure of the water sector in two Nile Basin states, Egypt and Ethiopia. Social network analysis is applied to quantify network
The decade of the 1990s was marked by considerable deregulation of the industrial economy through delicensing and dereservations.
This article examines the role of the United States in international institutions and practices for governing water. Water is a critical global challenge of environmental protection and human security. Water is also characteristic of a set of
Based on the primary data for 499 patients, 135 IPD and 364 OPD, in 62 hospitals across all the 20 districts in Punjab, the study discovered that contrary to the popular notion, the satisfaction level of the patients with the services delivered at hospitals managed by Punjab Health Systems Corporation (PHSC) was significantly high on most of the parameters.
The movement of inhabitants from a squatter settlement to a resettlement colony can be perceived as a rise in the status of slum dwellers. The slum dwellers of the resettlement colonies now have a better housing with security of tenancy. Also, they earn more than before, both in relative and absolute terms.
A critical evaluation of the area yield crop insurance scheme implemented in the state of Orissa reveals that it has several flaws and there is a need to redesign it as crop insurance scheme to increase the breadth of coverage, improve the operational efficiency and enhance financial performance.
<p>Dengue—a viral disease that can refer to both dengue fever and the more severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)—swept away records again this past spring as it raged across Brazil, infecting more than 160,000 people and killing more than 100. The reports were similar to those out of Southeast Asia in the summer of 2007, South America the previous spring, and India the fall before that. Although it may not be the most devastating of the mosquito-borne diseases—malaria strikes 10 times more people and yellow fever kills more of its victims—dengue has become a major public health concern for two reasons: the speed with which it is spreading and the escalating seriousness of its complications.</p> <p><a href="http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/116-a382/" target="_blank">Original Source</a></p>