The availability of planetary‐scale geospatial datasets that can support the study of water‐ related disasters in the Anthropocene is rapidly growing. We review 124 global and free …
S Du, P Scussolini, PJ Ward, M Zhang, J Wen… - Global Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flood risk is expected to increase in coastal cities, particularly in Asian megacities such as Shanghai. This paper presents an integrated modeling framework to simulate changes in …
Losses from natural hazards are escalating dramatically, with more properties and critical infrastructure affected each year. Although the magnitude, intensity, and/or frequency of …
The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) produces new global spatial information, evidence-based analytics describing the human presence on the planet that is based mainly …
A Depicker, L Jacobs, N Mboga, B Smets… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Human activity influences both the occurrence and impact of landslides in mountainous environments. Population pressure and the associated land-use changes are assumed to …
Better and more detailed analyses of global human exposure to hazards and associated disaster risk require improved geoinformation on population distribution and densities. In …
In recent years, geospatial data (eg remote sensing imagery), and other relevant ancillary datasets (eg land use land cover, climate conditions) have been utilized through …
Spatially explicit, fine-grained datasets describing historical urban extents are rarely available prior to the era of operational remote sensing. However, such data are necessary …
The spatial concentration of the human activity is a crucial indication of socioeconomic vitality. Accurately mapping activity volumes is fundamental to support the regional …