A Multiphase Flow Transformation Model for Analysing Debris Flow Dynamics
Available online 4 July 2026
Numerical modelling is essential for understanding landslide flow, as it can simulate a range of scenarios. Yet most models use single or two phase systems that include only solids and pore fluids,...
Comprehensive Review of Atmospheric and Environmental Disturbances Affecting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Available online 3 July 2026
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed in complex and dynamic environments where environmental disturbances play a critical role in determining flight safety, performance and mission...
Predictive modeling of InSAR-based land subsidence susceptibility via ANFIS: Application to the Isfahan-Borkhar plain
Available online 3 July 2026
Land subsidence, as an environmental hazard, has caused significant damage to infrastructure, facilities, and historical sites. As we approach the depletion of aquifers due to excessive groundwater...
Enhancing Flood Resilience through Multi-Agent Systems and Operational Research Models: Evidence from Kerala Flooding
Available online 1 July 2026
Flooding remains one of the most disruptive natural hazards for communities, infrastructure, and public services, especially where emergency response must be organised under uncertainty and resource...
Numerical and spatial assessment of coastal vegetation and topographic elevation for tsunami mitigation in southern Java
June 2026
This study presents a numerical and spatial assessment of tsunami mitigation strategies using CADMAS-SURF 2D and ArcGIS. Two scenarios are evaluated: coastal vegetation belts and topographic elevation...
From landslides to debris floods: Understanding cascading hazard mechanisms in the Nyamwamba catchment, Mt. Rwenzori, Uganda
June 2026
Inaccessible regions in upstream areas of mountainous catchments are often exposed to hazards that can trigger subsequent events in more accessible downstream areas. However, the mechanisms underlying...
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...
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...
Deterministic broadband ground motions for the 1905 Kangra earthquake using multiscale source model
June 2026
The 1905 Mw 7.8 Kangra earthquake was a catastrophic event in Himalayan history, which caused widespread destruction in the near-fault region. This great historical earthquake remains inadequately understood...
A dynamic cartographic tool suite for coastal flooding vulnerability assessment
June 2026
In this article we propose a generic cartographic toolkit for vulnerability assessment to hazard based on multi-criteria analysis, enabling the most vulnerable areas to be accurately mapped. To achieve...
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...
Estimation of ground motion characteristics of the September 08, 2023 Morocco earthquake
June 2026
The Mw 6.8 Morocco earthquake of September 8, 2023 was the country's most destructive seismic event in the last six decades, causing widespread devastation and over 3000 casualties across the High Atlas...
Geospatial system for wildfire monitoring and prediction using aerospace data
June 2026
A unified wildfire early-warning system is assessed, linking Machine Learning (ML) detection with an observation-updated Cellular Automata (CA) spread model, relying only on data available at the time...
Advances in atmospheric, oceanic, and coupled models for meteorological forecasting
June 2026
Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) has evolved from atmospheric-only formulations to comprehensive Earth System Models (ESMs), driven by advances in model resolution, physical realism, and computational...
From ethical dilemmas to ethical cascading failure in disaster evacuation planning
June 2026
Traditional disaster evacuation planning has long emphasised efficiency, typically by minimising evacuation time or cost. With increasing attention to equity and social sustainability, new conflicts...
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...
Beyond the evacuation zone: Agricultural passes and the wildfire crisis in California
June 2026
This study evaluates the Agricultural Pass (Ag Pass) program through a framework linking preparedness infrastructure, adaptive governance, and social capital to agricultural resilience during wildfire...
Deep transfer learning: new approach for predicting seismic vulnerability
June 2026
Seismic areas known for the catastrophic impact in both human and material loss, are considered as areas where identifying and predicting vulnerability is challenging specially when data is unavailable...
A practical framework for rapid earthquake damage estimation through multi-vehicle coordination and inter-agency collaboration: Integration of genetic algorithms and RGB image analysis
June 2026
Rapid and accurate assessment of building damage following large-scale earthquakes is essential for effective emergency response. This study proposes a practical framework that integrates camera-equipped...
Using deep learning to create an enhanced basemap from RGB satellite images for urban planning
June 2026
Precise segmentation of high-resolution satellite imagery is critical for a wide range of geospatial applications, including urban planning, environmental monitoring, and renewable energy infrastructure...
A holistic geospatial framework for assessing disaster resilience in coastal Bangladesh
June 2026
Coastal regions, while highly productive, are increasingly subjected to complex and interacting natural and anthropogenic stressors. For sustainable developement of these dynamic environments, systematic...
Does ENSO-driven climate variability increase coastal flooding? Insights from the Brebes coastal area, Indonesia
June 2026
Coastal flooding remains a major challenge in Brebes, Central Java, where aquaculture and low-lying settlements are highly exposed to sea-level variability. While tides and land subsidence are recognized...
Long-Term Offending Patterns in Christchurch City Following the 2010–11 Earthquakes: Evidence by Income, Age, and Gender
Available online 20 June 2026
•Christchurch earthquakes altered offending probabilities for a decade.•Combines Dynamic Difference-in-Differences and multinomial logistic regression models.•Links offender records and Inland Revenue...
A hybrid SAINT–NGBoost approach for stability assessment of cantilever flood walls in anisotropic clay
Available online 18 June 2026
This study develops a hybrid machine-learning framework for predicting the normalized factor of safety, FS*, of cantilever flood walls embedded in anisotropic undrained shear (AUS) clay. A numerical...
Psychological preparedness and risk perception for predicting earthquake preparedness behavior among university students in Nepal
Available online 18 June 2026
Understanding the drivers of earthquake preparedness behavior remains a critical challenge, particularly in contexts where awareness of earthquake risk is relatively high. This study examines the relative...