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Shaping urbanization to achieve communities resilient to floods

Environmental Research Letters, 2021
Flood risk is increasing in urban communities due to climate change and socioeconomic development. Socioeconomic development is a major cause of urban expansion in flood-prone regions, as it places more physical, economic, and social infrastructure at ...
Mona Hemmati, Hussam N Mahmoud, Bruce R Ellingwood, Andrew T Crooks   +3 more
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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source

Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović, Pamela Owusu Osei, Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Issiake Konate, Jelena Popović‐Đorđević   +4 more
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Study on Urban Flood Risk Transfer Caused by Polders for Flood Control in Plain River Network Areas

Renmin Zhujiang, 2023
The construction of polders in plain water network areas has changed the pattern of flood control and drainage,and the transfer of urban flood risks caused by it is still unclear.By comprehensively applying urban flood coupling simulation and risk ...
WANG Yuefeng, CUI Tingting, XU Youpeng, WANG Qiang   +3 more
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Utilization of Flood Simulation Technique in Urban Flood Warning - A Case Study on Fuzhou [PDF]

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2015
Vulnerability of urban receptors in flood prevention is rising during the rapid urbanization, and emergency response strategies were introduced to strengthen the capacity of urban flood prevention and flood disaster response.
Shuaijie Li, Yingxia Xie, Xiaotao Cheng, Zhifen Chen   +3 more
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Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a high-resolution modelling scheme for local-scale urban flood risk assessment based on digital aerial photogrammetry

Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 2023
With the rapid development of cities and the impact of climate change, cities located near rivers are facing an increasingly serious flood threat. Urban flood risk prediction management is pressing.
Changbo Jiang, Yuantai Kang, Ke Qu, Yuannan Long, Yuan Ma, Shixiong Yan   +5 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Progress in Urban Flood Risk Management in the Typhoon Committee Area

Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 2012
: The typhoon region is urbanizing rapidly with the increasing trend of population and economy. Fast urban development has also brought many potential troubles, and urban flooding is one of the most serious.
Zhiyu Liu
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Flood Protection of the Non-Urban Area

WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, 2023
Due to global warming, the risk of floods is constantly increasing due to the drying up of the soil, followed by more intense rain showers and storms. Therefore, it is essential to pay more attention to this topic now. The article deals with the design of flood protection in the municipality.
Malatinský, Adam, Hromada, Martin
openaire   +2 more sources