Understanding an urbanizing planet: Strategic directions for remote sensing

Z Zhu, Y Zhou, KC Seto, EC Stokes, C Deng… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scientific contributions from remote sensing over the last fifty years have significantly
advanced our understanding of urban areas. Key contributions of urban remote sensing …

Global trends in satellite-based emergency map**

S Voigt, F Giulio-Tonolo, J Lyons, J Kučera, B Jones… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Over the past 15 years, scientists and disaster responders have increasingly used satellite-
based Earth observations for global rapid assessment of disaster situations. We review …

Energy security and environmental sustainability index of South Asian countries: A composite index approach

SAA Shah, P Zhou, GD Walasai, M Mohsin - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
The concept of energy security has received significant attention in studies. However, most
of the studies often ignored to integrate environmental aspect in the energy security …

[PDF][PDF] Human security

WN Adger, JM Pulhin, J Barnett, GD Dabelko… - 2014 - ore.exeter.ac.uk
Human security will be progressively threatened as the climate changes (robust evidence,
high agreement). Human insecurity almost never has single causes, but instead emerges …

[HTML][HTML] Flood susceptibility map** contributes to disaster risk reduction: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan

SA Shah, S Ai - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2024 - Elsevier
Floods are a widespread and damaging natural phenomenon that causes harm to human
lives, resources, property and has agricultural, eco-environmental, and economic impacts …

Flood hazards and factors influencing household flood perception and mitigation strategies in Pakistan

D Ahmad, M Afzal - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020 - Springer
Pakistan is ranked among the most climate change adversely affected countries of the world
due to facing higher frequency of extreme natural hazards events as floods, drought, and …

GIS-based multi-criteria approach for flood vulnerability assessment and map** in district Shangla: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

M Hussain, M Tayyab, J Zhang, AA Shah, K Ullah… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Floods are considered one of the world's most overwhelming hydro meteorological
disasters, which cause tremendous environmental and socioeconomic damages in a …

Floodplain map** using HEC-RAS and ArcGIS: a case study of Kabul River

MS Khattak, F Anwar, TU Saeed, M Sharif… - Arabian Journal for …, 2016 - Springer
This paper describes the application of HEC-RAS model to the development of floodplain
maps for the part of Kabul river that lies in Pakistan. The intent is to assist policy makers and …

Determinants of flood risk mitigation strategies at household level: a case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Pakistan

AA Shah, J Ye, M Abid, R Ullah - Natural hazards, 2017 - Springer
Pakistan is one of the most adversely affected countries by climate-related extreme events
such as floods owing to its geographical and climatic conditions. Over the last two decades …

The Indus basin in the framework of current and future water resources management

AN Laghari, D Vanham, W Rauch - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
The Indus basin is one of the regions in the world that is faced with major challenges for its
water sector, due to population growth, rapid urbanisation and industrialisation …