scholarly journals Crop and property damage caused by Purple-faced Langurs Trachypithecus vetulus (Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 20302-20306
Author(s):  
Vincent Nijman
Keyword(s):  
Property Damage

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Examining the Influence of Development Patterns on Flood Damages along the Gulf of Mexico

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel D. Brody ◽  
Joshua Gunn ◽  
Walter Peacock ◽  
Wesley E. Highfield
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Development Patterns ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Flood Loss ◽  
Resilient Communities ◽  
Flood Damages ◽  
The Relationship

The rising cost of floods is increasingly attributed to the pattern and form of the built environment. Our study empirically tests this notion by examining the relationship between development intensity and property damage caused by floods. We examine five years of insured flood loss claims across 144 counties and parishes fringing the Gulf of Mexico. Results indicate that clustered, high-intensity development patterns significantly reduce amounts of reported property damage, while increasing percentages of sprawling, low-intensity development involving recent conversion of open space greatly exacerbate flood losses. These findings demonstrate the importance of community development design in fostering flood-resilient communities.

Mandatory Compensation Orders for Crime Victims and the Rhetoric of Restorative Justice

2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Warner ◽  
Jenny Gawlik
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Crime Victims ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Victims Of Crime ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Legislative Measures

Increased recognition of the need for victims of crime to be integrated into the criminal justice system and to receive adequate reparation has led, in a number of jurisdictions, to legislative measures to encourage the greater use of compensation orders. The Sentencing Act 1997 (Tas) (which came into force on 1 August 1998) went further and made compensation orders compulsory for property damage or loss resulting from certain crimes. This article shows that this measure has failed victims and argues that they have been used in the service of other ends. Mandatory compensation orders are a token gesture repackaged as restorative justice to gain public support for the administration of the criminal justice system.Ways in which compensation orders could be made more effective and the possibilities of accommodating restorative compensation into a conventional criminal justice system are explored.

scholarly journals Increased motor vehicle crashes following the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, Japan: an interrupted time series analysis of property damage crashes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuya Maruyama ◽  
Kazutake Taguchi
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Interrupted Time Series ◽  
Motor Vehicle Crashes ◽  
Vehicle Crashes ◽  
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake ◽  
Interrupted Time Series Analysis ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake

AbstractDriving after natural disasters entails a substantial amount of stress; therefore, the number of motor vehicle crashes may increase. However, few studies have examined this issue. This study investigated motor vehicle crashes after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Japan. Monthly data about crashes resulting in property damage from 49 municipalities in Kumamoto from 2015 to 2018 were used. An interrupted time series analysis using Poisson or negative binomial regression models was conducted for 49 municipalities; the models were estimated for four classified areas to obtain the robust results. We found that property damage crashes increased significantly in the heavily affected area (Relative Risk (RR) = 1.48, 95% Confidence interval (CI): 1.29, 1.71) and the affected area (RR = 1.25, 95% CI: 1.15, 1.36) after the earthquake. A mountainous area showed a reduction in property damage crashes despite its heavy damage (RR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.67, 0.82), which can be attributed to the closure of its main gate routes. The unaffected area showed no difference before and after the earthquake. Geographical presentation of the result demonstrates a clear positive association of earthquake damage and increased crashes. The findings of this study highlight the importance of motor-vehicle-crash alerts after an earthquake.

scholarly journals Comparison of Factors Affecting Crash Severities in Hit-and-Run and Non-Hit-and-Run Crashes

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bei Zhou ◽  
Zongzhi Li ◽  
Shengrui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Comparison Group ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Crash Severity ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Crash Data ◽  
Hit And Run ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Average Percentage Deviation

A hit-and-run (HR) crash occurs when the driver of the offending vehicle flees the crash scene without reporting it or aiding the victims. The current study aimed at contributing to existing literatures by comparing factors which might affect the crash severity in HR and non-hit-and-run (NHR) crashes. The data was extracted from the police-reported crash data from September 2017 to August 2018 within the City of Chicago. Two multinomial logistic regression models were established for the HR and NHR crash data, respectively. The odds ratio (OR) of each variable was used to quantify the impact of this variable on the crash severity. In both models, the property damage only (PDO) crash was selected as the reference group, and the injury and fatal crash were chosen as the comparison group. When the injury crash was taken as the comparison group, it was found that 12 variables contributed to the crash severities in both HR and NHR model. The average percentage deviation of OR for these 12 variables was 34%, indicating that compared with property damage, HR crashes were 34% more likely to result in injuries than NHR crashes on average. When fatal crashes were chosen as the comparison group, 2 variables were found to be statistically significant in both the HR and the NHR model. The average percentage deviation of OR for these 2 variables was 127%, indicating that compared with property damage, HR crashes were 127% more likely to result in fatalities than NHR crashes on average.

