Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios

Y Tramblay, A Koutroulis, L Samaniego… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …

[HTML][HTML] Mediterranean cyclones: Current knowledge and open questions on dynamics, prediction, climatology and impacts

E Flaounas, S Davolio, S Raveh-Rubin… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - wcd.copernicus.org
A large number of intense cyclones occur every year in the Mediterranean basin, one of the
climate change hotspots. Producing a broad range of severe socio-economic and …

[HTML][HTML] Factors leading to the occurrence of flood fatalities: a systematic review of research papers published between 2010 and 2020

O Petrucci - Natural hazards and earth system sciences, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
Floods kill numerous people every year in both developed and developing countries. The
transfer of research findings from the academic community to practitioners, policy-makers …

Hydrometeorological analysis of a flash flood event in an ungauged Mediterranean watershed under an operational forecasting and monitoring context

C Giannaros, S Dafis, S Stefanidis… - Meteorological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current study presents the first attempt to investigate the November 2019 catastrophic
flash flood in Olympiada (North Greece) under an operational forecasting and monitoring …

Climate mitigation in the Mediterranean Europe: An assessment of regional and city-level plans

M Salvia, M Olazabal, PA Fokaides, L Tardieu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In Europe, regions in the Mediterranean area share common characteristics in terms of high
sensitivity to climate change impacts. Does this translate into specificities regarding climate …

Review of the impacts of climate change on ports and harbours and their adaptation in Spain

N Portillo Juan, V Negro Valdecantos, JM del Campo - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change is one of the issues of greatest concern to today's society. The increase in
temperatures has affected sea levels, polar masses and extreme events, among others …

Landslide fatality occurrence: a systematic review of research published between January 2010 and March 2022

O Petrucci - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Landslides triggered by rainfall kill people worldwide, and frequent extreme events that are
expected to be an effect of climate change could exacerbate this problem. This review aims …

Flood risk assessment of subway stations based on projection pursuit model optimized by whale algorithm: A case study of Changzhou, China

W Ju, J Wu, H Cao, Q Kang, SSS Ali, Z Xing - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
With rapid modernization, traffic jams have become a part of people's daily lives. An
increasing number of cities have begun to build subways to solve this problem. This study …

Spatiotemporal variations of riverine flood fatalities: 70 years global to regional perspective

H Hamidifar, M Nones - River, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Floods are among the most devastating natural hazards worldwide. While rainfall is the
primary trigger of floods, human activities and climate change can exacerbate the impacts of …

[HTML][HTML] Fatalities associated with the severe weather conditions in the Czech Republic, 2000–2019

R Brázdil, K Chromá, L Dolák, J Řehoř… - … hazards and earth …, 2021 - nhess.copernicus.org
This paper presents an analysis of fatalities attributable to weather conditions in the Czech
Republic during the 2000–2019 period. The database of fatalities deployed contains …