China has experienced a rapid period of urbanization since the 1980s. Many traditional
agricultural areas were transformed into the urban-rural transitional areas, in which both …

Floods are one of nature's most destructive disasters because of the immense damage to
land, buildings, and human fatalities. It is difficult to forecast the areas that are vulnerable to …

Modelling tools are commonly used for predicting non-point source (NPS) pollutants and it is
timely to review progress that has been made in terms of the development of NPS models …

Floods are considered as one of nature's most destructive fluvio-hydrological extremes
because of the massive damage to agricultural land, roads and buildings and human …

Abstract Critical Source Areas (CSAs) are areas that contribute disproportionate high levels
of non-point source (NPS) pollution to receiving waters, and their occurrence is the result of …

The main factors responsible for the greatest natural disasters are related to extreme
weather events for which no country is really well-prepared, particularly in Latin America …

Geohazard risk is high in Arab countries due to ineffective disaster preparedness measures,
mismanagement, lack of public awareness, inadequate funding and lack of stakeholder …

In the context of global urbanization, more and more people are attracted to these cities with
superior geographical conditions and strategic positions, resulting in the emergence of …

Extreme precipitation and its subsequent natural disasters, including soil erosion and flood,
have been confirmed to have major impacts on watershed hydrology and water quality …

Soil and nutrient loss characteristics in cultivated lands are scarcely identified in northern
China that could retard reasonable implementation of soil conservation measures. In the …