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Exploring EM-DAT for depicting spatiotemporal trends of drought and wildfires and their connections with anthropogenic pressure
In light of increasing extreme events driven by climate change, the relationship between drought and wildfire events and their impacts on society is...
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Floods have become less deadly: an analysis of global flood fatalities 1975–2022
Floods are amongst the most frequent disasters in terms of human and economic impacts. This study provides new insights into the frequency of loss of...
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Influence of monsoon low pressure systems on South Asian disasters and implications for disaster prediction
Transient atmospheric vortices called monsoon low pressure systems (LPS) generate a large fraction of total rainfall over South Asia and often...
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Measuring Natural Hazard-Related Disasters through Self-Reports
Exposure to multiple natural hazard-related disasters will become more common due to climate change. This article reports on the development and...
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Spatial and temporal landslide distributions using global and open landslide databases
Landslide databases are a potential tool for the analysis of landslide susceptibility, hazard, and risk. Additionally, the spatio-temporal...
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Land Cover, Land Use Change and Its Implication to Disasters in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region
The 3500 km long Hindu-Kush Himalaya (HKH) region is one of the dynamic regions of the world. Natural and human-induced hazards impose threats to...
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Filling the Disaster Data Gap: Lessons from Cataloging Singapore’s Past Disasters
International disaster databases and catalogs provide a baseline for researchers, governments, communities, and organizations to understand the risk...
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Assessing and Map** Spatial Variations in Climate Change and Climatic Hazards in Bangladesh
Climate change and the frequency and severity of climatic hazards vary significantly by region. There is a pressing need for increased understanding...
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The Most Frequent Natural Disasters and Their Tendency in Mexico from a Perspective Based on Humanitarian Logistics
This paper presents a detailed analysis of humanitarian logistics and its components; the specification is to be able to identify and can be...
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Intensive Versus Extensive Events? Insights from Cumulative Flood-Induced Mortality Over the Globe, 1976–2016
More attention has been paid to the cost of intensive but sporadic floods than the cost of extensive but frequent events. To examine the impacts of...
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Spatial distribution, temporal trends and impact of landslides on São Miguel Island from 1900 to 2020 based on an analysis of the Azores historical natural hazards database
Landslides are the most frequent type of natural hazard in the Azores archipelago, primarily due to the volcanic nature and geomorphologic features...
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Disaster map** and assessment of Pakistan’s 2022 mega-flood based on multi-source data-driven approach
Climate change-induced mega-floods have become increasingly frequent worldwide. The rapid map** and assessment of flood disasters pose urgent...
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Assessing the myth of disaster risk reduction in the wake of catastrophic floods
Whether disasters serve as focusing events leading to measures that reduce future disaster risks is contested. Here, we study flood disasters in 23...
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ESPON-TITAN: territorial patterns of natural hazards in Europe
Disaster risk management and risk assessment are essential to protect human lives, property, social and economic assets, and the environment. With...
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Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments: Monitoring Landslide Stakeholders’ Contributions
Disasters caused by landslides have continued to occur in recent years resulting in loss of lives and livelihoods around the world. To prevent such...
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Water and Disasters—A Case Study of India
Natural disasters frequency has increased over the past decades. Water is the force behind every physical and chemical process on earth, and...
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Landslide Susceptibility Assessment Based on Machine Learning Techniques
In this chapter, we will introduce the landslide susceptibility assessment (LSA) methods based on machine learning techniques. The economic loss or...
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Countrywide climate features during recorded climate-related disasters
Climate-related disasters cause substantial disruptions to human societies. With climate change, many extreme weather and climate events are expected...
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Concepts of Disasters and Research Themes: Editorial Message
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) defines a disaster as a severe disruption of the functioning of a community or society...
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Co-creation of urban hazard, vulnerability and risk information system towards sustainable regional development trajectories in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Indonesia has endowed with various natural hazards, especially flooding, which has been on top of frequency list—155 occurrences at 2018. It...
