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Unveiling 25 Years of Planetary Urbanization with Remote Sensing: Perspectives from the Global Human Settlement Layer

Remote Sensing, 2018
In the last few decades the magnitude and impacts of planetary urban transformations have become increasingly evident to scientists and policymakers. The ability to understand these processes remained limited in terms of territorial scope and comparative
Michele Melchiorri, Aneta J. Florczyk, Sergio Freire, Marcello Schiavina, Martino Pesaresi, Thomas Kemper   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disaster Risk Management in Asia and the Pacific: Issues Paper [PDF]

, 2013
This issues paper aims to help ADB DMC governments integrate Disaster Risk Management into their national developmental strategies and examine how emerging economies of Asia can cooperate to improve their disaster risk management practices, in view of ...
Asian Development Bank Institute (Tokyo)
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Lattice Structures for Bone Replacement: The Intersection of Bone Biomechanics, Lattice Design, and Additive Manufacturing

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review outlines how understanding bone's biology, hierarchical architecture, and mechanical anisotropy informs the design of lattice structures that replicate bone morphology and mechanical behavior. Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of orthopedic implants that incorporate such structures using a range of engineering materials ...
Stylianos Kechagias, Maxwell J. Munford, Frederik C.H. Masure, Richard J. van Arkel, Reece N Oosterbeek   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local community response to adaptation strategies and coping mechanisms and factor influencing the adoption of these strategies in Belesa district, Ethiopia

Cogent Food & Agriculture
Climate change and variability have a severe impact on Ethiopia due to its reliance on rain-fed agriculture. This study assesses the adaptation strategies and coping mechanisms employed by farmers in the Belesa district. A mixed-methods approach is used,
Ketema Nebere, Mintesinot Azene, Abraham Mebrat, Selomon Afework Yenesew   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Research on Frost Indexes for Lycium Barbarum Flowering Phase

应用气象学报, 2020
Based on researches of frost indexes of Lycium barbarum during 2016-2018, tests of frost index are performed using an artificial frost box in 2019, focusing on flower bud, early flowering and full flowering periods. The temperature of treatment is -8—-1℃,
Duan Xiaofeng, Zhu Yongning, Zhang Lei, Wang Jing, Xu Rui, Wang Jingmei   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disaster education in the UK [PDF]

, 2011
The seminar series brought together emergency management specialists and educationalists to explore how disaster management knowledge, innovation and education can contribute to building a culture of safety and resilience in the UK.
Collins, Andrew, Fordham, Maureen, Hobbs, Brian, Manyena, Bernard, Okada, Norio, Rawlinson, Steve, Shiroshita, Hideyuki, Twigg, John   +7 more
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Collision‐Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Based on structures of birds such as the woodpeck, this article presents the collision‐resilient aerial robot, SWIFT. SWIFT leverages tensegrity structures in the fuselage and wings which allow it to undergo large deformations in a crash, without sustaining damage. Experiments show that SWIFT can reduce impact forces by 70% over conventional structures.
Omar Aloui, Raphael Zufferey, William Stewart, Mohammad Askari, Simon Jeger, Dario Floreano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall variability and seasonality over Tekeze River Basin, Ethiopia

Geocarto International
This study examined the temporal patterns and spatial distribution of rainfall using Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) time-series data from 1991 to 2020.
Tilahun Sewagegn Asaye, Zerihun Yohannes Amare, Mekonen Getachew Abebe   +2 more
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Flood risk in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A consideration of flood defences in a broadscale hydraulic model

Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2023
A novel approach to consider local‐scale defence infrastructure in an urban environment, coupled with a broadscale hydraulic model framework, is applied to the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ashleigh Massam, Helen Smith, Valeriya Filipova, Simon Waller, Nurfashareena Muhamad, Joy Jacqueline Pereira   +5 more
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Identifying challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk Data Hub for Disaster Risk Management [PDF]

, 2017
The Workshop on “Identifying challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction” held in Varese, Italy on 28 -29 of June 2017 aimed to improve the knowledge base on Disaster Risk Assessment (DRA) that could contribute to the potential development of the updated ...
ANTOFIE TIBERIU-EUGEN, CASAJUS VALLES AINARA, DOHERTY BRIAN, MARIN FERRER MONTSERRAT   +3 more
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