[HTML][HTML] Improving global food security through accelerated plant breeding

B Lenaerts, BCY Collard, M Demont - Plant Science, 2019 - Elsevier
With an expected 9 billion people by 2050 and average income on the rise in the developing
world, meeting future food demand will be a challenge. Climate change, urbanisation and …

[HTML][HTML] Floods in Pakistan: A state-of-the-art review

HB Waseem, IA Rana - Natural Hazards Research, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

The Pakistan flood of August 2022: causes and implications

JS Nanditha, AP Kushwaha, R Singh, I Malik… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The risk of floods has increased in South Asia due to high vulnerability and exposure. The
August 2022 Pakistan flood shows a glimpse of the enormity and devastation that can further …

A framework for multi-sensor satellite data to evaluate crop production losses: the case study of 2022 Pakistan floods

FM Qamer, S Abbas, B Ahmad, A Hussain, A Salman… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In August 2022, one of the most severe floods in the history of Pakistan was triggered due to
the exceptionally high monsoon rainfall. It has affected~ 33 million people across the …

Assessing farmer use of climate change adaptation practices and impacts on food security and poverty in Pakistan

A Ali, O Erenstein - Climate Risk Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Climate change is set to be particularly disruptive in poor agricultural communities. We
assess the factors influencing farmers' choice of climate change adaptation practices and …

Operational flood mapping using multi-temporal Sentinel-1 SAR images: A case study from Bangladesh

K Uddin, MA Matin, FJ Meyer - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bangladesh is one of the most flood-affected countries in the world. In the last few decades,
flood frequency, intensity, duration, and devastation have increased in Bangladesh …

Flood susceptibility assessment using novel ensemble of hyperpipes and support vector regression algorithms

A Saha, SC Pal, A Arabameri, T Blaschke, S Panahi… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recurrent floods are one of the major global threats among people, particularly in
developing countries like India, as this nation has a tropical monsoon type of climate …

A comparative assessment of flood susceptibility modelling of GIS-based TOPSIS, VIKOR, and EDAS techniques in the Sub-Himalayan foothills region of Eastern India

R Mitra, J Das - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Abstract In the Sub-Himalayan foothills region of eastern India, floods are considered the
most powerful annually occurring natural disaster, which cause severe losses to the socio …

An overview of flood concepts, challenges, and future directions

A Mishra, S Mukherjee, B Merz, VP Singh… - Journal of hydrologic …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
This review provides a broad overview of the current state of flood research, current
challenges, and future directions. Beginning with a discussion of flood-generating …

Natural disasters and population mobility in Bangladesh

CL Gray, V Mueller - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The consequences of environmental change for human migration have gained increasing
attention in the context of climate change and recent large-scale natural disasters, but as yet …