Facing significant challenges in acquiring and repurposing unsold homes,some cities are turning empty flats into student dorms,hospitals,retirement housing and resettlement homes.
Resettlement and relocation are among the most difficult policies to put into practice, but they may be the best ways to minimize future risks to settlements exposed to natural hazards both before and after disaster e...
Despite fire control in Zimbabwe’s resettlement farming areas,fire continues to damage the environment,property,crops and causes loss of lives.The goal of this paper was to investigate fire control measures implement...
Doweevertrulyrealize how lucky we are until we witness the suffering of others?Why do I get to live while my people are suffering?Thoughts like these crossed my mind all the time before I had thechancetocome to China....
funded by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’Key Project of Survey and Investigation on National Situation(GQZD2022005);the Key Project of Scholars Development(XJ2022006)
As a measure toward a joint target of promoting residents'life,combating climate change,and protecting ecosystem in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau,migrant resettlement has made a remarkable achievement not only in preserv...
funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFC3006404-02).
Evaluation of the economic costs and benefits of flood disaster risk management projects is crucial.However,current costbenefit analyses(CBA) often lack reliable estimates of the expected loss reduction from flood con...
Financial support was provided by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Grant 32071491 and 31772465);the Natural Sciences Foundation of the Tibetan(XZ202101ZR0051G).
Dispersal is an individual life-history trait that can influence the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of both the source and recipient populations.Current studies of animal dispersal have paid little attention to ...
In recent years, with the gradual improvement of China's economic development level, people's living income level and living demand gradually improved. People pay more attention to the pursuit of high-quality living e...
This work is supported by the National Social Science Fund of China[Grant number.18BGL008];the Australian Research Council[Grant number.DP110105522].
Western China features a vast area of mountains and high plateaus where millions of people,including diverse ethnic minority groups,have inhabited for generations.Geographically located in the mountainous,remote,and i...
The placement of environmentally displaced persons is imminent.Involving as many countries as possible in the resettlement of environmentally displaced persons,while protecting their culture and human rights,are the p...