A review on natural and human-induced geohazards and impacts in karst

F Gutiérrez, M Parise, J De Waele, H Jourde - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Karst environments are characterized by distinctive landforms related to dissolution and a
dominant subsurface drainage. The direct connection between the surface and the …

Impact forecasting to support emergency management of natural hazards

B Merz, C Kuhlicke, M Kunz, M Pittore… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasting and early warning systems are important investments to protect lives, properties,
and livelihood. While early warning systems are frequently used to predict the magnitude …

Flood hazard risk assessment model based on random forest

Z Wang, C Lai, X Chen, B Yang, S Zhao, X Bai - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Floods, natural disasters that occur worldwide, have become more and more frequent in
recent decades. Flooding is often unavoidable and unexpected; however, it can be …

Assessment of long and short-term flood risk using the multi-criteria analysis model with the AHP-Entropy method in Poyang Lake basin

J Wu, X Chen, J Lu - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022 - Elsevier
China suffers the most serious loss of life and property with the most floods in the world. In
this study, a multi-criteria analysis model with the combined analytic hierarchy process and …

Characterisation of selected extreme flash floods in Europe and implications for flood risk management

L Marchi, M Borga, E Preciso, E Gaume - Journal of Hydrology, 2010 - Elsevier
High-resolution data enabling identification and analysis of the hydrometeorological
causative processes of flash floods have been collected and analysed for 25 extreme flash …

Climate change impact on short-duration extreme precipitation and intensity–duration–frequency curves over Europe

P Hosseinzadehtalaei, H Tabari, P Willems - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
To build future climate-proof water systems and to reduce the failure risk of infrastructure,
short-duration extreme precipitation design storms must be updated. However, a robust …

Hydrogeomorphic response to extreme rainfall in headwater systems: Flash floods and debris flows

M Borga, M Stoffel, L Marchi, F Marra, M Jakob - Journal of Hydrology, 2014 - Elsevier
Flash floods and debris flows develop at space and time scales that conventional
observation systems for rainfall, streamflow and sediment discharge are not able to monitor …

Understanding flood regime changes in Europe: a state-of-the-art assessment

J Hall, B Arheimer, M Borga, R Brázdil… - Hydrology and earth …, 2014 - hess.copernicus.org
There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A
better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The …

Assessing flood risk at the global scale: model setup, results, and sensitivity

PJ Ward, B Jongman, FS Weiland… - Environmental …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Globally, economic losses from flooding exceeded $19 billion in 2012, and are rising
rapidly. Hence, there is an increasing need for global-scale flood risk assessments, also …

Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges

JM García-Ruiz, E Nadal-Romero, N Lana-Renault… - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
Intense erosion processes are widespread in the Mediterranean region, and include sheet
wash erosion, rilling, gullying, shallow landsliding, and the development of large and active …