Hong Kong (China)

National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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This seismic risk profile of Hong Kong, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
This study presents and utilizes an integrated semiempirical methodology to estimate a sea–land transition wind profile inside the TCBL that considers the impacts of climate change.
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This study examines the historical impacts of Tropical Cyclones (TCs) in Hong Kong and evaluates the association between economic losses and different TC hazards/parameters (i.e., wind, rainfall, and storm surge).
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This paper asks to what extent learning has occurred with regard to COVID-19. That is, of past experience with pandemics, whether countries learned from the pandemic experience of others, or from their own experience with other types of emergencies.
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This article explores the daily difficulties people with disabilities face in extreme weather, what policies and measures can support them, and how to engage them in climate change mitigation and adaptation in their daily lives.
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This dialogue focuses on people with mental illness who are facing the impacts of extreme weather.
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This study adopted an extended theory of planned behavior to understand how risk perception affected disaster preparedness behavior.

This paper examines how the lessons of previous epidemics helped successful countries fight COVID-19. Covid-19 caught the West by surprise, but the legacy of Ebola, MERS, and SARS meant that several Asian and African nations had systems in place to

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