Search
Search Results
-
Landslide risk management: from hazard to disaster risk reduction
Integrated disaster risk management is crucial in reducing landslide risk. The International Consortium on Landslides has launched several...
-
Evaluation of regional drought disaster prevention ability and obstacle analysis
The frequent occurrence of drought disasters is an important factor restricting regional agricultural and economic development. The existing...
-
Drought disaster risk management based on optimal allocation of water resources
AbstractDrought risk management has gradually emerged as an important discipline and the traditional negative drought management changes to active...
-
Vulnerable settlements to debris flows in Arequipa, Peru: population characteristics, hazard knowledge, risk perception, and disaster risk management
Approximately, 75,000 people live in areas prone to volcanic hazards and floods in the large city of Arequipa, Peru. We have conducted three...
-
Understanding drought impacts on livelihoods and risk management strategies: South African smallholder farmers' perspectives
Drought is one of the main causes of food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty. It is therefore important to understand the perception of farmers on...
-
A drought risk management system for early drought alert and proactive actions in large semi-arid areas
Water supply systems risk collapsing during droughts, which can affect millions of people. To mitigate these risks, we developed a proactive drought...
-
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...
-
Future drought risk and adaptation of pastoralism in Eurasian rangelands
Drought risk threatens pastoralism in rangelands, which are already under strain from climatic and socioeconomic changes. We examine the future...
-
Risk Assessment and Management Method of Urban Flood Disaster
Due to the failure of flood control and drainage infrastructure to match the rapidly growing urbanization process, urban flooding has become one of...
-
The Dynamics of Interorganizational Collaboration in Disaster Management: A Network Study Based on Flood Disasters in China
Interorganizational collaboration networks have become an important tool for disaster management. However, research on how different organizations...
-
Flood and Drought Risk Assessment, Climate Change, and Resilience
Work on disaster risk is a challenge due to hazard complexity and interaction between socio-ecological systems. However, potential uses of disaster...
-
United States Federal Emergency Management Agency regional clustering by disaster exposure: a new paradigm for disaster response
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) divides the United States (US) into ten standard regions to promote local partnerships and priorities....
-
Risk analysis of rainstorm-urban lifeline system disaster chain based on the PageRank-risk matrix and complex network
Rainstorm disasters cause serious threats to people’s lives and property. Enhancing emergency response and decision-making capabilities for rainstorm...
-
Social Media in Risk Perception and Disaster Management: A Geographical Perspective
The advent of the last Technological Revolution has completely upset long-entrenched relations among spaces, places and communication flows, by...
-
A 3-D copula for risk analysis of meteorological drought in the Black Sea Region
Besides being a devastating and long-lasting disaster, a drought is an event that affects a large area. It is essential to determine the duration,...
-
Analysis of ecological drought risk characteristics and leading factors in the Yellow River Basin
With the increasing number and intensity of drought events, understanding the ecological drought risk in the Yellow River Basin has become an...
-
Social media in disaster management: review of the literature and future trends through bibliometric analysis
This study provides a science map on social media application in disaster management through bibliometric analysis. Citation, co-citation, and...
-
Risk assessment model of agricultural drought disaster based on grey matter-element analysis theory
Carrying out risk assessments of agricultural drought disasters is helpful to understanding agricultural drought quantitatively and scientifically...
-
Disaster Risk Assessment
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015–2030 (UNDRR, Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction, 2015) of the UN, lists...