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ABSTRACT Background Emergency and public health problems are unavoidable and can strike at any time. In a globalized world where crises are getting more common, more devastating, and have a substantial influence on socie...

Drought is a common phenomenon that affects more people within the context of Africa than any other disaster. Likewise, drought is an extreme and common occurrence within the lowland areas of Chipinge district in Zimbabw...

In the context of global climate change and rapid urbanization, floods caused by extreme rainstorms in Chinese cities have been on the rise. Consequently, urban flood risks evolve into a systematic threat to urban safety...

 Of late, video games have turned into a new form of literature within the evolving society. What was once shunned under the pretext of childish initiations has now gained popularity and respect, encompassing simultaneo...

Abstract Background Floods are among the most frequent and destructive natural disasters worldwide, and India remains one of the most affected countries. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common and enduring psy...

Rapid urbanization and increasing energy demand have intensified environmental pressures, particularly in the transportation sector, which remains one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Although ele...

Disaster mitigation efforts in learning mathematics need to be done to foster a disaster awareness attitude in students through higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) questions in mathematics with a disaster context. One ef...

The complex geological environment and frequent natural disasters on the Qinghai–Tibetan plateau pose significant challenges to the reliability of the regional highway transportation network. In this paper, a severity ...

The aerospace industry is a very unforgiving field, where even the smallest error could have catastrophic consequences. To reduce the risk of disaster, multiple systems are put into place to provide accurate information ...

Abstract BackgroundHealth and health care systems are progressively challenged by more frequent natural and human-caused hazards. A hazard becomes a disaster when vulnerability and exposure interact in comple...

Abstract The increasing frequency of natural hazards, intensified by climate change, poses substantial challenges to sustainable development worldwide. Northern Pakistan, particularly the Hunza district, is highly suscep...

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted in 2022 triggering a deadly tsunami and causing widespread disaster. Coastal communities in small Pacific Island countries were seriously affected including the Ohonua comm...

Floods occur when the volume of water exceeds the capacity of containment or the normal flow of water channels, such as rivers, lakes, canals, or drainage systems. In 2021 and 2022, there were 88 flood disasters in Semar...

ABSTRAK Indonesia merupakan negara yang tidak memiliki satu pun wilayah dengan indeks risiko bencana alam yang rendah. Namun demikian, kebijakan pengurangan risiko bencana (PRB) di Indonesia masih menghadapi tantangan...

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and advanced computing techniques are now central to the digital transformation journey, reshaping industries, academia, and society. This special issue of the Journal...

Technological-based early warning systems (EWS) in rural Indonesia have shown limited long-term adoption because centralised, top-down mechanisms fail to incorporate the contextual triggers trusted by local communities, ...

Abstract Thick-hard roof fracturing presents a significant challenge for disaster prevention in longwall mining. This study investigates the 15,311 south working face and develops a mechanical model to analyze energy rel...

Abstract Background Climate change has caused more frequent and severe extreme weather events, threatening health system resilience worldwide. In April and May 2024, Kenya experienced unprecedented extensive floods with ...

Bangladesh is highly susceptible to recurrent and devastating floods due to its geographic location. This research investigates the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in developing flood evacuation route...

This study aims to systematically analyze the new characteristics, evolution trends, and causes of major extreme weather in China in the context of global climate change, and evaluate the current forecasting, early-warni...

Abstract In this work, we investigated the path loss (PL) profile of the outdoor radio channel in the 800 MHz band for the Icaraí region in the city of Niterói. This frequency band has recently been reserved by the bra...

The following paper is the second part of an article dealing with the mining accident that took place in 2000 in the Romanian town of Baia Mare, which has been described as one of the worst environmental disasters since ...

Under the dual impacts of global climate change and human activities, drought disasters in the Inner Mongolia grassland are a critical constraint on the high-quality development of animal husbandry. Based on disaster sys...

Historic-archaeological, also ethnographic studies and numerous historical sources and scientific data confirm that the city of Ganja has moved at least five times since its foundation. The original city of Ganja is cons...