Impact assessment of climate change and urbanization on the nonstationarity of extreme precipitation: a case study in an urban agglomeration in the middle reaches …

H Liu, L Zou, J Xia, T Chen, F Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme precipitation events exert increasingly profound effects on public health and
ecosystems under climate change and urbanization. In this study, the nonstationarity and …

Community and impact based early warning system for flood risk preparedness: The experience of the Sirba River in Niger

V Tarchiani, G Massazza, M Rosso, M Tiepolo… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Floods have recently become a major hazard in West Africa (WA) in terms of both their
magnitude and frequency. They affect livelihoods, infrastructure and production systems …

Rainwater harvesting techniques to face water scarcity in african drylands: hydrological efficiency assessment

P Tamagnone, L Cea, E Comino, M Rosso - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The sub-Saharan climate is experiencing a marked increase in temperature and
intensification of precipitation intensity and variability. Besides, longer dry spells are …

Flood hazard scenarios of the Sirba River (Niger): Evaluation of the hazard thresholds and flooding areas

G Massazza, P Tamagnone, C Wilcox, E Belcore… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
In Sahelian countries, a vast number of people are still affected every year by flood despite
the efforts to prevent or mitigate these catastrophic events. This phenomenon is exacerbated …

[HTML][HTML] Land Cover Classification from Very High-Resolution UAS Data for Flood Risk Mapping

E Belcore, M Piras, A Pezzoli - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Monitoring the world's areas that are more vulnerable to natural hazards has become crucial
worldwide. In order to reduce disaster risk, effective tools and relevant land cover (LC) data …

Hydrological model application in the Sirba river: Early warning system and GloFAS improvements

G Passerotti, G Massazza, A Pezzoli, V Bigi, E Zsótér… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the last decades, the Sahelian area was hit by an increase of flood events, both in
frequency and in magnitude. In order to prevent damages, an early warning system (EWS) …

Hydrology of the Sirba river: Updating and analysis of discharge time series

P Tamagnone, G Massazza, A Pezzoli, M Rosso - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Sahelian regions are affected by an increasing number of catastrophic floods in recent
years as a consequence of climate and land use/land cover changes. River flow data is key …

Individual perceptions on rainfall variations versus precipitation trends from satellite data: An interdisciplinary approach in two socio-economically and topographically …

A Attoumane, S Dos Santos, M Kacou… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global climate projections show that rising trends in precipitation very probably contribute to
the resurgence of the risk of flooding in African cities. There remain however uncertainties …

[PDF][PDF] Gosgot Angeles, W., Quiñones Huatangari, L., Oliva, M., and Barrena Gurbillón, MÁ (2021). Dry and wet events in andean populations of northern Peru: A case …

J Rascón - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 - academia.edu
Climate change and population growth have heavily impacted the ecosystem's water
resources, essential for anthropogenic activities. These also apply to the Andean city of …

Analysis of past and projected changes in extreme precipitation indices in some watersheds in Côte d'Ivoire

NJMC Amichiatchi, J Hounkpè, GE Soro… - Journal of Water and …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
The purpose of this study is to analyse trends in annual rainfall extremes over five
watersheds within Côte d'Ivoire using observed (1976–2017) and projected (2020–2050) …