The Himalayan region is a fragile high mountain landscape where the population
experiences acute vulnerability within a complex coupled human–natural system due to …

The knowledge about potential flood damage is a key issue for disaster risk reduction.
However, the scarcity of empirical data has limited flood damage modelling in several …

Abstract The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has the most fragile ecosystems in the world.
Over the past decades, QTP is suffering from increasing external pressures of climate …

Urban flood risk management requires an extensive investigation of the vulnerability
characteristics of buildings. Large-scale field surveys usually cost a lot of time and money …

Recent wildfire events (eg Mediterranean region, USA, and Australia) showed that this
hazard poses a serious threat for wildland–urban interface (WUI) areas around the globe …

Flood hazard is increasing in frequency and magnitude in major South East Asian
metropolitan areas due to fast urban development and changes in climate, threatening …

Purpose COVID-19 has affected most business activities, including technology-based
business. The higher the business vulnerability rating, the greater the impacts. After …

The republic of Tatarstan is one of the most growing state in Russia in terms of
industrialization and modernization with various natural disasters and intense human …

Vulnerability analysis is crucial to assess natural hazard risk. Methods for vulnerability
assessment include indices as well as vulnerability curves. Vulnerability curves make use of …

Understanding the location of risk to natural hazards, namely the areas of high exposure
and vulnerability is a major priority that was identified by the Sendai framework for Disaster …