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Landslides of China's Qinling

open access: yesGeoscience Data Journal
The Qinling Mountains in China frequently experience geological disasters, with large‐scale landslides being particularly prominent, causing severe economic losses to the local area.
Liye Feng   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and Deformation Characteristics of Active Landslides at Large Hydropower Stations at the Early Impoundment Stage: A Case Study of the Lianghekou Reservoir Area in Sichuan Province, Southwest China

open access: yesRemote Sensing
Reservoir impoundment imposes a significant triggering effect on bank landslides. Studying the early identification of landslides and their stability concerning reservoir water levels and rainfall is vital for guaranteeing the safety of residents and ...
Xueqing Li   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rainchecks and Risk: Climate Shocks, Policy Transitions and SME Credit Dynamics

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium enterprises rely heavily on bank credit. They also have the fewest tools to deal with climate risk. Using a panel of 45 countries from 2007 to 2022, we study how climate risk and the Paris Agreement shape SME bank lending. Climate‐related disasters are associated with lower SME credit, with post‐event estimates indicating a ...
Swapnanil SenGupta, Anshita Sachan
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency Response Capabilities of Institutions of Higher Education: A Case of a Developing Country

open access: yesSafety Science and Technology, EarlyView.
This study justifies its significance by addressing crucial gaps in knowledge concerning emergency response capabilities in higher education institutions, focusing specifically on the KNUST; ranked as the best university for quality education (SDG 4) by Times Higher Education in 2023.
Lyndon N. A. Sackey   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The winter 2023/2024 floods in the UK: a hydrological appraisal

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
From October 2023 to March 2024, the UK saw a succession of named storms and low‐pressure weather systems, leading to widespread exceptional river flows throughout. Peak flow records were broken in several catchments, but this event was most notable for its duration and spatial footprint, which resulted in major impacts.
Eugene Magee   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 2025 Southeast Asian extreme rainfall: role of anthropogenic climate change

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
In late November 2025, Southeast Asia experienced record‐breaking rainfall, amplified by Cyclone Senyar, causing severe flooding and over 1100 deaths, with four‐day rainfall reaching extremely rare 1000‐year return periods in some regions. Convection‐permitting pseudo–global warming simulations (i.e.
Yusuke Hiraga, Wasitha Dilshan
wiley   +1 more source

Landslide simulation on the Hiegaesi landslide and the Mayuyama landslide

open access: yesProceedings of the Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, 2002
Oomoto, E., Wang, F.W., Matsumoto, T.
openaire   +1 more source

Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.
Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
wiley   +1 more source

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