In this study, the long-term (i.e., over a 27-year period) dynamics of 137Cs content are presented for seven species fish in both cooling pond (CP) Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Kaniv Reservoir (KR). The decline specific activity exhibits various patterns. For certain years KR, belonging to different ecological groups experienced an increase rather than decrease levels 137Cs. From 2012 2014...

In the last decade, people have increasingly relied on social media platforms such as Twitter to share information on the response to a natural or a man-made disaster. This paper focuses on the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Since the disaster, victims and volunteers have been sharing relevant information about radiation measurements by means of social media. The aim of th...

The building of public safety network (PSN) infrastructures for the purposes of facilitating communication, sharing of information, and collaboration among first responders has been identified as a key policy goal in the aftermath of events such as the September 11th terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina. Early analysis of professional and academic literature in conjunction with prior empiric...

Urban planning has played different roles ever since cities first came into existence – it has been used to build defensible cities, cities that are symbols of power and prestige, cities that are functional, and cities that are sustainable and equitable. Its role in the aftermath of conflict has also changed and evolved over the years, sometimes driven by design, sometimes by circumstance. Rece...

The publication of “The Changing Welfare State in Europe: The Implications for Democracy” was made possible by the participation of the Europe Institute of the University of Auckland in the EU funded FP6 project “Reconstructing Democracy RECON”. The book is a collection of articles written by international scholars examining the transformation of the welfare systems in Europe and beyond since t...

One of the most controversial issues in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis has been the appropriate response of monetary policy to a sharp decline in the value of some currencies. In this paper, we empirically examine the effects on Asian exchange rates of sharply higher interest rates during the Asian financial crisis. Taking account of the currency contagion effect, our results indic...

Slow or negative growth for many Asian countries in the late 1990’s affected U.S. exports of hardwood lumber to Asia. With many of these economies now on the mend, this study attempted to gain an initial understanding of how this crisis affected hardwood lumber exports to Asia and the extent to which export volumes have recovered. Trade statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce and...