A systematic review of climate change science relevant to Australian design flood estimation.
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Hydrology 2024, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p1251-1285, 35p
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Wasko, Conrad;Westra, Seth;Nathan, Rory;Pepler, Acacia;Raupach, Timothy H.;...
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In response to flood risk, design flood estimation is a cornerstone of planning, infra...
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A systematic review of climate change science relevant to Australian design flood estimation.
Hydrology 2024, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p1251-1285, 35p
In response to flood risk, design flood estimation is a cornerstone of planning, infrastructure design, setting of insurance premiums, and emergency response planning. Under stationary assumptions, flood guidance and the methods used in design flood estimation are firmly established in practice and mature in their theoretical foundations, but under climate change, guidance is still in its infancy. Human-caused climate change is influencing factors that contribute to flood risk such as rainfall extremes and soil moisture, and there is a need for updated flood guidance. However, a barrier to updating flood guidance is the translation of the science into practical application. For example, most science pertaining to historical changes to flood risk focuses on examining trends in annual maximum flood events or the application of non-stationary flood frequency analysis. Although this science is valuable, in practice, design flood estimation focuses on exceedance probabilities much rarer than annual maximum events, such as the 1 % annual exceedance probability event or even rarer, using rainfall-based procedures, at locations where there are few to no observations of streamflow. Here, we perform a systematic review to summarize the state-of-the-art understanding of the impact of climate change on design flood estimation in the Australian context, while also drawing on international literature. In addition, a meta-analysis, whereby results from multiple studies are combined, is conducted for extreme rainfall to provide quantitative estimates of possible future changes. This information is described in the context of contemporary design flood estimation practice to facilitate the inclusion of climate science into design flood estimation practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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CLIMATOLOGY - EMERGENCY management - FLOOD risk - CLIMATE change - RAINFALL - FLOODSContent provider:
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Seeing "The Death of Mann".
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Mississippi Quarterly. 2023, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p89-112. 24p.
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Manigault-Bryant, James
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Mississippi Quarterly. 2023, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p89-112. 24p.
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This essay celebrates John Wilson's visual masterpiece, The Richard Wright Suite (2001...
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Seeing "The Death of Mann".
Mississippi Quarterly. 2023, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p89-112. 24p.
This essay celebrates John Wilson's visual masterpiece, The Richard Wright Suite (2001), a series of six elegant etchings that reimagine Richard Wright's novella, "Down by the Riverside." Wilson's images, and the story that inspired them, remember lives lost to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Just as Wright's novella has been associated with accounts of the flood lyricized in blues music, Wilson's etchings visualize the blues by depicting the Mississippi River as a striking blue stream. Laboriously crafted in aquatint, the river not only memorializes the power of climate disasters fomented by industrial capitalism, but honors those Black lives claimed in their devastation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Blues music - Work-related injuries - Etching - Floods - CapitalismContent provider:
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What Tradition Affords: Articulations of Indigeneity in Contemporary Bushfire Management.
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Current Anthropology. Feb2023, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p72-103. 32p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Map.
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Neale, Timothy;Cattelino, Jessica R.;Di Giminiani, Piergiorgio;Fache, Elodi...
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Current Anthropology. Feb2023, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p72-103. 32p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Map.
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Over the past three decades, non-Indigenous peoples have repeatedly positioned Indigen...
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What Tradition Affords: Articulations of Indigeneity in Contemporary Bushfire Management.
Current Anthropology. Feb2023, Vol. 64 Issue 1, p72-103. 32p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Map.
Over the past three decades, non-Indigenous peoples have repeatedly positioned Indigenous peoples as the bearers of redemptive environmental knowledge, particularly in relation to climate change and natural hazards. In southeast Australia, recent widespread interest in Aboriginal peoples' fire management practices has been bolstered by these international trends but more directly driven by a succession of severe bushfire seasons as well as popular accounts suggesting that such practices might "save" the fire-prone nation . This situation is one of both continuity and novelty. While the ways Aboriginal peoples burn landscapes have been previously (re)discovered by bushfire managers and scientists, contemporary Aboriginal "cultural burning" initiatives also represent new contact zones of encounter and recognition, offering paradoxical affordances for individuals and groups able to perform different articulations of Indigeneity. As non-Indigenous people search for Indigenous solutions, in Australia and elsewhere, they raise expectations and fuel emerging tensions, with potentially incendiary results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, and its Implications.
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International Review of Psychiatry. Aug2022, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p443-498. 56p.
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Lawrance, Emma L.;Thompson, Rhiannon;Newberry Le Vay, Jessica;Page, Lisa;Je...
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International Review of Psychiatry. Aug2022, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p443-498. 56p.
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Converging global evidence highlights the dire consequences of climate change for huma...
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The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, and its Implications.
International Review of Psychiatry. Aug2022, Vol. 34 Issue 5, p443-498. 56p.
Converging global evidence highlights the dire consequences of climate change for human mental health and wellbeing. This paper summarises literature across relevant disciplines to provide a comprehensive narrative review of the multiple pathways through which climate change interacts with mental health and wellbeing. Climate change acts as a risk amplifier by disrupting the conditions known to support good mental health, including socioeconomic, cultural and environmental conditions, and living and working conditions. The disruptive influence of rising global temperatures and extreme weather events, such as experiencing a heatwave or water insecurity, compounds existing stressors experienced by individuals and communities. This has deleterious effects on people's mental health and is particularly acute for those groups already disadvantaged within and across countries. Awareness and experiences of escalating climate threats and climate inaction can generate understandable psychological distress; though strong emotional responses can also motivate climate action. We highlight opportunities to support individuals and communities to cope with and act on climate change. Consideration of the multiple and interconnected pathways of climate impacts and their influence on mental health determinants must inform evidence-based interventions. Appropriate action that centres climate justice can reduce the current and future mental health burden, while simultaneously improving the conditions that nurture wellbeing and equality. The presented evidence adds further weight to the need for decisive climate action by decision makers across all scales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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WELL-being - TEMPERATURE - SOCIAL determinants of health - MENTAL health - DECISION making - PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation - CLIMATE change - PSYCHOLOGICAL stress - PSYCHOLOGICAL distressContent provider:
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Index to American Historical Review, Volume 125.
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American Historical Review. Dec2020, Vol. 125 Issue 5, p2059-2097. 39p.
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American Historical Review. Dec2020, Vol. 125 Issue 5, p2059-2097. 39p.
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An index to the December 2020 edition of the scholarly periodical "American Historical...
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Index to American Historical Review, Volume 125.
American Historical Review. Dec2020, Vol. 125 Issue 5, p2059-2097. 39p.
An index to the December 2020 edition of the scholarly periodical "American Historical Review" is presented.
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Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits.
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Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits.
GAO Reports. 5/15/2024, p1-139. 146p.
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report highlighting opportunities to reduce fragmentation, overlap, and duplication in the federal government, which could result in billions of dollars in financial benefits. The report identifies 112 new matters and recommendations in various areas, such as defense, taxation, and building maintenance, where Congress or federal agencies can improve efficiency and effectiveness. As of March 2024, Congress and agencies have fully addressed 66% of the matters and recommendations identified by GAO since 2011, resulting in financial benefits and improved government services. The report also provides examples of open matters and recommendations that could yield significant financial and other benefits if fully addressed. [Extracted from the article]
