Article
Environmental Sciences
Irfan Ahmad Rana, Muhammad Asim, Atif Bilal Aslam, Ali Jamshed
Summary: Despite the emergence of disaster risk reduction strategies, local institutions in urban settings in Pakistan still rely on reactive approaches to manage flood risks. Weak governance and limited corrective measures hinder effective management of flood risks.
Article
Oceanography
Mark Ching-Pong Poo, Zaili Yang, Delia Dimitriu, Zhuohua Qu, Zhihong Jin, Xuehao Feng
Summary: This paper develops a Climate Change Risk Indicator (CCRI) framework for climate risk assessment of seaports and highlights the importance of climate change adaptation due to increasing extreme weather events. The study uses Evidence Reasoning (ER) to evaluate climate risks in seaports and provides a new climate risk analysis framework for comparing risks in different locations and timeframes, identifying suitable adaptation measures for rational policy making.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Viktor Rozer, Swenja Surminski, Finn Laurien, Colin McQuistan, Reinhard Mechler
Summary: Climate-related disasters are increasing globally, yet investment in disaster risk reduction remains insufficient. This is despite recognition of the potential benefits of DRR interventions beyond avoiding losses and damages. There is limited evidence of accounting for these multiple resilience dividends at the local level, posing a challenge to the application of DRR concept. Structured consideration of multiple resilience dividends is necessary to secure local buy-in and ensure their materialization.
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nagisa Yoshioka, Marlon Era, Daisuke Sasaki
Summary: Coastal communities face environmental risks such as natural hazards, climate change, and waste pollution. Coastal resilience is influenced not only by climate and disaster risks, but also by other factors.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Dachuan Liu, Yan Li, Pengfei Wang, Huaqi Zhong, Pu Wang
Summary: The agricultural systems in northwest China are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with extreme climate disasters and increased pests and weeds posing significant challenges. In order to adapt and mitigate these impacts, key strategies include optimizing agricultural geographic distribution, cultivating new crop varieties, adjusting cropping practices, developing water-saving irrigation systems, enhancing disaster prevention and mitigation capabilities, and strengthening scientific and human resources.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Teresa Maria Deubelli, Reinhard Mechler
Summary: This paper examines transformative approaches and transformational change in the context of climate risk management and adaptation by reviewing different perspectives in policy and scientific publications over the past decade. Despite diverse viewpoints on transformative change, certain areas of convergence, such as a spectrum from incremental change to system-level change for a more just and sustainable future, are identifiable.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Urban Studies
Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Ibon Galarraga, Marta Olazabal
Summary: Many cities are facing uncertainty in adapting to climate risks, with current policies failing to fully incorporate risk-related information. It is crucial to understand how policies address current and future risks to effectively reduce vulnerability and increase resilience. The study presents an Adaptation-Risk Policy Alignment framework to assess the integration of risk knowledge in climate change adaptation policies.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Devon M. Jones, Brent Doberstein
Summary: Hazard risk is increasing with climate change, making it more important than ever to strengthen community resilience. Co-benefits, defined as secondary goals of hazard adaptation projects that complement the primary goal of resilience, can help address vulnerability and increase coping capacity. This paper provides decision-makers with a tool to systematically consider co-benefits and their pursuit in adaptation projects, based on a literature review that highlights the value of co-benefits in dealing with uncertainty and competing resource needs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jiahong Wen, Chengcheng Wan, Qian Ye, Jianping Yan, Weijiang Li
Summary: This article reviews the impacts and challenges of disaster and climate change risks on sustainable development over the past 30 years. It also analyzes the development phases of disaster risk reduction actions and the implementation of climate change adaptation. A framework is proposed for tackling climate change and disaster risks in the context of resilient, sustainable development. Integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction is crucial for reducing risks and achieving safe growth in the Anthropocene era.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chin-Yu He, Ching-Pin Tung, Yong-Jun Lin
Summary: The increasing severity of climate change highlights the importance of building community adaptation capabilities. By integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, a proposed adaptation model aims to strengthen communities' resilience to cope with future impacts. The study focuses on the bottom-up approach to community adaptation, specifically illustrated in the case study of a flood-prone community in Taiwan.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, Boyoon Lee
