Coastal vulnerability is a spatial concept that identifies people and places that are
susceptible to disturbances resulting from coastal hazards. Hazards in the coastal …

While social vulnerability assessments (SVA) use spatial indicators and indices that have
become state of the art, they also receive substantial critique. This article analyzes, by …

Coastal hazard vulnerability assessment has been centered around the multi-variate
analysis of geo-physical and hydroclimate data. The representation of coupled socio …

Flooding occurs at different scales and unevenly affects urban populations based on the
broader social, ecological, and technological system (SETS) characteristics particular to …

Among the natural hazards, flash flooding is the leading cause of weather-related deaths.
Flood risk management (FRM) in this context requires a comprehensive assessment of the …

Infrastructures are interdependent systems and their interdependency can influence their
resilience to routine failures and extreme events. Even though infrastructure resilience has …

The study of vulnerability constitutes a central axis in research work on sustainability. Social
vulnerability (SV) analyzes differences in human capacity to prepare, respond and recover …

Urban flooding is a growing threat due to land use and climate change. Vulnerable
populations tend to have greater exposure to flooding as a result of historical societal and …

This paper aims to explore the main factors of social vulnerability among older people and
the improvements in social life after engaging with social robots. This paper also examines …

The growing demand for spatially detailed population products in various fields continues to
rise, as users shift their focus from aggregated areal totals to high-resolution grid estimates …