Artificial intelligence and numerical weather prediction models: A technical survey
June 2025
Can artificial intelligence (AI) models beat traditional numerical weather prediction (NWP) models based on physical principles? The rapid advancement of AI, inherent computational limitations of NWP...
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Bagyong Kristine (TS Trami) in Bicol, Philippines: Flood Risk Forecasting, Disaster Risk Preparedness Predictions and Lived Experiences through Machine Learning (ML), Econometrics, and Hermeneutic Analysis
Available online 10 February 2025
This work was conducted just two days after the onslaught of Bagyong Kristine (TS Trami) in October 2024 that flooded the Bicol Region, Philippines. We combined quantitative approaches (machine learning...
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Flood prediction with time series data mining: Systematic review
June 2024
The global community is continuously working to minimize the impact of disasters through various actions, including earth surveying. For example, flood-prone areas must be identified appropriately,...
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Preliminary Analysis of the July 30, 2024, Wayanad Landslide Disaster in India: Causes and Impacts
Available online 22 April 2025
In recent years, with the increasingly pronounced trend of global climate warming, extreme weather events have become more frequent and intense, leading to a significant rise in the occurrence of natural...
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Floods in Pakistan: A state-of-the-art review
September 2023
Floods inflict devastating impacts worldwide. The frequency and severity of floods have notably increased as a result of climate change. Pakistan, in particular, has experienced two of the most catastrophic...
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A review of socio-economic vulnerability: The emergence of its theoretical concepts, models and methodologies
September 2023
The concept of vulnerability overarches as a multidisciplinary subject. The umbrella term is widely used in several disciplines namely sociology, public health, geography, and disaster studies. Broadly,...
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Disaster, risk and crises in tourism and hospitality field: A pathway toward tourism and hospitality management framework for resilience and recovery process
December 2024
This study aims to review the documents in disasters, risk and crises to produce a generic model for developing a holistic framework in the tourism and hospitality industry. This study uses bibliometric...
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Characteristics of Western Disturbance intensification and associated induced circulations over the Indian Region
September 2024
Western Disturbances (WD) are significantly important weather systems causing precipitation in the Western Himalayan region during Indian Winter months. WDs have two major components-the eastward propagating...
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Early warning systems in climate risk management: Roles and implementations in eradicating barriers and overcoming challenges
Available online 14 January 2025
Early Warning Systems (EWS) are essential tools for alleviating the effects of natural hazards, particularly floods, cyclones, and droughts, by giving early warnings and actionable information. Currently,...
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Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of forest fires: A call for multilateral cooperation and management interventions
June 2023
Fire is one of the dominant disturbances in forests that widely impacts the ecology, environment, and socioeconomics of nations across the globe. In view of setting priorities of nations for combating...
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A review on the extreme rainfall studies in India
September 2024
Climate vulnerability in the Indian region becomes a major concern due to the frequent hydro-meteorological extreme events throughout the year. The number of extreme rainfall events (ERE) associated...
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Unraveling the Causes and Impacts of Increasing Flood Disasters in the Kathmandu Valley: Lessons from the Unprecedented September 2024 Floods
Available online 12 April 2025
Understanding the underlying causes of flood disasters is essential not only for developing effective flood management strategies but also for evaluating past policies and mitigation efforts. This study...
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Community resilience to natural disasters: A systemic review of contemporary methods and theories
September 2023
Due to global climate change, community resilience to natural disasters has become a high priority in environmental research. Academicians and practitioners from different disciplines and organizations...
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Landslide detection based on deep learning and remote sensing imagery: A case study in Linzhi City
March 2025
Landslides result in serious damage to economic and land resources. Automated landslide detection over a wide area for the study and prevention of geohazards is important. Linzhi is located in the southeastern...
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Irshalwadi landslide in Western Ghats of India: Observations from precursory slope movement, rainfall and soil moisture
December 2024
The Western Ghats of India, a UNESCO world heritage site, is gradually becoming a hotspot for catastrophic landslides. On July 19, 2023, the entire Irshalwadi village in the Raigad district of Maharashtra,...
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The Shirur landslide of July 2024 triggered by intense rainfall and unchecked development
June 2025
On the morning of July 16, 2024, a significant landslide occurred in Shirur of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India. The landslide claimed seven lives, leaving one person missing and severely disrupting...
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Flood Risk Assessment of the Kosi River Basin in North Bihar using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and AHP approach
Available online 4 February 2025
Flood is a recurrent destructive natural calamity in the Kosi River Basin (KRB) in north Bihar in India. Geospatial modelling of these recurrent floods becomes imperative for effective disaster management....
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Current understanding and uncertainties associated with climate change and the impact on slope stability: A systematic literature review
Available online 3 February 2025
This study provides a systematic literature review on the current understanding and uncertainties related to climate change and its impact on slope stability, a critical issue in civil engineering and...
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Global impact of urbanization on ecosystems: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis
March 2025
This paper demonstrates a comprehensive assessment of bibliometric analysis of published research on the global impact of urbanization on environmental consequences. Scopus database was used to collect...
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Effects of microplastics on soil physical, chemical and biological properties
March 2025
Pollution from microplastics (MPs) is recognized as a significant new global change factor that may have an impact on ecosystem services and functions. Although it is known that soil ecosystems, especially...
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Heat wave adaptation strategies among informal workers in an urban setting: A study in dhaka city, Bangladesh
Available online 11 January 2025
With the increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves globally, studying the adaptation strategies of informal workers, who constitute a significant and vulnerable segment of Dhaka's urban population,...
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Earthquake-induced landslides susceptibility assessment: A review of the state-of-the-art
September 2022
Earthquake-induced landslides (EQL) can take a heavy toll on people's life and properties, thus attracting extensive attention of the geosciences community. Carrying out earthquake-induced landslide...
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2024 Brazil Floods: Mapping the extent and impacts in Eastern Rio Grande do Sul using geospatial techniques
Available online 22 March 2025
The May 2024 flood event in Porto Alegre, Brazil, marked one of the most severe hydrological disasters in the region’s history. This study provides a high-resolution flood inundation assessment by integrating...
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Tunnelling-induced ground surface settlement: A comprehensive review with particular attention to artificial intelligence technologies
March 2024
Shallow tunnels in urban areas are close to adjacent buildings and municipal pipelines. Ground surface settlement (GSS) due to tunnelling can cause damage to those infrastructures surrounded. Many methods...
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