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Wilbanks, Thomas J.; Fernandez, Steven

doi:10.5822/978-1-61091-556-4_1

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“…Infrastructures in coastal areas are exposed to greater risks of cyclonic storms [ 79 ], and economic damage of infrastructures induced by hurricanes is expected to increase due to climate change [ 80 ]. Hence, adaptation measures such as improving construction standards are in urgent need [ 81 ].…”

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Wind disasters adaptation in cities in a changing climate: A systematic review

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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Wind-related disasters will bring more devastating consequences to cities in the future with a changing climate, but relevant studies have so far provided insufficient information to guide adaptation actions. This study aims to provide an in-depth elaboration of the contents discussed in open access literature regarding wind disaster adaptation in cities. We used the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to refine topics and main contents based on 232 publications (1900 to 2019) extracted from Web of Science and Scopus. We conducted a full-text analysis to filter out focal cities along with their adaptation measures. The results show that wind disaster adaptation research in cities has formed a systematic framework in four aspects: 1) vulnerability and resilience of cities, 2) damage evaluation, 3) response and recovery, and 4) health impacts of wind disaster. Climate change is the background for many articles discussing vulnerability and adaptation in coastal areas. It is also embedded in damage evaluation since it has the potential to exacerbate disaster consequences. The literature is strongly inclined towards more developed cities such as New York City and New Orleans, among which New York City associated with Hurricane Sandy ranks first (38/232). Studies on New York City cover all the aspects, including the health impacts of wind disasters which are significantly less studied now. Distinct differences do exist in the number of measures regarding the adaptation categories and their subcategories. We also find that hard adaptation measures (i.e., structural and physical measures) are far more popular than soft adaptation measures (i.e., social and institutional measures). Our findings suggest that policymakers should pay more attention to cities that have experienced major wind disasters other than New York. They should embrace the up-to-date climate change study to defend short-term disasters and take precautions against long-term changes. They should also develop hard-soft hybrid adaptation measures, with special attention on the soft side, and enhance the health impact study of wind-related disasters.

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Wind disasters adaptation in cities in a changing climate: A systematic review

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“…The outcome of a severe weather event is partly determined by the preparation and mitigation planning in place prior to such an event. Federal, state, and local agencies may contribute to community resilience by continued funding and implementation of flood mitigation projects in the form of storm water management and drainage capacity, infrastructure protection and redundancy, zoning ordinances, building codes, and via other tools at their disposal (FEMA, 2022; Wilbanks & Fernandez, 2014).…”

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Younger and older adults’ perceptions of stressors after a flood.

Friis¹,

Cherry²,

Bordes³

et al. 2023

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widespread flooding occurred across south Louisiana a decade after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast. In this study, we examined self-reported flood stressors among adults who varied in current and prior severe weather experiences (M age = 50.2 years, age range 19-89 years). All responded to an open-ended question that assessed the most stressful aspect of the 2016 flood. Narrative responses from three flood exposure groups were compared: (a) nonflooded controls; (b) single disaster adults with 2016 flood damage to homes and property, and (c) double disaster adults who permanently relocated inland because of catastrophic losses in the 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and flooded in 2016.To permit inferences about age-related differences in self-perceived flood stressors, age was split at the median within each flood exposure group. Content analyses of the narrative responses yielded three core themes: (a) Immediate impact and flood-related destruction; (b) Friends, neighbors, and family lend a helping hand; and (c) Lingering consequences of flood-related damage. Flood stressors were similar for the younger and older cohorts across the first two themes. Age-related differences in responses were more salient and frequent in the third theme. The older cohorts described more financial worries over mounting debt due to costly repairs of flooded homes than did the younger cohort. For older adults with prior catastrophic losses, both the financial and material impacts of the 2016 flood were significant stressors. Implications of these data for understanding age-related vulnerabilities after severe weather events are discussed.

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“…Current industrial chemical products mainly use fossil energy including petroleum, coal, and natural gas as raw materials, and account for about 85% of energy use [ 1 , 2 ]. Fossil resources are not sustainable, and their combustion by-product, carbon dioxide, is the main cause of global warming, accounting for approximately 52% of global warming factors [ 3 ]. The conversion to alternative energy sources from the extraction of fossil fuels leads to a more sustainable economy with renewable resources and has attracted worldwide attention.…”

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Application of Corynebacterium glutamicum engineering display system in three generations of biorefinery

2022

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The fermentation production of platform chemicals in biorefineries is a sustainable alternative to the current petroleum refining process. The natural advantages of Corynebacterium glutamicum in carbon metabolism have led to C. glutamicum being used as a microbial cell factory that can use various biomass to produce value-added platform chemicals and polymers. In this review, we discussed the use of C. glutamicum surface display engineering bacteria in the three generations of biorefinery resources, and analyzed the C. glutamicum engineering display system in degradation, transport, and metabolic network reconstruction models. These engineering modifications show that the C. glutamicum engineering display system has great potential to become a cell refining factory based on sustainable biomass, and further optimizes the inherent properties of C. glutamicum as a whole-cell biocatalyst. This review will also provide a reference for the direction of future engineering transformation.

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Wind disasters adaptation in cities in a changing climate: A systematic review

Wind disasters adaptation in cities in a changing climate: A systematic review

Younger and older adults’ perceptions of stressors after a flood.

Application of Corynebacterium glutamicum engineering display system in three generations of biorefinery

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