The impacts of disasters are increasing due to climate change and unplanned urbanization.
Big and open data offer considerable potential for analyzing and predicting human mobility …

The dynamic relief supplies estimation for urban flood disaster still remains an important and
challenging topic in emergency response. Traditional relief supplies estimation mainly …

In an emergency situation shelter space is crucial for people affected by natural hazards.
Emergency planners in disaster relief and mass care can greatly benefit from a sound …

Extreme heat, also known as the silent killer that conceal its lethal effect behind heat-related
deaths, has become one of the deadliest natural hazards globally. However, the evaluation …

The relationship between sustainable urban development and environmental sustainability
is crucial to every strategy of urban transformation, renewal and regeneration. In particular …

The knowledge of the spatial and temporal distribution of human population is vital for the
study of cities, disaster risk management or planning of infrastructure. However, information …

The efficient planning of search and rescue (SAR) operations is highly impactful in the
disaster response phase, which offers a limited time window with a declining chance for …

Historic centres are cultural, social and economical resources for communities, but also
fragile areas that have often been damaged or destroyed by earthquakes. The main …

The current characterization of flood exposure is largely based on residential location of
populations; however, location of residence only partially captures the extent to which …

The study of urban dynamics from spatio-temporal information contained in massive human-
tracking data has become a hotspot in research. As numerous human mobility patterns and …