Summary: Residential relocation following environmental disasters is an increasingly necessary climate change adaptation measure. However, relocation may be too costly for disadvantaged groups. Understanding the impact of socioeconomic inequalities on climate migration and exploring ways to offset them is important. This study examines internal migration patterns in the United States based on disaster-related property damage, household income, and local disaster resilience, finding that income-based inequality affects both individuals' access to relocation and the ability of disaster-afflicted areas to rebuild. The study also suggests that higher disaster resilience can attenuate income-based inequality in post-disaster outmigration.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ayman Aslam, Irfan Ahmad Rana
Summary: This study quantifies climate change risk perception and psychological distancing using the concepts of risk perception and psychological distance, showing significant differences among LCZs and a strong negative correlation between risk perception and climate change indexes. These findings emphasize the importance of the built environment in shaping public perceptions of climate change risks, potentially aiding in the integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation philosophies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ali Jamshed, Chirag Patel, Anshul Puriya, Nimra Iqbal, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Joanna M. Mcmillan, Rajiv Pandey, Shahbaz Altaf, Rana Tahir Mehmood, Umair bin Saad
Summary: Urbanization has led to an acceleration of informality, particularly in developing countries like India. Enhancing the resilience of both informal and formal settlements is crucial for achieving sustainable development. This study assesses the resilience of formal and informal settlements in Surat city, India, and provides implications for sustainable development.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Johanna E. Johnson, David J. Welch, Ruben van Hooidonk, Dieter Tracey, Ganesha Chandrasa, Bianca Molinari, Deti Triani, Casandra Tania, Handoko Susanto
Summary: The Arafura and Timor Seas region, shared by Indonesia, Timor Leste, Australia, and Papua New Guinea (PNG), is currently facing multiple pressures due to high coastal population densities, degraded habitats, overexploited fisheries, low profile coasts, shallow continental shelves and macro-tidal conditions. Climate change is expected to exacerbate these pressures and have profound effects on coastal and marine environments, including the vulnerable status and distribution of coral reefs, seagrass meadows, and mangrove habitats. Species vulnerability, driven by overfishing and limited management, as well as non-climate pressures such as habitat decline and illegal fishing, further contribute to the overall vulnerability of the region. Strategic recommendations are provided to minimize climate change vulnerability and protect priority species and habitats.
Article
Development Studies
John Beirne, Nuobu Renzhi, Ulrich Volz
Summary: Climate change has a significant impact on sovereign risk in Southeast Asian countries, with greater climate vulnerability having a positive effect on sovereign bond yields, while higher resilience to climate change has an offsetting effect. Higher debt costs hinder necessary investments in public infrastructure and climate adaptation, increasing the risk of debt sustainability issues and dampening the development prospects of Southeast Asian countries.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Md Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar, Rawshan Ara Begum, Joy Jacqueline Pereira
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nurfashareena Muhamad, Siti Hasniza M. Arshad, Joy Jacqueline Pereira
Summary: The study transformed exposure elements from disaster databases into spatial data to investigate flash flood hazards in Kuala Lumpur, highlighting the importance of open access data for enhancing community resilience. However, the coverage of exposure elements in existing databases was found to be poor, prompting the need for information integration at the national level to support informed decision-making.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Marelyn Telun Daniel, Tham Fatt Ng, Mohd. Farid Abdul Kadir, Joy Jacqueline Pereira
Summary: The study conducted landslide susceptibility assessment in Canada Hill, Sarawak, Malaysia using a combined bivariate statistics and expert consultation approach with geographical information system. The resultant susceptibility map with five classes was able to capture local conditions effectively, leading to a success rate of 75.8%. This approach improved data quality in landslide inventories and delineated key conditioning parameters for landslide management.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Tariqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Ah Choy Er, Nurfashareena Muhamad, Joy Jacqueline Pereira
Summary: Small-scale flash flood events are climate-related disasters that pose risks to various aspects of the system. While the consequences of flash floods in densely populated cities are increasingly problematic globally, they are often overlooked in disaster impact assessment studies, particularly in assessing socioeconomic loss and damage. A structural equation model (SEM) was developed in this study to assess socioeconomic dimensions, showing direct tangible and intangible impacts with significant beta coefficients, leading to disruptions in mobility and income-generating activities.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Md Shafiqul Islam, Abul Quasem Al-Amin, Md Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar
Summary: In Bangladesh, energy consumption and production have both increased significantly, but there is still a considerable gap between supply and demand that needs to be addressed through various methods.
