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Qingsheng Meng, Yang Li, Wenjing Wang, Yuhong Chen and Shilin Wang
Silt liquefaction can occur due to the rapid cyclic loading of sediments. This can result in the loss of the bearing capacity of the underlying sediments and damage to the foundations and infrastructure. Therefore, assessing liquefaction hazards is an im...
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Alexandre Pereira Santos, Juan Miguel Rodriguez-Lopez, Cleiton Chiarel and Jürgen Scheffran
How just are risk responses that worsen vulnerability in the long term? Should the urban poor be left with self-reliance when facing hazards in the Anthropocene? This research investigates urban development and vulnerability in the Anthropocene. While it...
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Adham Badawy, Amgad Elmahdi, Sayed Abd El-Hafez and Ali Ibrahim
The food self-sufficiency policy has always featured as an unquestionable policy objective for Egypt. This is understandable when one considers both the high population growth and the social and political vulnerability associated with a dependence on foo...
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Anca Craciun, Romulus Costache, Alina Barbulescu, Subodh Chandra Pal, Iulia Costache and Cristian ?tefan Dumitriu
Floods have become more and more severe and frequent with global climate change. The present study focuses on the Black Sea?s immediate riparian area over which the Danube Delta extends. Due to the accelerated increase in the severity of floods, the vuln...
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Inmaculada Rodríguez-Santalla, Alejandro Díez-Martínez and Nuria Navarro
The aim of this work is to apply a vulnerability index in the dune field located in the Riumar urban zone at the mouth of the Ebro River. This dune field represents the natural barrier of the El Garxal coastal lagoon system. The index used integrates the...
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Edward J. Anthony, Manon Besset, Florin Zainescu and François Sabatier
Areal changes over delta surfaces determined by land and water ratios are a promising tool for identifying spatial and temporal changes in deltas that may reveal subsidence and shoreline erosion. Such changes can also provide the basis for more detailed ...
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Chengkun Huang, Feiyang Lin, Deping Chu, Lanlan Wang, Jiawei Liao and Junqian Wu
The evaluation and trend prediction of tourism economic vulnerability (TEV) in major tourist cities are necessary for formulating tourism economic strategies scientifically and promoting the sustainable development of regional tourism. In this study, 58 ...
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Francesco Guerrera, Manuel Martín-Martín, Mario Tramontana, Bertin Nimon and Kossi Essotina Kpémoua
The coastal strip between the Volta River delta and the westernmost portion of Benin (West Africa Margin of Atlantic Basin) is highly populated (e.g., Lomé) due to migrations from inland areas. The coastal zone has proved to be very vulnerable because of...
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Edward J. Anthony, Eduardo S. Brondizio, Valdenira F. dos Santos, Antoine Gardel and Manon Besset
The Amazon River delta may be currently characterized biophysically as a relatively preserved delta compared to the rampant vulnerability of many of the world?s large deltas. This status of relative preservation is reflected in a number of criteria: The ...
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Dung Duc Tran, Chau Nguyen Xuan Quang, Pham Duy Tien, Pham Gia Tran, Pham Kim Long, Ho Van Hoa, Ngo Ngoc Hoang Giang and Le Thi Thu Ha
Agricultural production is the primary source of income and food security for rural households in many deltas of the world. However, the sustainability of farm livelihoods is under threat, due to the impacts of climate change and environmental pressure, ...
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