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Angeliki Mentzafou, Yiannis Panagopoulos and Elias Dimitriou
Water quality indices that describe the status of water are commonly used in freshwater vulnerability assessment. The design of river water quality monitoring programs has always been a complex process and despite the numerous methodologies employed by e...
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Hui-Chieh Chuang, Dong-Jiing Doong, Chung-Ru Ho and Ya-Hui Ho
Ocean recreational activities (ORAs), including swimming, surfing, diving, paddleboarding, etc., in global marine areas are becoming increasingly popular. However, there are potential risks in coastal ocean environments. This study aims to establish a fr...
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Carlos Alberto Romero, Pablo Correa, Edwan Anderson Ariza Echeverri and Diego Vergara
In recent times, the significance of advancing road transportation technologies has notably increased. This is mainly driven by the escalating need for road transportation systems that are not only safe but also environmentally sustainable. Moreover, enh...
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José Francisco León-Cruz, David Romero and Hugo Ignacio Rodríguez-García
The spatial and temporal changes in social vulnerability to natural hazards in Mexico are analyzed. To this end, using census data from 2000, 2010, and 2020, and a statistical method, different indices were computed, and with a GIS-based approach, patter...
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Ioannis Karampinis, Lazaros Iliadis and Athanasios Karabinis
Structures inevitably suffer damage after an earthquake, with severity ranging from minimal damage of nonstructural elements to partial or even total collapse, possibly with loss of human lives. Thus, it is essential for engineers to understand the cruci...
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Nuno Marques de Almeida and Adolfo Crespo
The frequency and severity of natural or human-induced disaster events, such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, fires, pandemics, hazardous material spills, groundwater contamination, structural failures, explosions, etc., as well as their impacts, have...
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Israel Edem Agbehadji, Stefanie Schütte, Muthoni Masinde, Joel Botai and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
Early warning systems (EWS) facilitate societies? preparedness and effective response capabilities to climate risks. Climate risks embody hazards, exposure, and vulnerability associated with a particular geographical area. Building an effective EWS requi...
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Anna Kozielec, Jakub Piecuch, Kamila Daniek and Lidia Luty
In this article, the impact of the Russia?Ukraine conflict on food security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is analyzed. With Ukraine being recognized as one of the major global grain producers and exporters, the conflict is seen as pos...
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Jialong Peng, Shaoqiang Wang, Lin Mu and Si Wang
With the increasing global reliance on maritime oil transportation, oil spills pose significant environmental hazards to coastal ecosystems. This study presents a comprehensive quantitative framework for assessing oil spill risks along the Jiaozhou Bay c...
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Jingshi Liu, Guligena Halimulati, Yuting Liu, Jianxin Mu and Namaiti Tuoheti
The climatic warming-induced shrinking of permafrost currently encompasses 65% of alpine areas in North China, where a large population relies on its water and land resources. With increasing recognition of the economic and ecological impacts of permafro...
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