摘要:

Research on the effects of natural events on property values has focused primarily on experiences in the United States and has shown that these impacts must be evaluated in the context of both the hydrologic regime and local urban economic situations. It remains unclear if these relationships exist with different flood regimes and under different institutional arrangements. The research reported here analyzes the impacts of flooding on property values in Paeroa, Te Aroha, and Thames, New Zealand. The results indicate different experiences in the three communities, but suggest several common trends. Each community has distinct housing submarkets that exhibit different housing value characteristics, independent of hazardousness, which may either mask or exaggerate flood‐related impacts. In addition, initial local impacts of events vary, but eventually differences in flooded and non‐flooded properties decrease. Thus, at least over the long term, hazardousness is not a factor in housing value differenti

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00411.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Famine is conventionally portrayed as a natural disaster expressed in terms of food scarcity and culminating in starvation. This view has attracted criticism in recent years as the political, legal and social dimensions of famine have become more clearly understood. This paper draws upon these criticisms to understand the particular conditions of famine creation in conflict situations. Following an examination of six contemporary African famines, it is suggested that the use of food as a weapon of war by omission, commission and provision has contributed to the creation of famine in recent decades. Despite the optimism for peace engendered by the demise of the Cold War, the momentum for conflict would seem to be sustained by internal factors, including economic and environmental decline, political instability and ethnic rivalry. Within these conflicts, the strategic importance of food is likely to remain central. This study highlights the need to link concerns with food security and public health to those of development, human rights and international relations.

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00412.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Vulnerability to famine and traditional responses to food insecurity in Wollo Region, Ethiopia are described. The timeliness of anthropometric and socio‐economic indicators of access to food is then assessed, using data collected in Wollo by Save the Children Fund during 1987–88, a period of drought and subsequent food insecurity. The movements of different indicators are then examined for evidence of correspondence at sub‐district level. The author concludes that although anthropometric status does not respond as early as crop yield or grain price, a deterioration in anthropometric status is detectable at a stage when livestock and migration indicators show little or no change and mortality rate remains unaffected. At sub‐district level, changes in different indicators are not well‐c

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00413.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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A decade of outright war followed by civil strife and conflict has hindered the development of health care services for the population of rural Afghanistan. Despite the absence of a functional health care system and the fragmentation of the Afghan resistance, and despite widely held views to the contrary, it has proved possible to set up a technically valid and politically acceptable Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI). This paper discusses some of its technical and programmatic aspects and the rationale behind some of the very unusual choices made – such as the use of DPTP, the inclusion of girls 3–14 years old for TT immunisation, a vertical programme structure and a predominance of mobile and outreach strategies. The paper argues against the mindless use of global or handbook recipes. The keys to success have been strategic vision, intimate knowledge of the local context and pragmatic choices for options that are simple and effect

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00414.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00415.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00416.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00417.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00418.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00419.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00420.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY