On the exploitation of remote sensing technologies for the monitoring of coastal and river delta regions

Q Zhao, J Pan, AT Devlin, M Tang, C Yao… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing technologies are extensively applied to prevent, monitor, and forecast
hazardous risk conditions in the present-day global climate change era. This paper presents …

Vulnerability assessments of coastal river deltas-categorization and review

ML Wolters, C Kuenzer - Journal of Coastal Conservation, 2015 - Springer
Coastal river deltas are densely populated areas and hotspots of vulnerability. The delta's
ecological, social, and economic components are vulnerable to a wide variety of natural and …

Comparative analysis of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making methods for flood disaster risk in the Yangtze River Delta

R Sun, Z Gong, G Gao, AA Shah - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, floods are occurring frequently around the world, and the Yangtze River Delta in
China is one of the most vulnerable areas. This study used the Yangtze River Delta as the …

Vulnerability and risk of deltaic social-ecological systems exposed to multiple hazards

M Hagenlocher, FG Renaud, S Haas… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Coastal river deltas are hotspots of global change impacts. Sustainable delta futures are
increasingly threatened due to rising hazard exposure combined with high vulnerabilities of …

Risk assessment of precipitation and the tourism climate index

HGT Olya, H Alipour - Tourism Management, 2015 - Elsevier
This study proposes a mathematical approach to a risk analysis of potential changes in the
tourism climate nexus. The Information Diffusion Model (IDM) and Geographical Information …

The risk impacts of global natural and technological disasters

G Shen, L Zhou, X Xue, Y Zhou - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
This research develops an expected risk model and estimates risk impacts of single or
multiple disasters in terms of human fatality, injury, affected, and economic damage for …

District-wise multi-hazard zoning of Bangladesh

U Barua, MS Akhter, MA Ansary - Natural Hazards, 2016 - Springer
Bangladesh is stated as one of the most natural disaster-prone countries in the world. The
geographical setting of the country makes it vulnerable to natural hazards. Among different …

Building resilience in Asian mega-deltas

FKS Chan, A Paszkowski, Z Wang, X Lu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
The five Asian mega-deltas (the Yangtze, the Pearl, the Chao Phraya, the Mekong and the
Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna deltas) are home to approximately 80% of the global deltaic …

The amplification effect of unreasonable human behaviours on natural disasters

J Fan, B Liu, X Ming, Y Sun, L Qin - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural disasters occur when environmental systems have a disruptive effect on the socio-
economic system. In recent years, particular unreasonable human behaviours have …

Cascading hazards of a major Bengal basin earthquake and abrupt avulsion of the Ganges River

EL Chamberlain, SL Goodbred, MS Steckler… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Earthquakes present severe hazards for people and economies and can be primary drivers
of landscape change yet their impact to river-channel networks remains poorly known. Here …