Paradoxical risk mitigation behavior in private households

Private Flood Mitigation Measures in a Changing Risk Environment

In Europe, water management is moving from flood defence to a risk management approach, which takes both the probability and the potential consequences of flooding into account. It is expected that climate change and socio-economic development will lead to an increase in flood risk in the Rhine basin. To optimize spatial planning and flood management measures, studies are needed that quantify f...

Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh.

This study documents the response of 6500 rural households in a 25 km(2) area of Bangladesh to interventions intended to reduce their exposure to arsenic contained in well water. The interventions included public education, posting test results for arsenic on the wells, and installing 50 community wells. Sixty-five percent of respondents from the subset of 3410 unsafe wells changed their source...

Psychiatric morbidity among adults living in private households, 2000.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the government agency responsible for compiling, analysing and disseminating many of the United Kingdom's economic, social and demographic statistics, including the retail prices index, trade figures and labour market data, as well as the periodic census of the population and health statistics. The Director of ONS is also the National Statistician and...

Opportunistic Sensing for Smart Heating Control in Private Households

This position paper provides qualitative considerations on the design and implementation of a smart heating control system for private households. We envision the system to rely on the opportunistic exploitation of information made available by existing smart devices. Since heating represents the major source of energy consumption in domestic environments, significant energy savings may be achi...

Opportunistic Sensing for Efficient Energy Usage in Private Households