In disaster risk management (DRM), an emerging shift has been noted from broad‐scale, top‐
down assessments toward more participatory, community‐based, bottom‐up approaches …

A wide variety of processes controls the time of occurrence, duration, extent, and severity of
river floods. Classifying flood events by their causative processes may assist in enhancing …

River floods frequently occur when tropical cyclones hit land. Nonetheless, systematic, long-
term discharge data remain rather scarce in many tropical countries, which prevent proper …

Abstract The lower Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh and Northeast India often floods
during the monsoon season, with catastrophic consequences for people throughout the …

Tropical and subtropical forests cover only 7% of the Earth's land surface. Yet, they host
nearly half of global tree density with a high species number (∼ 40,000 species), store up to …

River flooding is among the most destructive of natural hazards globally, causing
widespread loss of life, damage to infrastructure and economic deprivation. Societies are …

Rivers are the great shapers of terrestrial landscapes. Very few points on Earth above sea
level do not lie within a drainage basin. Even points distant from the nearest channel are …

Tropical regions are frequently affected by intense floods causing substantial human and
economic losses. A proper management of floods and the prevention of disasters is …

Process‐based river restoration seeks to restore processes such as channel‐floodplain
connectivity that create and maintain river corridor functions. Process‐based restoration can …

Abstract The Spanish Mediterranean river basin provides a good background for studying
floods from documentary and bibliographical sources within the specialty of historical …