There is increasing evidence that anthropogenic climate change and socioeconomic
development are altering the dynamics of extreme wildfire events, leading to increasing …

In Europe increasing flood risks challenge societies to diversify their Flood Risk
Management Strategies (FRMSs). Such a diversification implies that actors not only focus on …

Land-use planning (LUP), an instrument of land governance, is often employed to protect
land and humans against natural and human-induced hazards, strengthen the resilience of …

The current wildfire policies in European Union countries have not solved the wildfire
problem and probably will not be effective in the future, as all the initiatives focus on …

Dealing with flood hazard and risk requires approaches rooted in both natural and social
sciences, which provided the nexus for the ongoing debate on socio-hydrology. Various …

In the framework of flood risk assessment, vulnerability is a key concept to assess the
susceptibility of elements at risk. Besides the increasing amount of studies on flash floods …

The management of large-scale disasters in urban agglomerations often reveals fragmented
governance structures. Accordingly, recent debates in the field of disaster risk management …

Vulnerability assessment implies a quantitative evaluation of the individual vulnerability
components such as elements at risk, their physical exposure and social characteristics …

The incorporation of Industry 4.0 has integrated various innovations into fire safety
management, thus changing the mode of identifying, assessing, and controlling fire risks …

Disaster response actors are facing new challenges, which encompass not only new and
ever more complex threats but also the need to collaborate across organizational …