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Fact-finding surveys on role of flood fighting in present-day Japan and future prospects: case studies of Yodo River and Yamato River
Flood mitigation efforts (flood fighting), including raising awareness among local residents, have been crucial in Japan to reduce damage during...
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Impact of massive flood on drinking water quality and community health risk assessment in Patna, Bihar, India
Many places on Earth have been experiencing the impact of climate change. Due to a rise in the frequency of hydrological and climatic events, the...
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Accounting for uncertainty in real-time flood inundation map** using HAND model: Iowa case study
This study examines the uncertainties associated with a rapid flood inundation map** approach based on height above the nearest drainage (HAND)...
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Bhutiabasti Underwater: An In-Depth Analysis of Flooding’s Effects on Lives and Livelihood in the Himalaya Foothills, India
The Himalayan foothills are popular for their physical and cultural diversity, but they also face devastating floods and their impact on human lives...
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Climatic and Other Global Changes as Current Challenges in Improving Water Systems Management: Lessons from the Case of Italy
Climate change linked to human activities is affecting natural systems, increasing frequency and severity of water-related hazards. The issue of...
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Using an inventory cluster approach for assessing bushfire preparedness and information needs in vulnerable communities
Disasters cost the world $US268bn in 2020 in economic, property and human losses. In Queensland, the most disaster-prone of Australian states, flood,...
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Risk Management in Management Decision Making Development of Complex Systems
Problem diagnostics is a type of activity for the analysis, identification and prediction of possible deviations from the normal mode of operation of...
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Fishermen using social-ecological resilience adapting coastal disasters
Social-ecological resilience is not easy to understand in relation to definition and importance. Fisher folks are usually not getting recognition and...
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Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements in the Anthropocene
This chapter provides an overview of the book’s theme, ‘Disaster Resilience and Human Settlements: Emerging Perspectives in the Anthropocene’. First,...
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Review on visualization technology in simulation training system for major natural disasters
Major natural disasters have occurred frequently in the last few years, resulting in increased loss of life and economic damage. Most emergency...
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Historical earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and comets in the eastern Mediterranean and the Sinai sub-plate: evidence from two little-known Greek documents
The eastern Mediterranean region is characterized by high seismicity which has been documented by instrumental data and historical reporting. Strong...
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Development of a volcanic risk management system at Mount St. Helens—1980 to present
Here, we review volcanic risk management at Mount St. Helens from the perspective of the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) experience over the four...
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Distribution of benthic macrofaunal communities in intertidal flat under hydrodynamic influence: a case study of Jiangsu coast, East China
To identify the distribution pattern of macrofaunal assemblages of the Dafeng intertidal flats in response to hydrodynamic and sediment dynamic...
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Coastal Hazards: Climatic and Hydrogeological Hazards
Development in coastal area was started from the historic past with the development of port and oceanOceanic tourism navigation.
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Contribution of the requirements engineering to the evaluation of water resources systems efficiency
In the water resources sector, the need to adopt a new way of thinking based on a systemic approach and analysis is justified by several situations:...
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Siting of Municipal Solid Waste Facilities
Solid waste management (SWM) is inextricably associated to environmental outcomes, and their succeeding economic consequences inappropriate siting of...
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Recent increases of rainfall and flooding from tropical cyclones (TCs) in North Carolina (USA): implications for organic matter and nutrient cycling in coastal watersheds
Coastal North Carolina experienced 36 tropical cyclones (TCs), including three floods of historical significance in the past two decades (Hurricanes...
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Climate Change and the Rising Disaster Risk in Africa
Climate-related disasters have been on the rise in Africa. Amidst changing climate, when a climate-related disaster strikes, media, scientists,...
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Health and Safety Issues
Improper waste segregationSegregation, storage,Storage and treatment would lead to the presence of hazardous substances which may impact health and...
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Disposal
Solid wasteSolid waste disposalDisposal varies for country to country and place to place. Worldwide around 37% of waste is disposed of in some type...