Adjusting to the reality of sea level rise: reshaping coastal communities through resilience-informed adaptation

MA Abdelhafez, HN Mahmoud, BR Ellingwood - Climatic Change, 2024 - Springer
Approximately 11% of the world's population lives within 10 km of an ocean coastline, a
percentage that is likely to increase during the remainder of the 21st century due to …

High-resolution mangrove forests classification with machine learning using worldview and UAV hyperspectral data

Y Jiang, L Zhang, M Yan, J Qi, T Fu, S Fan, B Chen - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mangrove forests, as important ecological and economic resources, have suffered a loss in
the area due to natural and human activities. Monitoring the distribution of and obtaining …

Comprehensive flood vulnerability analysis in urban communities: Iowa case study

Y Alabbad, I Demir - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2022 - Elsevier
Floods are one of the most prevalent types of natural disasters affecting communities
worldwide. It is expected to persist with increasing magnitude and frequency as a result of …

Vulnerability assessment and mitigation for the Chinese railway system under floods

L Hong, M Ouyang, S Peeta, X He, Y Yan - Reliability Engineering & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The economy of China and the travel needs of its citizens depend significantly on the
continuous and reliable services provided by its railway system. However, this system is …

Comparison of neighborhood-scale, residential property flood-loss assessment methodologies

RB Mostafiz, CJ Friedland, MA Rahman… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Leading flood loss estimation models include Federal Emergency Management Agency's
(FEMA's) Hazus, FEMA's Flood Assessment Structure Tool (FAST), and (US) Hydrologic …

Estimating the economic impact of natural hazards on shared accommodation in coastal tourism destinations

YH Chen, J Kim, N Mueller - Journal of Destination Marketing & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing number of natural hazards in coastal tourism destinations has negatively
affected their local lodging industries. The recent boom in shared accommodation in coastal …

The lost history of managed retreat and community relocation in the United States.

N Pinter - Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Managed retreat refers to the relocation of population or infrastructure to address sea-level
rise, climate-driven flood risk, and other threats. One variety of managed retreats involves …

Spatiotemporal implications of flooding on relocation risk in rural and urban coastal municipalities

A Bukvic, A Mitchell, Y Shao, JL Irish - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The research on coastal hazards predicts substantial adverse impacts of chronic and
episodic flooding on populated coastal areas. Despite the growing evidence about …

A nature-based approach to mitigate flood risk and improve ecosystem services in Shiga, Japan

W Huang, S Hashimoto, T Yoshida, O Saito, K Taki - Ecosystem Services, 2021 - Elsevier
The increased frequency of extreme rain events due to climate change has garnered
attention in Japan. In 2018, the country enacted the Act of Climate Change Adaptation to …

Multi-decadal changes in mangrove extent, age and species in the Red River Estuaries of Viet Nam

NH Quang, CH Quinn, LC Stringer, R Carrie… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
This research investigated the performance of four different machine learning supervised
image classifiers: artificial neural network (ANN), decision tree (DT), random forest (RF), and …