Natural disasters cause enormous damage and losses every year, both economic and in
terms of human lives. It is essential to develop systems to predict disasters and to generate …

Undoubtedly, the age of big data has opened new options for natural disaster management,
primarily because of the varied possibilities it provides in visualizing, analyzing, and …

Natural disasters could be defined as a blend of natural risks and vulnerabilities. Each year,
natural as well as human-instigated disasters, bring about infrastructural damages …

Traditional approaches to flood modelling mostly rely on hydrodynamic physical simulations.
While these simulations can be accurate, they are computationally expensive and …

The recent development of big data analytics (BDA) and the Internet of Things (IoT)
technologies create a huge opportunity for both disaster management systems and disaster …

River corridors play a crucial environmental, economic, and societal role yet also represent
one of the world's most dangerous natural hazards, making monitoring imperative to …

Landscapes are spatial mosaics of interacting biophysical and socioeconomic components
that provide living space for mankind. A landscape can be described by its composition and …

River flooding is a natural phenomenon that can have a devastating effect on human life and
economic losses. There have been various approaches in studying river flooding; however …

The occurrence of disasters has the potential to impede the progress of sustainable urban
development. For instance, it has the potential to result in significant human casualties and …

Accidents often occur in the earth—typhoons, floods, earthquakes, traffic accidents and so
on. Whether these accidents can be timely and effectively responded to has been an …