Building on a global database of projected extreme coastal flooding over the coming century, an extensive analysis that accounts for both existing levels defences (structural measures) and two scenarios future changes in defence is undertaken to determine expected annual people affected ( EAPA ) damage EAD ). A range plausible climate change considered along with narratives socioeconomic change...

Extreme weather events, such as storms, may cause material damage, injuries, and interfere with day-to-day operation of societies. Earlier research on natural hazards climate change adaptation has found that demographic socioeconomic factors influence the way individuals prepare for are affected by hazards. However, often focuses areas high exposure vulnerability low is scarcer. To address this...

Title of Dissertation: EVALUATING THE IMPACTS OF TOP-DOWN PROTECTED AREA GOVERNANCE ON LOCAL LIVELIHOODS – THE CASE OF THE TURKISH VILLAGE OF KAPIKIRI Aysegul Yilmaz, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Dissertation directed by: Professor Marie Howland, Urban Studies and Planning This study evaluates the positive and negative impacts of strict protected area designation on the livelihoods and socioecono...

Production of foreign molecules in transgenic plants is anticipated to be an alternative to already established, microbial or animal expression systems with lower production costs. This article reviews the different technologies and approaches currently used to produce economically interesting molecules in plants or plant cell cultures, to evaluate their technical feasibility and economic impli...

Changes in the global water cycle can cause major environmental and socioeconomic impacts. As the average global temperature increases, it is generally expected that the air will become drier and that evaporation from terrestrial water bodies will increase. Paradoxically, terrestrial observations over the past 50 years show the reverse. Here, we show that the decrease in evaporation is consiste...