Between 1970 and 2021, the number of people living in cities increased from 1.19 billion to
4.46 billion, while the Earth's surface temperature climbed by 1.19 degrees Celsius above its …

Abstract Study Region Licungo basin (Mozambique) Study Focus The Licungo basin
(23,263 km 2) suffers frequent severe flooding due to tropical storms, in a country that is …

In coming decades, Africa's urban populations will expand, and the effects of climate change
be more keenly felt. Land policies and institutions will be key for urban dwellers to be able …

Floods can have a significant impact on the economy, making it crucial for governments to
implement policies that improve risk management and reduce the impact of such events …

Assessing social vulnerability to floods (SVF) is a crucial component of integrated flood risk
management, especially in flood-prone regions such as Metro Manila in the Philippines …

Abstract The Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR), located in the Chao Phraya River basin
delta, is particularly vulnerable to floods, with susceptibility heightened by geographical …

Worldwide, flood risk is on the rise. Simultaneously, the UNDRR fears that humanity's risk
perception is broken. Low-intensity, high-frequency extensive floods are cumulatively the …

Vulnerability is one of the most important drivers of risk, and efforts in reducing vulnerability
have been shown to be an essential strategy for disaster risk reduction (DRR). However, for …

The emerging threats of climate change and their impacts on cities and residents are
increasingly highlighting the need to assess whether countries are adequately prepared for …

The impacts of natural disasters are often disproportionally borne by poor or otherwise
marginalized groups. However, while disaster risk modelling studies have made progress in …