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FLASH FLOODS IN THE ILIŞUA BASIN [PDF]

open access: yesAerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, 2011
Flash Floods in the Ilişua Basin. The Ilişua Valley is a right tributary of the Someşu Mare Valley and has its spring in the south-western part of the Tibleş Mountains.
G. HOGNOGI, G. NICULA, GABRIELA COCEAN
doaj  

Eco‐evolutionary dynamics of partially migratory metapopulations in spatially and seasonally varying environments

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Partial seasonal migration is rarely considered in a metapopulation context. Here, Haaland et al. use an eco‐evolutionary model revealing how partially migratory metapopulations may arise and be maintained, and how seasonal migrants may cause effects of local extreme climatic events to percolate through metapopulations across diverging temporal and ...
Thomas R. Haaland   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Flash Floods Hazard to the Settlement Network versus Land Use Planning (Lublin Upland, East Poland)

open access: yesApplied Sciences
There has been an increase in the frequency of hazards associated with meteorological and hydrological phenomena. One of them is flash floods occurring episodically in areas of concentrated runoff—valleys without permanent drainage.
Leszek Gawrysiak   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban droughts and floods in Maiduguri: twin hazards of a variable climate [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Maiduguri, an important city in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa, experiences both drought and floods. Although droughts are more popular, floods are a seasonal occurrence in parts of the city in the average rainy season.
Odihi, John O.
core  

‘Reinventing’ the Beach? Lessons from a Local Development Plan in the French Riviera

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Coastal squeeze is now so tangible both globally and locally that the focus of scientific debate has expanded from the erosion of beaches to the risk of their disappearance. In this context, it is crucial to explore local development plans that aim to preserve the long‐term existence of a beach.
Isabelle Bruno, Grégory Salle
wiley   +1 more source

Overviewing the influencing factors of flash floods and assessing their impacts on human life with a focus on Burundi, mitigation measures

open access: yesNext Sustainability
Flash floods are recurrent and among the most destructive disasters in Burundi, affecting many people and causing significant socio-economic damage every year.
Jean Marie Ndayiragije   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE URBAN METABOLISM OF FLOOD PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Investments in large‐scale climate infrastructures are central to emerging forms of climate urbanism. In Jakarta, flood protection infrastructures seek to protect the city from devastating flood events in anticipation of future catastrophes.
Sophie Webber, Wahyu Kusuma Astuti
wiley   +1 more source

Dutch dilemma: Housing prices and flood risk exposure

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article studies the impact of flood risk exposure on housing prices in a major river delta. Analyzing 1.8 million property transactions from 1998 to 2023 in the Netherlands, we find an average price discount of 1.1%. We observe considerable heterogeneity in price effects driven by exposure intensity, institutional settings that vary ...
Piet Eichholtz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Framework of Flash Floods Disaster-Causing Mechanisms in Ungauged Mountainous Micro-Watersheds: Case Study of Qialegeer Village, Xinjiang, China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Flash floods are characterized by their destructive power, rapid onset, and unpredictability, often causing severe damage to both natural environments and socioeconomic systems.
Qiuyuan Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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