scholarly journals Rapid Assessment Method of Flood Damage Using Spatial-Statistical Models

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Abdul Hamid Mar Iman ◽  
Edlic Sathiamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Damage Assessment ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Flood Damage ◽  
The State ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Rapid Assessment Method ◽  
Spatial Approach

Attention to damage assessment is always a priority especially in cases of natural disaster. The state of Kelantan is known to be one of a few Malaysian states with noticeable natural disaster, in particular, flood. In December 2014, an extraordinary magnitude of flood – nicknamed as yellow flood – struck the state causing hundreds of million ringgit of damage to properties. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate a spatial approach to estimating property damage incurred by flood. By selecting a badly affected area, GIS was used to map geo-referenced flood-hit location in Kuala Krai, Kelantan. Flood hazard was modelled and superimposed on estimated property damage. GIS spatial technique was then employed to estimate the flood damage incurred. This study, however, did not make a complete damage assessment of the properties but rather focusing on the methodology of damage assessment to show how it can be implemented. In conclusion, GIS spatial technique can generally be used to provide flood damage rapid assessment method.

scholarly journals THE IDEAL AGGREGATE OF CRIMES STIPULATED BY ARTICLES 168, 264 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Evgeniy V. Khromov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Legal Assessment ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Ideal

The issue of criminal legal assessment of the consequences of road accidents in the event of property damage is relevant. Disposition of Art. 168 of the Criminal Code provides for criminal liability for the destruction or damage of another’s property on a large scale, including through reckless handling of a source of increased danger. By virtue of h. 1 Article. 1079 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, vehicles are considered sources of increased danger.

scholarly journals Issues of Protection of Personal Rights After the Death of the Victim in Civil Law

Law and World ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 124-144
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Personal Rights ◽  
Moral Damage ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

The protection of personal human rights is especially important after the death of the victim. First of all, it is necessary to determine what is meant by the personal rights of a person, what personal rights can be protected after the death of the victim, in order to determine what is meant by the protection of the personal rights of the deceased. Then it is necessary to find out what the characteristics of a person are, by whom, how and in what form these rights are protected, and what harm can be caused by the violation of personal rights. It is true that the violation of personal rights is not allowed by law, but, nevertheless, there are many facts around us when the personal rights of the deceased and the living are violated. It is also desirable to protect personal rights acquired at birth from being violated by others both during the life and after the death of the victim. It is true that a person with personal rights protects his life and can claim compensation for property and / or non-property damage, but after the death of the victim, the law prohibits relatives or friends of the deceased from claiming compensation. for moral damage in violation of these rights. However, if a person was rehabilitated after his / her death, but the unlawful condemnation of the victim or other illegal legal actions damaged both the name and reputation of the heir, it is recommended to give the victim’s heir the right to claim compensation for the damage directly caused to him.

scholarly journals Forensic Investigations of Crane Accidents

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Alterman
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Property Damage ◽  
Loss Of Life ◽  
Operator Error ◽  
The Past ◽  
Forensic Investigations ◽  
Acts Of God ◽  
Natural Calamity

The following information has been acquired over the past 15 years assisting insurance adjusters and attorneys. Quite often we are asked to establish the scope of the loss, prepare an estimate of damages, express an opinion as to the cause of the accident and sometimes assist the insured in mitigating the loss. On occasion, we have provided personnel to monitor the repairs and review all expenditures. The various types of cases which are described herein were selected to reflect the variety of cranes, the different causes of accidents, the unusual problems encountered in performing our duties and proposed methods for eliminating loss of life and mitigating property damage. The causation of crane accidents can be classified in three general categories; (#I) Natural Calamity or Acts of God; (#2) Failure of the Equipment and (#3) Operator Error. An increased awareness of safety in the work environment can be enhanced by the examination of accidents, the identification of the hazard

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