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Shifting Tides: A Decade of Business Climate Adaptation and Resilience Research (2013–2023)

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is causing significant disruptions to the socio‐ecological systems in which organizations operate, presenting unprecedented challenges for businesses across sectors in adapting to shifting environmental conditions and building resilience to extreme weather events.
Domenico Villano, Laura Colli, Federico Martellozzo, Sara Lombardi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced flood mapping using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, hydraulic modelling, and social media: A case study of Hurricane Harvey (Houston, TX)

Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2020
Post event flooding maps are currently extracted from synthetic‐aperture radar (SAR) and/or optical satellite images or developing using hydraulic model simulations. Several sources of uncertainties impact the accuracy of such flood maps constructed from
Vincenzo Scotti, Mario Giannini, Francesco Cioffi   +2 more
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Real‐time monitoring of tunnel structures using digital twin and artificial intelligence: A short overview

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
How artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twin (DT) technologies are revolutionizing tunnel surveillance, offering proactive maintenance strategies and enhanced safety protocols. It explores AI's analytical power and DT's virtual replicas of infrastructure, emphasizing their role in optimizing maintenance and safety in tunnel management.
Mohammad Afrazi, Danial Jahed Armaghani, Hossein Afrazi, Hadi Fattahi, Pijush Samui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causes and consequences of floods: flash floods, urban floods, river floods and coastal floods

Resources Environment and Information Engineering, 2022
Undoubtedly, the flood is known as a natural disaster. But in practice, the flood is considered the most terrible natural disaster in terms of mortality and financial losses. In this regard, a worrying trend is the increasing trend of mortality and flood damage in the world in recent decades.
openaire   +1 more source

PondNet – towards a global network of experiments on the effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems

Ecography, EarlyView.
Global change is reshaping the distribution of biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems. Predicting the long‐term consequences of such changes remains a challenge due to a need for a clear understanding of the mechanisms underpinning ecosystem‐level responses, as well as the role of geographical and environmental contingencies.
Miguel G. Matias, Dominique Gravel, Jonathan M. Chase, Carla Pinto‐ Cruz, David García‐ Callejas, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Mathew A. Leibold, Dora Neto, Cátia L. Pereira, Carlos Ramos, Pedro M. Raposeiro, Alejandro Rozenfeld, Katarzyna Sroczynska, David R. Vieites, Guy Woodward, Miguel B. Araújo   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nature‐Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation: Review of Barriers to Adoption and Guidelines for Policymakers

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation encompass a range of approaches that work with nature to increase resilience to climate change while providing ecological, economic and social co‐benefits. These solutions have frequently been put forward for application in urban contexts, such as the creation of urban forests, but can ...
Anita Vollmer, Stefano Ceolotto, Niall Farrell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motivations for local climate adaptation in Dutch municipalities: climate change impacts and the role of local-level government [PDF]

, 2009
The local government level is considered to be crucial in preparing society for climate change impact. Yet little is known about why local authorities do or do not take action to adapt their community for climate change impacts.
Berg, Maya M. van den
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Innovations for Stakeholder Engagement in Water Governance: A Systematic Literature Review From a Sustainability Transition Perspective

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable and equitable governance of water resources is among the most pressing global challenges, emphasising the need for innovations towards transitions in the water sector. Innovations for stakeholder engagement can contribute to such transitions through public participation and cross‐sectoral collaboration.
Anne Ellermann, Gül Özerol, Joanne Vinke‐de Kruijf, César Casiano Flores, Vuokko Laukka, Ulf Stein, Suvi Sojamo, Rob Collins   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancement of urban pluvial flood risk management and resilience through collaborative modelling: a UK case study [PDF]

, 2011
This paper presents the main findings and lessons learned from the development and implementation of a new methodology for collaborative modelling, social learning and social acceptance of flood risk management technologies.
Almoradie, A, Cortes-Arevalo, J, Dinkneh, A, Evers, M, Jonoski, A, Lange, L, Makropoulos, C, Maksimović, Č, Ochoa-Rodriguez, S, Osmani, S, Simoes, N, van Andel, SJ, Wang, L   +12 more
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