Explainable machine learning for the prediction and assessment of complex drought impacts

B Zhang, FKA Salem, MJ Hayes, KH Smith… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought is a common and costly natural disaster with broad social, economic, and
environmental impacts. Machine learning (ML) has been widely applied in scientific …

[HTML][HTML] Empowering Scenario Planning with Artificial Intelligence: A Perspective on Building Smart and Resilient Cities

H Hao, Y Wang, J Chen - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Scenario planning is a powerful tool for cities to navigate uncertainties and mitigate the
impacts of adverse scenarios by projecting future outcomes based on present-day …

[HTML][HTML] Explainable artificial intelligence in disaster risk management: Achievements and prospective futures

S Ghaffarian, FR Taghikhah, HR Maier - International Journal of Disaster …, 2023 - Elsevier
Disasters can have devastating impacts on communities and economies, underscoring the
urgent need for effective strategic disaster risk management (DRM). Although Artificial …

Revealing disaster dynamics and disparities in urban facility accessibility using an improved utilization-based metric

R Wang, Y Wang, N Li - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Quantifying socio-spatial disparities in accessibility to urban facilities is a crucial step toward
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of universal access to these facilities …

[PDF][PDF] The Importance of a Comprehensive Disaster Preparedness Strategy Focused on the Interplay of Individual and Community Elements: An Exploratory Study.

T Takemoto, S Ishihara, A Suzuki… - SocioEconomic …, 2024 - researchmap.jp
This study is dedicated to identifying and understanding regional vulnerabilities within
countries, focusing particularly on those susceptible to frequent and devastating disasters …

Aging in climate change: Unpacking residential mobility and changes of social determinants of health in southern United States

S Gao, Y Wang - Health & Place, 2024 - Elsevier
The southern coastal states of the United States are susceptible to extreme weather and
climate events. With growing move-in and-out older populations in the region, health …

Unveiling multifaceted resilience: A heterogeneous graph neural network approach for analyzing locale recovery patterns

J Du, X Ye, X Huang, Y Qiang… - … and Planning B: Urban …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Resilience, denoting the capacity to swiftly recover to a state of normalcy subsequent to the
occurrence of a disaster, constitutes a multifaceted phenomenon necessitating in-depth …

Assessing Catchment Vulnerability of Community-Based Small Businesses to Coastal Hazards: Spatial and Sectoral Disparities

Z Guo, Y Wang, M Watson - Natural Hazards Review, 2025 - ascelibrary.org
Climatic changes pose significant risks to the demand stability of coastal community-based
small businesses (CSBs) due to the inherent vulnerability of their catchment areas. Given …

A Deep Learning Representation of Spatial Interaction Model for Resilient Spatial Planning of Community Business Clusters

H Hao, Y Wang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.04849, 2024 - arxiv.org
Existing Spatial Interaction Models (SIMs) are limited in capturing the complex and context-
aware interactions between business clusters and trade areas. To address the limitation, we …

Data-driven multi-scale risk analytics and communication for weather extreme response and climate adaptation

S Gao - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Communities in the southern coastal United States are facing increasing threats from
extreme weather and climate events (EWCEs). These events can cause physical damage to …