Flood risk-related research trends in Latin America and the Caribbean

J Pinos, A Quesada-Román - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), like many other regions in the world, are areas that
are prone to hydrometeorological disasters, which threaten livelihoods and cause economic …

Risk assessment and management of rainfall-induced landslides in tropical regions: A review

MP Amarasinghe, SAS Kulathilaka, DJ Robert, A Zhou… - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
Excessive rainfall is considered the major landslide triggering mechanism, especially in
tropical climate regions. During rainfall, water infiltrates into the subsurface; reducing the …

[HTML][HTML] Flood susceptibility zonation using advanced ensemble machine learning models within Himalayan foreland basin

S Ghosh, S Saha, B Bera - Natural Hazards Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Floods are considered as one of nature's most destructive fluvio-hydrological extremes
because of the massive damage to agricultural land, roads and buildings and human …

Flood risk index development at the municipal level in Costa Rica: A methodological framework

A Quesada-Román - Environmental Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Floods constitute one of the most damaging natural hazards in the world. Seasonal and
extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger different types of floods in Costa Rica. An integrated …

[HTML][HTML] Improving regional flood risk assessment using flood frequency and dendrogeomorphic analyses in mountain catchments impacted by tropical cyclones

A Quesada-Román, JA Ballesteros-Cánovas… - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Flood risk perception and its attributes among rural households under develo** country conditions: the case of Pakistan

AA Shah, C Ajiang, NA Khan, BA Alotaibi, MAUR Tariq - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Managing and communicating flood risks necessitates a strong understanding of how
people perceive risk. It has become critical to examine risk perception to implement effective …

Low-cost UAV applications in dynamic tropical volcanic landforms

S Granados-Bolaños, A Quesada-Román… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent and growing development and availability of unmanned aerial vehicles/systems
(UAV, UAS, or “drones”) in volcanology has promoted a significant advance in volcanic …

Landslide risk index map at the municipal scale for Costa Rica

A Quesada-Román - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2021 - Elsevier
Landslides are a common natural hazard worldwide with greater socioeconomic impacts in
develo** and tropical countries. In Central America and Costa Rica, this phenomenon is …

Flash flood impacts of Hurricane Otto and hydrometeorological risk map** in Costa Rica

A Quesada-Román… - … Tidsskrift-Danish Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Flash floods are one of the most damaging natural hazards in tropics. Seasonal and
extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger flash floods in Costa Rica. Hurricane Otto was the …

[HTML][HTML] A multiple scale, function, and type approach to determine and improve Green Infrastructure of urban watersheds

N Arthur, J Hack - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2022 - Elsevier
Green Infrastructure (GI) connects different types of green features via various scales,
thereby supporting urban biodiversity and service provision. This study presents a …