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Applying neighbourhood classification systems to natural hazards: a case study of Mt Vesuvius
The dynamic forces of urbanisation that characterised much of the 20th Century and still dominate
population growth in developing countries have led to the increasing risk of natural hazards in cities
around the world (Chester 2000, Pelling 2003). None of these physical dangers is more tangible than
the threat volcanoes pose to the large populations living in close proximity. Vesuvius, a recognised
decade volcano following the UN鈥檚 International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR)
has an estimated 550,000 people that live in areas susceptible to Pyroclastic Density Currents (PDC)
(Barberi 2008) and a further 4 million at risk from ash fallout around the sprawling suburbs of
Naples. Though quiescent since 1944, the prospect of a large eruption of Vesuvius presents a greater
geophysical threat to the Campania region of Italy than perhaps ever before.
With the Neopolitan region at risk from such an event, this paper proposes a new methodology for
creating a Social Vulnerability Index (SoVi) using geodemographic classification systems. In this
study, Experian鈥檚 MOSAIC Italy database is combined with geophysical risk boundaries to assess the
overall vulnerability of the population around Vesuvius
Effect of animal products and extracts on wound healing promotion in topical applications: a review
The physiological and growth response of <i>Petunia hybrida</i>, <i>Tagetes erecta</i>, and <i>Calendula officinalis</i> to plant and human steroids
Citizen Science as an Approach for Overcoming Insufficient Monitoring and Inadequate Stakeholder Buy-in in Adaptive Management: Criteria and Evidence
Adaptive management is broadly recognized as critical for managing natural resources, yet in practice it often fails to achieve intended results for two main reasons: insufficient monitoring and inadequate stakeholder buy-in. Citizen science is gaining momentum as an approach that can inform natural resource management and has some promise for solving the problems faced by adaptive management. Based on adaptive management literature, we developed a set of criteria for successfully addressing monitoring and stakeholder related failures in adaptive management and then used these criteria to evaluate 83 citizen science case studies from peer-reviewed literature. The results suggest that citizen science can be a cost-effective method to collect essential monitoring information and can also produce the high levels of citizen engagement that are vital to the adaptive management learning process. The analysis also provides a set of recommendations for citizen science program design that addresses spatial and temporal scale, data quality, costs, and effective incentives to facilitate participation and integration of findings into adaptive management