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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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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Simulation and observation of tropical cyclone Sitrang: A comparative study using WRF-ARW model and geostationary satellite imagery
Available online 10 April 2025
Tropical Cyclones pose significant threats to coastal regions, necessitating precise prediction and monitoring for effective disaster management. This study represents a comparative analysis of simulated...
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Investigation of an Unusual Extreme Precipitation Event in the Jaru Biological Reserve, Amazon
Available online 8 April 2025
This study analyzes the seasonality and magnitude of precipitation at three strategically positioned stations near Ji-Paraná in the Brazilian Amazon, aiming to assess the representativeness of data...
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Advances in the study of natural disasters induced by the "23.7" extreme rainfall event in North China
March 2025
The article compiles and summarizes research on the natural disasters triggered by the "23.7" extreme rainfall in North China, utilizing the VOSViewer (Visualization of Similarities viewer) software...
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A Convolutional Neural Network-based approach for automatically detecting rainfall-induced shallow landslides in a data-sparse context
March 2025
Detecting rainfall-induced shallow landslides in data-sparse regions has become increasingly important for effective landslides disaster management. Previous studies have predominantly focused on automated...
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Climate change induced risks assessment of a coastal area: A “socioeconomic and livelihood vulnerability index” based study in coastal Bangladesh
March 2025
While climate change impacts the entire world, the people of Bangladesh bear a disproportionately heavy burden. Situated at the forefront of extreme climatic events such as cyclone, flood, saltwater...
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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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Assessment of seismic potential impacts of an Mw 8.4 hypothetical earthquake in central Nepal province
March 2025
The national capital of Nepal is situated on a lacustrine sediment basin. The country has had major seismic events that have resulted in significant damage to structures, human casualties, and substantial...
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Research on rescue priority based on high spatiotemporal resolution mobile positioning data
March 2025
Estimate the key rescue areas of earthquake accurately, which is of great significance for deploying rescue forces and implementing rescue activities in post-earthquake scientifically.This paper based...
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Distribution laws of landslides and theirs influencing factors in the Qiaojia segment of Jinsha River, China
March 2025
The landslide disaster database is a prerequisite for regional landslide disaster research, and summarizing and analyzing the distribution pattern and influencing factors of landslide disasters is of...
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Performance evaluation and ranking of CMIP6 global climate models over upper blue nile (abbay) basin of Ethiopia
March 2025
The use of Global Climate Models (GCMs) data is the most practical way to conduct studies on climate science. However, performance evaluation and the selection of appropriate GCMs are vital. In this...
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Geospatial intelligence for landslide susceptibility and risk analysis: Insights from NH31A and east Sikkim Himalaya settlements
March 2025
Slope instability is a serious concern in the Sikkim Himalayas. The town and numerous road segments along National Highway 31A were ravaged by multiple landslides that occurred in the nearby region....
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Evaluation of potentially susceptible flooding areas leveraging geospatial technology with multicriteria decision analysis in Edo State, Nigeria
March 2025
Floods have claimed lives and devastated societal and ecological systems. Because of their catastrophic tendency and the financial and fatalities they cause, floods have become more and more significant...
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Exploring GIS-based modeling for assessing social vulnerability to Ganga Riverbank erosion, India
March 2025
Riverside communities along the lower Ganges in India face significant threats like riverbank erosion, floods, and climate change impacts. Despite extensive research on riverbank erosion in the region,...
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Improving social resilience to forest fire from community perspective
March 2025
Recently, terms like social and community resilience have provided new ideas in reducing disaster risks especially in forest fire. However, a comprehensive and in-depth review of community social resilience...
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Atami landslides 2021 Japan: Landfill issues, elderly casualties, key lessons and challenges
March 2025
Landslides are a common problem worldwide, significantly impacting human societies. Japan is particularly susceptible to multiple hazards, including landslides. The Atami landslide in 2021 raised concerns...
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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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Spatial-temporal assessment of soil erosion using the RUSLE model in the upstream Inaouène watershed, Northern Morocco
March 2025
This study aims to assess the risk of soil erosion in two different years (1984 and 2022) to gain insights into the extent of soil loss risk in the study area spatially and temporally. Using the Revised...
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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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Assessment of gully erosion susceptibility using four data-driven models AHP, FR, RF and XGBoosting machine learning algorithms
March 2025
Gully erosion is a significant global threat to socioeconomic and environmental sustainability, making it a widespread natural hazard. Developing spatial models for gully erosion is crucial for local...
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Site response analysis for estimation of seismic site amplification in the city of Durban (South Africa)
March 2025
The city of Durban has previously experienced higher than expected ground motions from large distant earthquakes. It is potentially exposed to significant seismic hazard due to seismic site amplification,...
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Resiliency of Hydraulic Infrastructure Designs in a Climate Hot-Spot at the Intersection of Two Climate Zones
Available online 24 March 2025
Flood damages to hydraulic infrastructure leads to devastating economic losses in the Southeast Texas/Southwest Louisiana region. This area lies at the cusp of the humid southeastern US and the more...
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State, Market, or Community? Exploring Public Perceptions of Disaster Management Strategies
Available online 24 March 2025
Effective disaster management strategies are essential for strengthening community resilience and reducing risks, particularly as climate change intensifies the frequency and severity of natural hazards....
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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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