The role of land use patterns in earthquake resilience: a case study of the Ahvaz Manba Ab neighborhood

Natural Hazards - Urban resilience to natural disasters has constantly been a challenge to sustainable development in human societies. Since Iran is always exposed to natural disasters such as...     

A simple earth system model for C3IAM: based on BCC_CSM1.1 and CMIP5 simulations

Natural Hazards - City is an important foundation for human development. Natural disasters, whose impact on cities was influenced by disaster risk, urban vulnerability and resistance, have always...     

How meteorological disasters affect the labor market? The moderating effect of government emergency response policy

Natural Hazards - Natural disasters and climate change impose a severe threat to the sustainable development of economy and human society. This paper studies the economic consequences of...     

Best optimizer selection for predicting bushfire occurrences using deep learning

Natural Hazards - Natural disasters like bushfires pose a catastrophic threat to the Australia and the world’s territorial areas. This fire spreads in a wide area within seconds, and...     

Lightning fatalities in Estonia, 1880–1940

Natural Hazards - Natural disasters are increasing in frequency in China. Enhancing residents' livelihood resilience and adjusting their livelihood strategies have gradually become effective...     

Homogeneous regions for rainfall distribution in the city of Rio de Janeiro associated with the risk of natural disasters

Natural Hazards - Understanding the occurrence of natural disasters in regions where the occurrence is high is very important, and it is known that the occurrence of disasters associated with...     

Assessment of landslide susceptibility and risk factors in China

Natural Hazards - Landslides represent some of the most important geological disasters and not only pose a threat to human beings but also have a serious destructive impact on the environment and...     

A conceptual framework for integrated management of disasters recovery projects

Natural Hazards - Following the increasing rate of disasters’ impacts on societies, more attention is being paid to recovery projects after these disasters. However, from the perspective of...     

Disaster diaspora and the consequences of economic displacement and climate disruption,including Hurricanes Matthew (October 8, 2016) and Florence (September 14, 2018) in Robeson County,North Carolina

Natural Hazards - This paper presents a case study of Robeson County’s challenges in addressing the double-barrel disasters of Hurricane Matthew in 2016 (Category 5) and Hurricane Florence in...     

Spatial decision support systems (SDSS) and software applications for earthquake disaster management with special reference to Turkey

Natural Hazards - Earthquake disasters pose significant risks and remain a serious threat for millions of people causing a devastating loss of lives and damage to the infrastructure resulting in...     

Formal education and disaster response of children: evidence from coastal villages in Indonesia

Natural Hazards - Although children are exposed to a high mortality risk during disasters, what determines their disaster response, especially during earthquakes, remains largely unexplored. The...     

Household vulnerability and resilience in flood hazards from disaster-prone areas of Punjab,Pakistan

Natural Hazards - An environmental variation has caused Pakistan an alarming portrait of vulnerability in flood disasters. The government has focused on a number of realistic actions, heartening...     

Integration of multi-parametric fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and GIS along the UNESCO World Heritage: a flood hazard index,Mombasa County,Kenya

Natural Hazards - Flood is a natural hazard affecting human life and ecosystem globally causing catastrophic disasters. Most flood-induced socioeconomic losses are exacerbated by unabated urban...     

Together we survive: the role of social messaging networks in building social capital and disaster resilience among minority communities

Natural Hazards - Ethnic and racial minority communities often suffer more from disasters due to a lack of access to resources from governmental agencies and other organizations that provide...     

Numerical simulation of dynamic catastrophe of slope instability in three Gorges reservoir area based on FEM and SPH method

Natural Hazards - Affected by continuous heavy rainfall, a large number of landslide disasters occur every year in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, which causes serious property loss and...     

The effects of earthquake exposure on preparedness in the short and long term: a difference-in-differences estimation

Natural Hazards - Emergency support is often delayed after a disaster. Despite the importance of being prepared to deal with the immediate aftermath of disasters, not everyone prepares effectively....     

Rapid assessment of cyclone damage using NPP-VIIRS DNB and ancillary data

Natural Hazards - Rapid damage assessment of natural disasters is essential for the fast recovery and strategic post-disaster reconstructions. In the present study, National Polar-Orbiting...     

Spatial comparisons in wetland loss,mitigation, and flood hazards among watersheds in the lower St. Johns River basin,northeastern Florida,USA

Natural Hazards - The objective of this research is to establish a model that characterizes integrated humanitarian operations management in response to flood disasters, during which an optimal...     

Risk assessment of snowmelt-induced landslides based on GIS and an effective snowmelt model

Natural Hazards - In early 2008, southern China experienced a severe freezing snow event, causing many geological disasters (such as landslides). Based on combining the infinite slope model and the...     

Uncertainty modeling of hurricane-based disruptions to interdependent economic and infrastructure systems

Natural Hazards - Extreme risks associated with natural and man-made disasters involve disruptions to the production of goods or provision of services in interdependent systems. The reduced supply...