United States of America

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This report explores real-world applications of resilience and public warning strategies through in-depth case studies focused on the United States, Japan, and the European Union.
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The present study proposed a novel interpretable machine learning approach to predict household-level evacuation decisions by leveraging easily accessible demographic and resource-related predictors, compared to existing models.
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This scoping review aims to address both issues by summarizing and evaluating the social impact of the American Red Cross (ARC’s) national disaster interventions.
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This study informs NYC’s residents of their current and future flood risk and enables the development of tailored solutions to manage increasing flood risk in the city.
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The authors wanted to determine whether crowd-sourced interpretations of Earth observation (EO) data can be used to illuminate key economic behavioral responses that could be used for computable general equilibrium modeling.
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This study seeks to evaluate the procedures and decisions made by electric utilities during Winter Storm Uri, and provide a set of recommendations to improve the resilience of energy systems in preparation for future extreme weather events.
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In this paper, the authors estimate county-level variations in older populations’ heat exposure in the early (1995–2014) and mid (2050) 21st century in the United States of America.
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Using a new composite climate-risk index, this study shows that population in high-risk counties in the United States has grown disproportionately over the last few decades, even relative to the corresponding commuting zone.

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