Relationships between environment and disaster prevention

on translation of phatic communion and socio-cultural relationships between the characters of the novels

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...

The relationships between meteorological parameters and air pollutants in an urban environment

Meteorological parameters play a significant role in affecting ambient air quality of an urban environment. As Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is one of the air pollution hotspot among the megacities in the world, however the potential meteorological influences on criteria air pollutants for this megacity are remained less studied. The objectives of this research were to examine the rela...

Natural Disaster Prevention and Reduction

Discourses of Environment and Disaster

Scale-dependent Relationships between Population and Environment in Northeastern Thailand

Social and biophysical data were collected, integrated, and analyzed to examine scale-dependent relationships between selected population and environmental variables for a study site in northeast Thailand. Data sets were genemted through the. use of remote sensing to characterize land-use/land-cover and plant biomass variation across the Nang Rong district; GIS to derive elevation, slope angle,...