Reliable and complete data held in disaster databases are imperative to inform effective
disaster preparedness and mitigation policies. Nonetheless, disaster databases are highly …

Urbanisation is an irreversible trend as a result of social and economic development. Urban
areas, with high concentration of population, key infrastructure, and businesses, are …

The nexus between natural disasters and energy technological innovation is of great
importance in the energy technology innovation theory and related literature. This research …

Soil compaction caused by vehicular traffic adversely affects key soil functions and
ecosystem services that soils provide. Although compaction is a well-recognized problem, it …

This study is an attempt to quantitatively test and compare novel advanced-machine
learning algorithms in terms of their performance in achieving the goal of predicting flood …

Climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Does this
translate into increased economic damages? To date, empirical assessments of damage …

Adverse consequences of floods change in time and are influenced by both natural and
socio-economic trends and interactions. In Europe, previous studies of historical flood losses …

A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …

Among the many mitigation measures available for reducing the risk to life related to
landslides, early warning systems certainly constitute a significant option available to the …

Glacier outburst floods are sudden releases of large amounts of water from a glacier. They
are a pervasive natural hazard worldwide. They have an association with climate primarily …