The wide range of factors involved in environmental health and the complexity of
interactions between all environmental determinants require the validation of …

During the last 10 years, several attempts to map soil attributes at the scale of mainland
France have been realised. We exemplify them by seven major outputs: maps of organic C …

This paper investigates the role of spatial dependence, spatial heterogeneity and spatial
scale in principal component analysis for geographically distributed data. It considers spatial …

Spatially heterogeneous weights and a non‐compensatory aggregation scheme, are two
important properties needed to construct a composite indicator capable of summarizing …

The impact of climate change and the dynamic nature of environmental conditions
underscore the critical need to enhance resilience of systems and process safety …

The impact of the environment on health is usually studied in a segmented manner, with a
focus on a single source, pollutant, or exposure medium. To better understand spatial health …

The reason behind the landslides in Darjeeling Himalaya varies from place to place.
Seepage of rainwater through fragile lithological structure initiates shallow landslides, while …

Composite indicators are one-dimensional measures of multidimensional phenomena.
Through the composite indicators, it is possible to have a single map of the different …

Darjeeling, renowned as the 'Queen of the Himalayas', is one of the high‐altitude towns in
India, distinguished by its exceptional topography and picturesque landscape. Given the …

Background Urban areas are disproportionately affected by multiple pressures from
overbuilding, traffic, air pollution, and heat waves that often interact and are interconnected …