supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientifc Expedition and Research Program(STEP)(Grant nos.2019QZKK0906,2019QZKK0903);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.42101080);the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by China Association for Science and Technology(CAST)(2022QNRC001)。
Snow avalanches can repeatedly occur along the same track under diferent snowpack and meteorological conditions during the snow season in areas of snow avalanche activity.The snowfall,air temperature,and snow cover ca...
supported by a Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI)grant of Kyoto University for collaborative research in 2018;the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology of Japan(MEXT scholarship,2017-2020)。
A growing number of natural hazard-triggered technological accidents(Natech)has been reported by several researchers,and this trend is expected to continue due to climate change.As a result,some governments have initi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.41671503)。
Estimation of economic loss is essential for stakeholders to manage flood risk.Most flooding events are closely related to extreme precipitation,which is influenced by large-scale climate factors.Considering the lagge...
funding for this research by the Austrian Climate Research Program 11,MacroMode project,project No KR18AC0K14602;the EU Horizon 2020,RECEIPT project,grant agreement No 820712。
Environmental risks are one of the greatest threats in the twenty-first century.Especially in the last years,the cascading impacts and risks associated with such events have received great attention as economic losses...
This research explored the basic issue of what preparedness means and entails to people in Fako Division,Cameroon—a place threated by many hazards and that has experienced many disasters.Findings from the analysis of...
the National Natural Science Foundation (41690143);the National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No.14BGL137);the Technology Services Network Program of Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (HHS-TSS-STS-1501);the National Basic Research Program of China (2013CBA01808)
High-risk areas for glacial lake outburst flood(GLOF) disasters in China are mainly concentrated in the middle-eastern Himalayas and Nyainqe?ntanglha(Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains), Tibetan Plateau. In the past 20 years,...
Iterative risk management and risk-sensitive public investment planning are increasingly seen as essential elements of natural disaster resilience. This article assesses the disaster risk facing the hazard-prone South...
The evolution in knowledge and application of disaster risk reduction in the 25 years of global cooperation on this issue has been uneven. While advances in knowledge have improved our understanding of the full nature...
This study was supported by China 973 Project under grant 2012CB955404;International Cooperation Project(2012DFG20710)funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China.
China has been frequently and heavily affected by drought disasters. During 2009–2010, three large-scale severe droughts struck China, caused considerable social, economic, and ecological losses. These droughts showe...