Hydrological Pathways Linking Vegetation to Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslides: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Available online 17 October 2026
Vegetation influences rainfall-induced shallow landslides through coupled hydrological and mechanical processes, yet evidence linking vegetation-regulated hydrological pathways to slope stability remains...
Interpretable Machine Learning for Regional-Scale Landslide Susceptibility Modeling in Central Vietnam
Available online 17 October 2026
Landslides are among the most destructive natural hazards in the mountainous regions of Central Vietnam, causing substantial losses to human life, infrastructure, and socioeconomic development. Accurate...
Groundwater rebound and renewed contact with existing underground space in Beijing
Available online 16 October 2026
Groundwater recovery can bring existing underground structures into contact with a water table depressed during urban development. We examine the timing and spatial variation of this contact in Bei...
Propagation of drought to groundwater in natural aquifers of Southern Spain: a multi–case study analysis
Available online 13 October 2026
Groundwater drought is an increasing hydrological hazard in Mediterranean regions, but its assessment is often limited by sparse and discontinuous piezometric records. This study analyses climate-driven...
Advances in Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) Risk Assessment: From Physical Processes to Physical–Social Coupling
Available online 12 October 2026
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most severe cryospheric hazards in high-mountain regions, making robust risk assessment essential for disaster risk reduction. This review synthesizes...
Paleotempestological record from an arid coastal desert: multi-proxy evidence for marine storms, aeolian pulses, and flash floods in the lower Drâa Valley, Moroccan Sahara, over the last century.
Available online 9 October 2026
Understanding the past variability of extreme events is essential for assessing their evolution in the context of the ongoing climate change. This study aims to distinguish types of extreme-event deposits...
A cloud-based geospatial machine learning framework for real-time 1 km hourly precipitation downscaling in complex terrains
Available online 5 October 2026
Accurate high-resolution precipitation information is essential for flash-flood and landslide early warning in mountainous regions, yet reliable quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) remains challenging...
Explainable Machine Learning-Based Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment and Upazila-Level Intervention Prioritization in the Chattogram Region, Bangladesh
Available online 1 October 2026
The increasing occurrence of natural hazards, either individually or in combination, has intensified disaster risk worldwide, with the Chattogram Region of Bangladesh representing a prominent multi-hazard...
Equity-sensitive utility planning for post-earthquake shelter sanitation under incomplete capacity evidence
Available online 1 October 2026
Post-earthquake sanitation is an urban utility-continuity problem because water, waste handling, deployable equipment, and safe access jointly determine whether toilets can serve shelter occupants....
Scenario-based risk assessment of interrelating geomorphic multi-hazards - the critical road infrastructure of the Brenner Corridor
Available online 30 September 2026
Multi-hazard interrelations can amplify impacts on critical road infrastructure, yet their assessment remains challenging because hazard processes differ in spatial footprint, timing, relations and...
Secondary Hazard Effect of Near-Earth Asteroid Impacts on Earth: A Review of Research Progress
Available online 17 September 2026
Near-Earth asteroid (NEA) impacts represent low-probability yet catastrophic events characterized by immediate devastation and long-term environmental perturbations. This paper provides a systematic...
Compound marine and pluvial extremes around Anatolia: dependence structure, storm signatures and joint return periods in four semi-enclosed basins
Available online 17 September 2026
Marine and pluvial flood drivers are usually analysed separately along the Turkish coast, yet the storms that raise offshore waves are often the same systems that deliver heavy rain. This study quantifies...
Summer shakes and winter loading: Seasonal earthquake occurrences along the Arabian Gulf
Available online 12 September 2026
This study investigates the possible seasonal modulation of large earthquakes (Mw ≥ 6.0) in the Arabian Gulf and Zagros fold-and-thrust belt by atmospheric and terrestrial water storage (TWS) loading....
Integrating high-resolution geoinformation with local knowledge enhances flood risk assessment: A case study from rural Niger
Available online 5 September 2026
Most flood risk assessments in rural areas of Low- and Middle-Income Countries rely on outdated, coarse-resolution geoinformation. Participation from exposed communities remains rare, and risk reduction...
Flood Risk Management in River Basin Communities: An Integrated Flood Governance Analytical Framework
Available online 2 September 2026
The intensity and frequency of floods are rising in Nepal, and river basin communities are under direct threat of flooding. National and local governments are adopting different measures to mitigate...
Assessing the residual stability of the cohesive-frictional slopes following high-speed railway loading
Available online 25 August 2026
This study investigates the dynamic response of compound slopes under train-induced dynamic loading and evaluates their residual stability following train passage using three-dimensional finite element...
Intertidal geomorphological characterization using remote sensing techniques to support navigation in areas of high sedimentary variability
Available online 23 August 2026
Archipelagos close to the mainland exhibit complex coastal dynamics, with intertidal zones undergoing constant changes due to hydrodynamic processes. The lack of up-to-date nautical charts and detailed...
Integrating Physical Drought Indices and Social Vulnerability for Drought Risk Mapping in the White Volta Basin of Ghana
Available online 13 August 2026
Drought is a recurring climate hazard that affects agricultural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite this, a thorough analysis of risk that incorporates physical hazard and social vulnerability...
Estimating the spatial distribution of extreme precipitation return levels in Central Java, Indonesia, using a satellite-derived product
Available online 11 August 2026
Modeling extreme precipitation in tropical regions is challenging due to the limited distribution of rain gauge stations and complex atmospheric dynamics. This study proposes methods to estimate the...
Standardized Visualization of Probabilistic Seismic Landslide Hazards: Technical Interpretation of Thematic Mapping Specifications
Available online 10 August 2026
Earthquake-induced landslides are among the most destructive secondary hazards associated with strong earthquakes, often causing transportation disruption, river blockage, landslide-dammed lakes, and...
Toward Seasonal Wildfire Early Warning: Deep Learning-Based Forecasting of Active Fire Hotspots Using NDMI Time Series
Available online 10 August 2026
Forest and vegetation fires are recurring environmental challenges in northern Thailand, contributing to seasonal haze, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution, and wildfire-management difficulties....
From Susceptibility Ranking to Probabilistic Hazard Quantification: Technical Framework and Application of the Group Standard for Seismic Landslide Probabilistic Hazard Evaluation
Available online 7 August 2026
Seismic landslides are among the most widespread and damaging secondary hazards triggered by strong earthquakes, and their probabilistic assessment is essential for earthquake disaster-chain risk reduction,...
Statistical Frequency Analysis of Extreme Rainfall and Development of Intensity–Duration–Frequency Curves Using Chirps Satellite Data
Available online 5 August 2026
Urban flash flooding is a major challenge in cities because of its climate and its frequent urbanizing of land, being converted to impervious surfaces supporting surface runoff and drainage overflow....
A calibrated spatio-temporal machine learning model for tropical peatland fire risk
Available online 29 July 2026
Tropical peatland fires are complex environmental hazards with significant impacts. However, existing fire risk approaches, including empirical drought-fire indices and machine learning models that...
Standardizing Seismic Landslide Inventory Mapping: Technical Specifications and Cartographic Framework
Available online 28 July 2026
Seismic landslides are one of the most devastating secondary hazards triggered by earthquakes, often leading to casualties and economic losses comparable to those caused by the primary shock. They pose...