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Increasingly frequent extreme weather events urge the development of point-of-use water treatment systems
The frequency of extreme weather events, including floods, storms, droughts, extreme temperatures, and wildfires, has intensified globally over...
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Monitoring land use land cover changes and its impacts on land surface temperature over Mardan and Charsadda Districts, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan
Land use/land cover (LULC) changes due to urban growth on the regional scale affect land surface temperature (LST). The present study aims to assess...
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Assessment of coastal vulnerability using integrated fuzzy analytical hierarchy process and geospatial technology for effective coastal management
The vulnerability of coastal regions to climate change is a growing global concern, particularly in Bangladesh, which is vulnerable to flooding and...
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The Degradation of Coastal Habitats in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu: An Environmental Approach
Along the Bay of Bengal (1030 km of shoreline), Andhra Pradesh’s coastal zones supported a diverse range of geomorphic habitats such as deltaic...
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Multivariate Analysis of Coastal Vulnerabilities for Tamil Nadu Coast Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
Multivariate coastal vulnerability analysis is highly required due to the threats of natural or man-made hazards that are uncertain and cannot be...
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Geomorphological Diversity and Sea Level Rise Vulnerabilities on India’s East Coast
India’s east coast stretches from the lower part of the Ganga delta in the Bengal basin to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu along the sea shores of the Bay...
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The Himalayas in the Anthropocene
This chapter provides an overview of the Himalayas in the Anthropocene era, which is characterized by significant human impacts on the environment....
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Effects of a natural disaster on mortality risks over the longer term
Exposure to disasters and other extreme events is rising across the globe, but the impact on long-term mortality risks of affected populations is not...
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Gendered Spaces, Climate Change and Resilience in a Squatter Slum of Global South
Climate change is affecting the cities of almost all the countries of Global South. Slums, in the already over-spilling cities, are at the receiving...
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Enabling nature-based solutions for climate change on a peri-urban sandspit in Christchurch, New Zealand
Barrier sandspits are biodiverse natural features that regulate the development of lagoon systems and are popular areas for human settlement. Despite...
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Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Infrastructure in the Pacific
This chapter discusses the potential impacts of climate change on coastal infrastructure in the Pacific. It also analyses the location of built...
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Earthquake-Driven Coastal Change: Ghost Forests, Graveyards and “Komodo Dragons”
Like Indonesia prior to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, much of the west coast of North America (northern California through Vancouver...
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Coastal livelihood resilience to abrupt environmental change: the role of social capital in a Peruvian bay
Abrupt environmental change, such as sudden shifts in temperature or salinity, can severely alter the functioning of marine ecosystems and cause...
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Gendered Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Selected Counties in Kenya
Extreme climate change events such as frequent and prolonged droughts or floods associated with climate change can be very disruptive to peoples’...
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Impacts of 150 Years of Shoreline and Bathymetric Change in the Coos Estuary, Oregon, USA
Estuaries worldwide have evolved over the past few centuries under development activities like dredging and shoreline reclamation, which commonly...
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Gendered Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Selected Counties in Kenya
Extreme climate change events such as frequent and prolonged droughts or floods associated with climate change can be very disruptive to peoples’...
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Aspirations versus adaptive achievements in the face of climate change in Sri Lanka
This research explores the linkages between threat perception and adaptive behaviour in the face of climate change in Galle, Sri Lanka. We use an...
