Hydro-meteorological hazards (HMHs) have had a strong impact on human societies and
ecosystems. Their impact is projected to be exacerbated by future climate scenarios. HMHs …

The level of destruction caused by an earthquake depends on a variety of factors, such as
magnitude, duration, intensity, time of occurrence, and underlying geological features, which …

As climate change continues to exert increasing pressure upon the livelihoods and
agricultural sector of many develo** and developed nations, a need exists to understand …

Natural disasters causing human, economic, or environmental losses include all types of
geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, climatological, or biological events that disturb …

Understanding, monitoring and mitigating drought is a very difficult task as a consequence of
the intrinsic nature of the phenomenon. In addition, assessing the impact of drought on …

This volume, Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate
Change Adaptation, is a Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

Until the 1970s, disaster risk was perceived as a direct consequence of natural hazards.
Gradually, disaster risk has come to be understood as a compound event, which lies at the …

A global assessment of the Raunkiæran shortfall in plants: geographic biases in our knowledge
of plant traits Page 1 Letters A global assessment of the Raunkiæran shortfall in plants …

Many UNESCO world heritage (WH) properties are exposed to geological hazards, or
geohazards, which can turn into disasters if local authorities and site managers are …

The overall objective of this review is to gain insights into landslide risk reduction measures
that are applied or recommended in tropical landslide-prone countries, and the challenges …