This paper presents an overview on the risk assessment approaches for inundation of metro
systems based on regional flood risk assessment methods. Detailed summarization is …

Water and mud inrush is one of the most important geohazards in underground engineering.
The paper presents a state-of-the-art review of the current understanding of this type of …

Background Better knowledge of the epidemiological characteristics of snakebites could
help to take measures to improve their management. The incidence and mortality of …

As an extreme manifestation of environmental degradation, karst rock desertification is
caused by soil loss and rock exposure. In some areas with serious rocky desertification …

Urban subsurface monitoring requires high temporal‐spatial resolution, low maintenance
cost, and minimal intrusion to nearby life. Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), in contrast to …

Assessing landslide susceptibility and predicting the possibility of landslide event is the
foundation and prerequisite for emergency response and management of landslide disaster …

Sedimentary rocks are the dominant rock type found on the Earth's surface, and they are
highly susceptible to influence by human activities. In recent years, a number of plastic-rock …

Due to the impacts of global warming, extreme precipitation events are increasing in
frequency and are accelerating the process of rocky desertification in the karst area in …

Due to a lack of awareness of environmental protection at the beginning of tunnel
excavation and the unique ecological vulnerability of karst areas, tunnel excavation is …

The Anthropocene is a major new concept in the Earth sciences and this book examines the
effects on geomorphology within this period. Drawing examples from many different global …