A review of flood loss models as basis for harmonization and benchmarking

T Gerl, H Kreibich, G Franco, D Marechal, K Schröter - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Risk-based approaches have been increasingly accepted and operationalized in flood risk
management during recent decades. For instance, commercial flood risk models are used …

Is resilience a useful concept in the context of food security and nutrition programmes? Some conceptual and practical considerations

C Béné, D Headey, L Haddad, K von Grebmer - Food security, 2016 - Springer
With the developing world increasingly exposed to severe shocks and stresses, a growing
number of international development agencies have now adopted resilience building as a …

Temperature and precipitation extremes in century‐long gridded observations, reanalyses, and atmospheric model simulations

MG Donat, LV Alexander, N Herold… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge about long‐term changes in climate extremes is vital to better
understand multidecadal climate variability and long‐term changes and to place today's …

Economic evaluations of the health impacts of weather-related extreme events: a scoping review

LHM Schmitt, HM Graham, PCL White - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
The frequency and severity of extreme events is expected to increase under climate change.
There is a need to understand the economic consequences of human exposure to these …

Changing characteristics of extreme wet and dry spells of Indian monsoon rainfall

R Vinnarasi, CT Dhanya - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Modeling of extreme events and its dynamic behavior have always been an intriguing topic.
Increase in the magnitude and frequency of extreme events has widely been reported in …

Climate changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in an alpine grassland of Central Asia

Z Hu, Q Li, X Chen, Z Teng, C Chen, G Yin… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2016 - Springer
The natural ecosystem in Central Asia is sensitive and vulnerable to the arid and semiarid
climate variations, especially the climate extreme events. However, the climate extreme …

Cocoa farmer's perception on climate variability and its effects on adaptation strategies in the Suaman district of western region, Ghana

DS Ehiakpor, G Danso-Abbeam… - Cogent Food & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Climate Change has gained global attention due to its adverse impact on agriculture. Cocoa
production in Ghana is also under threat following climate change. This study, therefore …

A common methodology for risk assessment and mapping of climate change related hazards—implications for climate change adaptation policies

M Papathoma-Köhle, C Promper, T Glade - Climate, 2016 - mdpi.com
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2014, suggests that an important
increase in frequency and magnitude of hazardous processes related to climate change is to …

Adaptation measures of energy and utility companies to cope with water scarcity induced by climate change

F Gasbarro, F Rizzi, M Frey - Business Strategy and the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Resource‐intensive business plays a fundamental role in causing climate change through
the emission of large amounts of GHGs (greenhouse gases), and, in turn, climate‐induced …

Governing for integrated water and flood risk management: Comparing top-down and bottom-up approaches in Spain and California

A Serra-Llobet, E Conrad, K Schaefer - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
Flood risk management in the context of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) is
becoming widely accepted as an approach to improving resilience in light of increasing …