Landslide detection based on deep learning and remote sensing imagery: A case study in Linzhi City
Available online 4 July 2024
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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Assessment of shoreline changes and associated erosion and accretion pattern in coastal watersheds of Tamil Nadu, India
June 2024
The coastal region is not a constant and depends on several physical elements. Analogous to the world trend, the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu are encountering sea level rise and associated shoreline...
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Forest fire estimation and risk prediction using multispectral satellite images: Case study
June 2024
Forest fires are increasing in terms of number, size, and extent which have a growing influence on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The economy and ecology of Northeast India...
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Applicability of Indigenous knowledge and methods in flood risk management in a nigerian city
June 2024
The incidence of flooding is set to rise due to climate impacts in the coming years. Nigeria is one of the countries increasingly experiencing flooding. Its urban areas are expected to suffer more from...
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Multicriteria assessment of the response capability of urban emergency shelters: A case study in Beijing
June 2024
Urban emergency shelters are pivotal for safety, with effective evaluation criteria enabling decision-makers to identify strengths and weaknesses, facilitating targeted enhancements. This study aims...
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Poverty induced artisanal mining impact on municipal water utilities; the case of kpapi river in Minna, Nigeria
June 2024
That unemployment, poverty, artisanal mining, and community vulnerability are interwoven is re-emphasizing the reality of life. This study assesses the effect of artisanal mining activities on River...
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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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Riverbank Erosion and vulnerability – A study on the char dwellers of Assam, India
June 2024
The paper tries to analyze the impacts of erosion on the livelihood and vulnerability statusof the char dwellers of Assam, India. The study employs both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, choosing...
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Multivariate spatial regressions help explain wildfire hot spot intensities in Washington, USA
June 2024
Wildfires have become increasingly prevalent in the western United States, posing threats to human communities and the built environment. This study builds upon previous research by investigating the...
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A comparative study on data mining models for weather forecasting: A case study on Chittagong, Bangladesh
June 2024
The primary focus of this study is to analyze and predict the patterns of this essential feature of the natural world. This study analyses and predicts the daily weather patterns of a specific urban...
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Assessment of Rainfall Variability over Karnataka state in India
June 2024
Karnataka state situated in the southern part of India is surrounded by a long coast line and western ghat mountain regions on the western side. The rainfall distribution shows a large variability in...
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Flood Inundation mapping and mitigation options in data-scarce region of Beledwayne town in the Wabi Shebele River Basin of Somalia
June 2024
Somalia has experienced extreme flash floods in recent years across the arid regions causing tremendous loss of lives and properties. However, the flood magnitude, depth, and frequency of occurrence...
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A review of regional variations in vulnerability to infectious diseases and policy implications for climate change and health
June 2024
Climate change can affect the frequency and intensity of infectious diseases worldwide, which may further aggravate disparities in the health and disease burden. Apart from the known risk factors, the...
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Flood susceptibility modeling using geo-morphometric ranking approach in Jhelum River basin, Pakistan
June 2024
This study is modeling flood susceptibility in Jhelum River Basin by employing Geo-Morphometric ranking approach. The study area is located in the Monsoon region and exposed to heavy rainfall events....
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Prediction of surface deformation induced by mining thin coal seam: A case study of Guanshan coalfield in Sichuan
June 2024
The problem of surface deformation caused by coal mining is acute and usually lasts for a long time. During coal mining, the movement of the overlying strata has a broad range of influences, which may...
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Atami landslides 2021 Japan: Landfill issues, elderly casualties, key lessons and challenges
Available online 27 June 2024
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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Disaster, risk and crises in tourism and hospitality field: A pathway toward tourism and hospitality management framework for resilience and recovery process
Available online 19 June 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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The role of large language models (AI chatbots) in fire engineering: An examination of technical questions against domain knowledge
Available online 18 June 2024
This communication presents a short review of chatbot technology and preliminary findings from comparing two recent chatbots, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, in the context of fire engineering by...
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Climate change induced risks assessment of a coastal area: A “socioeconomic and livelihood vulnerability index” based study in coastal Bangladesh
Available online 15 June 2024
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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Performance evaluation and ranking of CMIP6 global climate models over upper blue nile (abbay) basin of Ethiopia
Available online 14 June 2024
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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Distribution laws of landslides and theirs influencing factors in the Qiaojia segment of Jinsha River, China
Available online 8 June 2024
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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Cultural adaptation in the era of climate change: An ethnographic study on the resilience of indigenous people at Chittagong Hill Tracts area in Bangladesh
Available online 28 May 2024
Climate change has gained global recognition as one of the most urgent challenges in recent decades. Many indigenous people attempt to overcome great challenges in their lives by adhering to their cultural...
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Assessment of gully erosion susceptibility using four data-driven models AHP, FR, RF and XGBoosting machine learning algorithms
Available online 28 May 2024
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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The aspects of food security and subsistence systems of climate-induced Hazards affected coastal people in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
Available online 25 April 2024
Climate change-induced hazards and environmental change pose great threats and vulnerabilities to the livelihoods and food security of forest-dependent coastal people in Bangladesh. Moreover, the recent...
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