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Water Science and TechnologyWith the impact of global climate change and the urbanization process, the risk of urban flooding has increased rapidly, especially in developing countries.
Yue Zheng +6 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Urban areas are the engines of socioeconomic growth and the homes of billions of people around the globe. In a changing climate, urban areas are inexorably from vulnerability to climate hazards including flooding which deters their social, economic, and ...
Issa Musa Nyashilu +2 more
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Ecological IndicatorsUrban flooding is a multifaceted and severe issue, exacerbated by global climate change and urban expansion. Hence, it is imperative to investigate effective strategies for mitigating the urban flooding risk.
Xiaoping Fu +6 more
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Reconstruction of Historical Land Use and Urban Flood Simulation in Xi’an, Shannxi, China
Remote Sensing, 2022 Reconstruction of historical land uses helps to understand patterns, drivers, and impacts of land-use change, and is essential for finding solutions to land-use sustainability.
Shuangtao Wang +5 more
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Climate change and transport infrastructures: State of the art [PDF]
, 2018 Transport infrastructures are lifelines: They provide transportation of people and goods, in ordinary and emergency conditions, thus they should be resilient to increasing natural disasters and hazards.
Loprencipe, Giuseppe, Moretti, Laura
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Key Influencing Factors of Urban Flooding in Wuhan Based on Multi-scale Geographically Weighted Regression Model [PDF]
长江科学院院报[Objective] Urban flooding severely threatens social security and development, and identifying key influencing factors of urban flooding is fundamental to studying flood disasters. Many studies have used the Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) model
HUANG Zi-ye, YANG Qing-yuan, WEI Hong-yan
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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Simulating Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on Urban Transport Infrastructure in the UK [PDF]
, 2015 Urban areas face many risks from future climate change and their infrastructure will be placed under more pressure due to changes in climate extremes.
Barr, S. +5 more
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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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Stochastic evaluation of sewer inlet capacity on urban pluvial flooding [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper we present an innovative methodology to stochastically assess the impact of sewer inlet conditions on urban pluvial flooding. The results showed that sewer inlet capacity can have a large impact on the occurrence of urban pluvial flooding.
Leitao, J +5 more
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