Emergency decision making for natural disasters: An overview

L Zhou, X Wu, Z Xu, H Fujita - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2018 - Elsevier
With the increasing trend of global warming, the frequent occurrences of natural disasters
have brought serious challenges to the sustainable development of the society. Therefore …

Multi-risk assessment in mountain regions: A review of modelling approaches for climate change adaptation

S Terzi, S Torresan, S Schneiderbauer, A Critto… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change has already led to a wide range of impacts on our society, the economy and
the environment. According to future scenarios, mountain regions are highly vulnerable to …

Water transfer as a solution to water shortage: a fix that can backfire

A Gohari, S Eslamian, A Mirchi, J Abedi-Koupaei… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Zayandeh-Rud River Basin is one of the most important basins in central Iran, which has
been continually challenged by water stress during the past 60years. Traditionally, a supply …

Synthesis of system dynamics tools for holistic conceptualization of water resources problems

A Mirchi, K Madani, D Watkins, S Ahmad - Water resources management, 2012 - Springer
Out-of-context analysis of water resources systems can result in unsustainable management
strategies. To address this problem, systems thinking seeks to understand interactions …

An agent-based model for risk-based flood incident management

RJ Dawson, R Peppe, M Wang - Natural hazards, 2011 - Springer
Effective flood incident management (FIM) requires successful operation of complex,
interacting human and technological systems. A dynamic agent-based model of FIM …

[图书][B] Managing water resources: methods and tools for a systems approach

SP Simonovic - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
'This book bridges disciplines, previously confined to specialist journal publications, by
providing a comprehensive overview of the systems analysis application to water resources …

Evaluating the impact of demand-side management on water resources under changing climatic conditions and increasing population

S Dawadi, S Ahmad - Journal of environmental management, 2013 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effect of increasing population and changing climatic conditions
on the water resources of a semi-arid region, the Las Vegas Valley (LVV) in southern …

Coastal vulnerability: Evolving concepts in understanding vulnerable people and places

A Bevacqua, D Yu, Y Zhang - Environmental Science & Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Coastal vulnerability is a spatial concept that identifies people and places that are
susceptible to disturbances resulting from coastal hazards. Hazards in the coastal …

Methods for the estimation of loss of life due to floods: a literature review and a proposal for a new method

SN Jonkman, JK Vrijling, A Vrouwenvelder - Natural Hazards, 2008 - Springer
This article deals with methods for the estimation of loss of life due to flooding. These
methods can be used to assess the flood risks and to identify mitigation strategies. The first …

An intelligent decision support system for management of floods

S Ahmad, SP Simonovic - Water resources management, 2006 - Springer
Integrating human knowledge with modeling tools, an intelligent decision support system
(DSS) is developed to assist decision makers during different phases of flood management …