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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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Evaluating the values and limitations for coral and oyster reefs in coastal disaster risk reduction: a literature review
Previous researchers have made efforts to link the limitations and values of coral and oyster reefs to coastal defence. However, given the context in...
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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity reveals urban-rural differences in post-disaster recovery
A post-disaster recovery process necessitates significant financial and time investment. Previous studies have found the importance of post-disaster...
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Establishing a risk dynamic evolution model to predict and solve the problem of urban flood disaster
Under the influence of global climate change and rapid urbanization, urban flood disaster becomes more and more serious. Urban flood disaster risk...
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Scientific evidence for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction
Ecosystems play a potentially important role in sustainably reducing the risk of disaster events worldwide. Yet, to date, there are few comprehensive...
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The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
Societal efforts to understand and mitigate threats posed by hazards are often informed by complex disaster risk models. Despite research...
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Social Entrepreneurship and Disaster Risk Reduction—A Case of India
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–30 has stressed on public and private investments for empowering the social, economic and...
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Flood disaster industry-linked economic impact and risk assessment: a case study of Yangtze River Economic Zone
China is an extremely sensitive nation severely impacted by global climate change, with frequent floods in the Yangtze River Economic Zone causing...
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Urban flood risk assessment characterizing the relationship among hazard, exposure, and vulnerability
Risk assessment is an effective means to alleviate urban flood disasters and has attracted the attention of many studies. However, most previous...
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Nature-based solutions potential for flood risk reduction under extreme rainfall events
Climate change will substantially increase extreme rainfall events, especially in the Tropics, enhancing flood risks. Such imminent risks require...
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Spatial–temporal characteristics of geological disaster resilience in poverty and disaster-prone areas in China: a case study of Ganzi Prefecture
Under the tremendous challenges of frequent disasters, disaster resilience is imperative for risk reduction and sustainable management in poverty and...
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Integrating water-related disaster and environment risks for evaluating spatial–temporal dynamics of water security in urban agglomeration
Water security is a compound concept coupling multi-dimensional perspectives, such as resource utilization, environmental protection, and disaster...
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Terra incognita: the contribution of disaster risk reduction in unpacking the sustainability–peace nexus
The pursuit of sustainable development in the context of global environmental change requires enhanced capability to deal with changing hazard...
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Substantial increase in future fluvial flood risk projected in China’s major urban agglomerations
Urban land will face high fluvial flood risk against the background of climate change and urban expansion. The effect of urban spatial expansion,...
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Policy in Nepal: A Centralized-Decentralized Dichotomy
The disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) policy framework in Nepal provides a glass half-full or half-empty, depending on one’s viewpoint....
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Disasters of global interdependences: lessons learned from the worst typhoon disaster in Japan
Typhoon Isewan, Japan's deadliest typhoon in 1959, prompted significant changes in disaster management and led to the Disaster Countermeasures Basic...
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Urbanization and social capital networks among regions for natural disaster resilience
This study describes the network flow of social capital (SC) among regions for natural disaster resilience from the perspective of urbanization....
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Exploring the role of social determinants in the risk reduction of landslide-prone settlements: a case study of Giripurno Village in Central Java, Indonesia
BackgroundThe world population is still growing. The growing population caused a changes in the trend of selecting settlements location. Due to the...
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Assessment of Disaster Risk Reduction Practices in Mauritius
Disasters are phenomenon that occurs worldwide, and Mauritius being a small island state has not been spared from its wrath. Studies have been...