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Flood Risk Management Assessment and Strategy
This book examines the nature of flood in different landscapes and the various factors that contribute to flooding in different areas. It identifies...
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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...
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Participatory Risk Governance for Seoul, South Korea’s Flood Risk Management
Risk governance is a widely used framework in natural and societal risk management research. Risks from natural hazards in urban areas call for the...
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From Risk to Resilience: Analyzing Key Success Factors in Malaysian Water Risk Management
The study examines critical success factors (SF) while develo** water risk management (WRM) by Malaysian water operators (WO). Seven critical...
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Volcano disaster risk management during crisis: implementation of risk communication in Indonesia
Volcano disaster risk management during a crisis requires continuous and intensive risk communication with the public. However, to have the desired...
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Unpacking risk perceptions of COVID-19 in China: insights for risk management and policy-making
An analysis of risk perceptions during public health emergencies is crucial for effective risk management and policy-making. This paper examines risk...
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Risk Management
Throughout human history, disasters have often threatened society and regional development. Humans have struggled to ward off disasters since ancient...
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A comprehensive review of the Swiss cheese model in risk management
The SCM, developed by James Reason in the 1990s, is a widely recognized and influential model used to understand and manage complex systems and their...
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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...
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A Systematic Analysis of Systems Approach and Flood Risk Management Research: Trends, Gaps, and Opportunities
Flooding is a global threat, necessitating a comprehensive management approach. Due to the complexity of managing flood hazards and risks,...
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Mainstreaming Decentralization and Collaboration in Disaster Risk Management: Insights from Coastal Bangladesh
Bangladesh is renowned in disaster risk reduction (DRR) for active involvement of community people and local disaster management institutions in DRR...
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Risk assessment and management of rainfall-induced landslides in tropical regions: a review
Excessive rainfall is considered the major landslide triggering mechanism, especially in tropical climate regions. During rainfall, water infiltrates...
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Early warning systems for desertification hazard: a review of integrated system models and risk management
Early warning systems (EWS) are broadly regarded as crucial components of disaster risk reduction strategies and action plans. Desertification, a...
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Hazard identification and risk assessment of opencast transportation system and implementation of safety management plan
Mining being a hazardous operation has extensive environmental, health, and safety risk to miners. So, for an industry like mining to be successful,...
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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...
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The use of digital technologies for landslide disaster risk research and disaster risk management: progress and prospects
In the past few decades, digital technologies have played a more and more important role in landslide disaster risk management. To identify the...
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Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRM): Elements to Advance Its Study and Assessment
This study analyzed the international key literature on integrated disaster risk management (IDRM), considering it a dynamic sociocultural process...
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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...
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Risk Management Decision of Reservoir Dams Based on the Improved Life Quality Index
While reservoir dams have created significant social and economic benefits, dam failure caused by various reasons bring about great threats to the...
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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...
