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Connecting community’s perspectives on tsunami risk to anticipated future tsunamis: a reflection from a progress of tsunami preparedness from a coastal community in Aceh-Indonesia after 19 years of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
This paper reflects on the progress of tsunami preparedness in a coastal community in Aceh, Indonesia, nearly two decades after the catastrophic 2004...
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Assessing tsunami vertical evacuation processes based on probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment for west coast of Aceh Besar, Indonesia
BackgroundTsunamis are rare events compared to other disasters but have devastating consequences. In the last 100 years, more than 24 tsunamis and...
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Exploring the Mediterranean tsunami research landscape: scientometric insights and future prospects
BackgroundThe Mediterranean Sea is a region characterized by high seismic activity, with at least 200 tsunami events recorded from the fourth century...
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Machine learning and hydrodynamic proxies for enhanced rapid tsunami vulnerability assessment
Coastal communities in various regions of the world are exposed to risk from tsunami inundation, requiring reliable modeling tools for implementing...
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Modeling study of tsunami wave propagation
A tsunami is one of nature's most hazardous and unpredictable natural disasters. Modeling is a useful technique for anticipating how complicated...
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Tsunami insurance portfolio optimization for coastal residential buildings under non-stationary sea level rise effects based on sample average approximation
The devastating consequences of tsunamis on coastal infrastructure have highlighted the urgent need for effective disaster risk reduction strategies....
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Effectiveness of Billion Trees Tsunami Afforestation Projects in restoration of forests in Pakistan
The history of forest cover dynamics in Pakistan reveals an unsatisfactory environmental situation. In the past 5 decades, particularly during the...
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A multi-sensor approach for increased measurements of floods and their societal impacts from space
Merging observations from multiple satellites is necessary to ensure that extreme hydrological events are consistently observed. Here, we evaluate...
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What are the impacts of activities undertaken in UNESCO biosphere reserves on socio-economic wellbeing in Southeast Asia? A systematic review
BackgroundUNESCO biosphere reserves (BRs) have historically aimed to play a crucial role in contributing to sustainable development by bringing about...
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Study of the Risks of the Tsunami at Tunisian Coasts
A tsunami is a series of wave trains caused by brutal and widespread mechanical actions at a lake, a sea, or an ocean. It generally has a tectonic...
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Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Involvement of Women in Mitigating the Disaster Impacts
In a background where natural hazards are alarmingly reported around the globe, a question has arisen on the effectiveness of the conventional...
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Modeling spatial dependencies of natural hazards in coastal regions: a nonstationary approach with barriers
Natural hazards like floods, cyclones, earthquakes, or, tsunamis have deep impacts on the environment and society causing damage to both life and...
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A review of the global climate change impacts, adaptation, and sustainable mitigation measures
Climate change is a long-lasting change in the weather arrays across tropics to polls. It is a global threat that has embarked on to put stress on...
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Liquid Radionuclide Waste Treatment at Fukushima Daiichi NPP Site: A Brief Review of Environmental Impacts
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) suffered a severe accident in March 2011, resulting in large amounts of radioactive water accumulated...
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Tsunami fingerprints along the Mediterranean coasts
The Mediterranean basin presents specific geodynamic and morphodynamic features that allow tsunami genesis. Along the entire Mediterranean coast,...
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A method for evaluating population and infrastructure exposed to natural hazards: tests and results for two recent Tonga tsunamis
BackgroundCoastal communities are highly exposed to ocean- and -related hazards but often lack an accurate population and infrastructure database. On...
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Spatial soil loss prediction impacted by long-term land use/land cover change: a case study of Swat District
Soil erosion is a destructive consequence of land degradation caused by deforestation, improper farming practices, overgrazing, and urbanization....
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Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Pakistan: Current Challenges and Policy Recommendations
Pakistan is located at the crossroads of three zoogeographic regions (Oriental, Palaearctic, and Ethiopian) with great altitudinal variation and...
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Growing Climate Change Impacts on Hydrological Drought and Food Security in District Peshawar, Pakistan
Hydrological drought, defined as a lack of water in the hydrological system, is a complex natural hazard that has a numerous effects on ecosystems...
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Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Fukushima-Derived Radionuclides
The environmental impacts of radioactive materials released into the atmosphere from the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi...