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ABSTRACT Background: Climate change and widespread environmental degradation have increased the risk of natural hazards in recent decades. Hydrological, meteorological, and climatological disasters have become more frequ...

Starting from the relationship between urban planning and mobility management, TeMA has gradually expanded the view of the covered topics, always remaining in the groove of rigorous scientific in-depth analysis. This sec...

Part 1: Framework and Theory 1. The Challenge of Disasters and Our Approach 2. Disaster Pressure and Release Model 3. Access to Resources and Coping in Adversity Part 2: Vulnerability and Hazard Types 4. Famine and Natur...

Despite the reductionist analyses produced by politicians and the Fourth Estate, the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was a systems accident – a product of the interactions between the actants that compose the com...

In the context of global warming, heavy precipitation is a frequent and impactful hazardous event. Timely identification of meteorological conditions associated with heavy rainfall is critical for urban flood risk manage...

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...

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...

To investigate the dynamic mechanical behavior and fragmentation characteristics of layered rock under the combined effects of chemical corrosion and impact loading, split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) tests were perform...

Hydro-climatic extremes are intensifying across India, underscoring the need for fine-resolution socioeconomic vulnerability (SEV) assessments that can guide adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Most existing SE...

Uttarakhand, Himalaya's a state, is having serious environmental problems that are mainly due to urbanization, infrastructure development, and climate change. The systematic review gathers together geospatial studies in ...

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...

La resiliencia, entendida como la capacidad de un sistema para absorber impactos, se erige como una preocupación central en las áreas metropolitanas: instituciones nacionales y supranacionales desarrollan planes tendie...

Coastal management relies on the monitoring of coastal behavior, both in the short and long term, which requires a high availability of accurate and up-to-date data. Conventional in situ surveying methods are constrained...

Introduction Such symptoms as hard, complex, bodily or mental feelings, that turn our everyday life into a hell, at first, lead us to a doctor, and then - to a psychotherapist. A sick man is keen to get rid of a sympt...

Subjects / keywords: geo-hazards, environmental disasters, disaster reduction, disaster impacts, disaster mitigation; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Disasters and engineering; Geography. Anthropology. Recreat...

Among the weather-related natural hazards, drought is probably the most complex and severe due to its intrinsic nature and wide-ranging and cascading impacts. It affects agricultural production, public water supply, ener...

Subjects / keywords: disaster nursing, disaster risk reduction; Medicine: Medicine (General); Medicine: Nursing