Hydrological extremes, such as droughts and floods, can trigger a complex web of
compound and cascading impacts (CCI) due to interdependencies between coupled natural …

Background Although the frequency and magnitude of climate change-related health
hazards (CCRHHs) are likely to increase, the population vulnerabilities and corresponding …

China suffers frequent and severe floods that result in significant annual casualties and
economic losses. However, as flood vulnerability and resilience varies in different regions …

An ongoing debate in academic and practitioner communities, centers on the measurement
similarities and differences between social vulnerability and community resilience. More …

Natural disasters affect thousands of communities every year, leaving behind human losses,
billions of dollars in rebuilding efforts, and psychological affectation in survivors. How fast a …

As improved data availability and disaster resilience knowledge help progress community
resilience quantification schemes, spatial refinements of the associated empirical methods …

Objectives: Evidence-informed population health initiatives often leverage data from various
sources, such as epidemiologic surveillance data and administrative datasets. Recent …

Intensive human and economic activities in urban areas have had adverse effects on local
resources and ecology, leading to a decline in ecological resilience. Enhancing ecological …

Assessing resilience at the community level is essential for evidence-based planning and
policymaking. However, issues such as data availability and accessibility make community …

Frequent droughts have caused severe disaster losses in China. Such events can be
minimized by enhancing the country's resilience and reducing its vulnerability, where this …