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Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020 Flash floods are among the most common natural hazards in Egyptian and Arabian deserts. In this work, we utilized two Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite images, before and after the flash flood, SRTM, and geolocated terrestrial photos captured by ...
Mohammed Sadek +7 more
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Periódico Eletrônico Fórum Ambiental da Alta Paulista, 2021 Flash-Floods are among the hydrological disasters that most damage life and structures in Brazil. The frequency and impacts of flash-floods may become an increasing problem due to the future scenario of an increase in global temperature causing intense precipitation.
Emerson Luís Pawoski da Silva +2 more
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Knowledge of, and response to, upland flash flooding: a case study of flood risk management of the 2005 flash flood in upper Ryedale, North Yorkshire, U.K. [PDF]
, 2012 The dangerous hazard posed by flash flooding to upland communities is likely to increase due to climate change. The flood risk management policy approach has become predominant since the 1990s, with an emphasis on the public awareness of, and responses ...
HOPKINS, JONATHAN
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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A novel dynamic flash flood early warning framework based on distributed hydrologic modeling
Ecological IndicatorsFlash flood disaster prevention urgently requires high-precision hydrological models. However, extreme weather increases the uncertainty of flash flood risks, making it difficult for existing hydrological models to accurately simulate the flash flood ...
Yiru Chen +6 more
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Development of a precipitation–area curve for warning criteria of short-duration flash flood [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2018 This paper presents quantitative criteria for flash flood warning that can be used to rapidly assess flash flood occurrence based on only rainfall estimates.
D.-H. Bae, M.-H. Lee, S.-K. Moon
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Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Irritability is a prevalent and impairing feature associated with autism, yet remains poorly understood, particularly in adults. Drawing heavily on insights translated from pediatric and transdiagnostic literatures, we propose that irritability in autistic individuals often reflects a psychophysiological stress or threat response, rooted in a ...
Hsiang‐Yuan Lin +3 more
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Watershed Ecology and the EnvironmentFlash flood causes severe damage to the environment and human life across the world, no exception is Bangladesh. Severe flash floods affect the northeastern portion of Bangladesh in the early monsoon and pose a serious threat to every aspect of ...
Md. Sharafat Chowdhury
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Mapping flash flood susceptibility is effective for mitigating the negative impacts of flash floods. However, a variety of conditioning factors have been used to generate susceptibility maps in various studies.
Jianuo Li +5 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental protection has emerged as a global priority in the contemporary context. As pivotal actors in the transition towards sustainable development, companies play a crucial role through the adoption of environmental innovations. This study investigates how organisational characteristics—specifically geographical location, business ...
Carlos de las Heras‐Rosas +3 more
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