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...
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,...
Early warning systems in climate risk management: Roles and implementations in eradicating barriers and overcoming challenges
September 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,...
Analysis of the compound disaster caused by extreme rainfall and landslides in Sumatra, Indonesia in 2025 and its implications for disaster prevention and mitigation
June 2026
This study investigates the extreme rainfall–landslide–flood disaster chain in November 2025 on Sumatra Island, Indonesia. The event caused significant casualties and infrastructure damage, exposing...
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...
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...
Preliminary analysis of the July 30, 2024, Wayanad landslide disaster in India: Causes and impacts
December 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...
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
September 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...
The Dharali catastrophic disaster of 05th August 2025: A wake-up Call from the Kheer Ganga, NW Himalaya
June 2026
The North-western (NW) Himalaya is highly vulnerable to climate-driven hazards, where glacial retreat, unstable slopes, and extreme rainfall exacerbate disaster risks. On August 5, 2025, a catastrophic...
When Artificial Intelligence Meets Cultural Knowledge: Forecasting Storm Surge Risks, Predicting Disaster Preparedness, and Building Resilient Coastal Communities in the Philippines
Available online 21 February 2026
This study assesses immediate storm surge impacts and community responses to Supertyphoon Pepito in Bicol, Philippines, and provides a comprehensive mixed-method analysis of storm surge risk and disaster...
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...
Current understanding and uncertainties associated with climate change and the impact on slope stability: A systematic literature review
September 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...
Systemically important supply chains in crisis: Mapping disruptions and global ripple effects
June 2026
This study explores the causes and effects of disruptions in systemically important supply chains (SISCs) using an integrated approach that combines Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and Systems...
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...
Unraveling the causes and impacts of increasing flood disasters in the kathmandu valley: Lessons from the unprecedented September 2024 floods
December 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...
Disastrous landslide events in the Sikkim Himalaya triggered by extreme early-monsoonal rainfall during May–June 2025
June 2026
Sikkim is a hotspot of landslides, particularly along the cut slopes of the road corridors. Recently from the 28th May to 4th June 2025, Sikkim witnessed an extreme rainfall event, which triggered shallow-to-deep-seated...
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...
Heat wave adaptation strategies among informal workers in an urban setting: A study in dhaka city, Bangladesh
September 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,...
Spatial assessment of coastal erosion vulnerability: Natural and anthropogenic factors in Chattogram, Bangladesh
March 2026
Bangladesh's coast, one of the world's most vulnerable, faces recurring natural disasters that cause significant casualties and damage. With rising sea levels and coastal hazards, assessing erosion...
Multiscale Comparison of Regional Rainfall-Induced Landslide Predictive Models: The Example of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
Available online 1 April 2026
Severe storms can trigger hundreds to thousands of landslides in mountainous regions, yet predicting rainfall-induced landslides across spatial scales remains challenging. Most existing hazard models...
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...
Floods in Ethiopia: A Review
Available online 22 December 2025
Flooding in Ethiopia is projected to intensify under climate change, yet progress in climate adaptation and disaster risk management remains limited. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview...
Flood risk assessment of the Kosi River Basin in North Bihar using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and AHP approach
September 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....
Leveraging Social Media Data for Disaster Management in the Era of Large Language Models
Available online 27 March 2026
In the event of crises, social media provides comprehensive situational knowledge that can facilitate disaster management and response. However, extracting meaningful insights from social media data...
Trends and advancements in disaster preparedness research: A global bibliometric analysis (1951–2024)
Available online 19 December 2025
Preparedness is a core concept in disaster research, encompassing proactive actions and strategies to enhance an individual's, community's, or organization's ability to respond to and recover from a...