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Shifting dynamics of nature, society and agriculture in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Perspectives for future mountain development
Current approaches for sustainable mountain development have several persisting warning signals. Economic globalization, profit-oriented market...
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Traditional Knowledge and Local Expertise in Landslide Risk Mitigation of World Heritages Sites
Landslide mitigation in UNESCO and other heritage sites requires an approach that safeguards the site. This approach is put in place in order to...
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Geodiversity Assessment in the Midriff Islands Region of the Gulf of California (Northwest Mexico)
A concurrent qualitative-quantitative assessment of geodiversity was carried out within the Midriff Islands, a priority region within...
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Complex sliding characteristics of landslides and evaluation of the reinforcement with arched anti-slide piles based on 3D discrete element method: a case study
Landslide movement processes often exhibit complex paths, introducing the uncertainty of landslide movement paths, and challenging landslide hazard...
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Regional water resources security assessment and optimization path analysis in karst areas based on emergy ecological footprint
With the continuous growth of the world's social economy and population, problems such as water shortage and water environment deterioration need to...
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Moisture-Driven Landslides and Cascade Hazards in the Himalayan Region: A Synthesis on Predictive Assessment
Moisture-driven landslides (MDL), mainly caused by rain, seriously threaten lives and property, resulting in catastrophic damages and considerable...
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Contribution of Natural Stones in the Sustainable Development of Constructions — Potentialities and Examples from the Algerian Alpine Chain
This study is an essay that overviews the main North Algerian geological resources that can provide building stones. The stone potentialities were...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Drought climate change in a mountainous area based on dynamic space and green economic efficiency of high-tech industry
In this paper, based on the dynamic space of drought climate change detection in mountainous areas, an in-depth study on the green economic...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Calculation of forest soil erosion rate based on improved FEMD Algorithm and green economic development
The protection of soil and water is a key element of the environmental benefits of urban forests, as well as the foundation of other forest benefits....
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Modeling and Study of Reservoir Parameters of the Designed Kambarata-1 HPP Based on Space Data
Abstract—Hydropower plays a very important role in the socioeconomic development of Kyrgyzstan. The Naryn River is formed in the high mountains of...
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Exploring the determinants of disaster and climate resilience building in Zimbabwe’s rural communities
With the burgeoning threats from natural hazards and extreme weather events driven by climate change in every section and sector of society, building...
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Landslide Vulnerability Analysis of Tourist Spots Through Shannon Entropy Model: A Case Study on Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
Landslides are very common phenomena along the full stretch of Himalayan Mountain belt of northern India. Every year the foothill states like...
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The future of mountain agriculture amidst continual farm-exit, livelihood diversification and outmigration in the Central Himalayan villages
Agrarian patterns in mountain ecosystems have seen a considerable change in the past decades with a vast proportion of the population abandoning...
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Recognition of Shyok Ophiolites of NW Ladakh Trans-Himalaya as a Geoheritage: Importance to Himalayan Orogeny and Remnant of Tethyan Oceanic Lithosphere
Himalayan region has been gifted with diverse geology, manifested as longitudinal zones and hosts many national geoheritage sites. Trans-Himalaya is...
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Quality and origin of mountain food products: the new European label as a strategy for sustainable development
Mountain farming provides high-quality food products due to the peculiar characteristics of the raw materials combined with traditional processing...
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Active Control Waterproof and Drainage System and Structural Design Method for Subsea Tunnels
In the past, drainage methods of free discharge or drainage-based waterproofs were commonly used in mountain tunnel projects, which even caused...
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Influence law of modified glutinous rice-based materials on gravel soil reinforcement and water erosion process
A large number of loose piles formed by mountain hazards are highly susceptible to hydraulic erosion under rainfall conditions. The use of ecological...
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Disaster risk management, climate change adaptation and the role of spatial and urban planning: evidence from European case studies
This paper advances knowledge and understanding of the relationships between risk management, climate change adaptation and spatial planning as good...
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Choose what suits you best: reproductive patterns and livestock management in the Iron Age Iberian Peninsula (3rd c. BC)
Isotopic analyses have proven to be an essential tool for obtaining more comprehensive and precise knowledge about past livestock strategies....
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Mitigating drought and landslide simultaneously for mountain tribes of Taiwan: hydrogeological investigation, modelling, and development of an intelligent hazard prevention system
Drought and landslide are two common hazards that occurred in mountainous regions of Taiwan. This study is intended to develop a new concept of...