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
M. A. Hannan, M. G. Abdolrasol, Ramizi Mohamed, Ali Al-Shetwi, Pin Ker, R. Begum, Kashem Muttaqi
Summary: This article introduces an artificial neural network-based binary backtracking search algorithm for optimal scheduling controller applied on microgrids formed virtual power plant toward sustainable renewable energy integration. The algorithm accurately predicts optimal schedules, reduces costs and emissions, and improves power-sharing efficiency.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Asif Raihan, Rawshan Ara Begum, Mohd Nizam Mohd Said, Joy Jacqueline Pereira
Summary: Malaysia's forests play a crucial role in storing carbon and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, with an estimated economic value of over 50 billion USD in 2020. However, continued deforestation may lead to a decrease in carbon stock and economic value.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Md Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar, Mahesti Okitasari, Md Rajibul Ahsan, Abul Quasem Al-Amin
Summary: This paper examines the capacity and existing link between the local government and the implementation of SDGs at the local level in Bangladesh, and proposes an inclusive framework for the localisation of SDGs. The study identifies SDGs 1, 2, and 6 as the most important ones for the actions of the local government based on the opinions of the respondents.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Si Ha, Toshio Fujimi, Xinyu Jiang, Nobuhito Mori, Rawshan A. Begum, Masahide Watanabe, Hirokazu Tatano, Eiichi Nakakita
Summary: Risk mitigation policies are crucial to address the increasing coastal flood risks caused by global warming. However, it is challenging to determine public preferences for coastal flood risk reduction due to the uncertainty involved in flood risk projections. This study aims to estimate household preferences for coastal flood reduction under ambiguity and multiple projections of coastal flood risks.
Review
Chemistry, Physical
A. Z. Arsad, M. A. Hannan, Ali Q. Al-Shetwi, R. A. Begum, M. J. Hossain, Pin Jern Ker, T. M. Indra Mahlia
Summary: The advancement of hydrogen technology is driven by factors such as climate change, population growth, and the depletion of fossil fuels. Rather than focusing on the controversy surrounding the environmental friendliness of hydrogen production, the primary goal of the hydrogen economy is to introduce hydrogen as an energy carrier alongside electricity. Water electrolysis is currently gaining popularity because of the rising demand for environmentally friendly hydrogen production.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
K. Parvin, M. S. Hossain Lipu, M. A. Hannan, Majid A. Abdullah, Ker Pin Jern, R. A. Begum, Muhamad Mansur, Kashem M. Muttaqi, T. M. Indra Mahlia, Zhao Yang Dong
Summary: Buildings' energy consumption significantly impacts global emissions and climate change, leading to increased exploration of energy management in buildings. While there are challenges in optimizing building energy management and control techniques, there is potential for future improvements in both management and control methods.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Abul Quasem Al-Amin, Muhammad Mehedi Masud, Md Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar, Walter Leal Filho, Brent Doberstein
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Dina D'Ayala, Kai Wang, Yuan Yan, Helen Smith, Ashleigh Massam, Valeriya Filipova, Joy Jacqueline Pereira
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Economics
Abul Quasem Al-Amin, Md Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar, Adeel Ahmed, Brent Doberstein
CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
(2020)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Sumaiya Sadeka, Mohd Suhaimi Mohamad, Md. Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar, Abul Quasem Al-Amin
SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Himadri Sen Gupta, Tarun Adluri, Dylan Sanderson, Andres D. Gonzalez, Charles D. Nicholson, Daniel Cox
Summary: This study proposes a multi-objective optimization model to determine optimal retrofitting strategies to enhance community resilience under multiple hazards. The model is applied to analyze the impact of earthquake and tsunami hazards on the community of Seaside, Oregon. The results show that retrofitting buildings to achieve higher seismic codes can significantly reduce the impact of natural hazards on structural damage, population dislocation, and building repair times. It highlights the importance of considering geographical location and mitigation measures when optimizing retrofitting strategies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2024)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Huiying Sun, Zhenhua Di, Peihua Qin, Shenglei Zhang, Yang Lang
Summary: This study explored the spatio-temporal variations of drought-flood-disaster (DFD) risks in China using natural and socio-economic datasets. The main findings include the decrease in vulnerability, the increasing flood hazard danger degree, and the close relationship between disaster risk and vulnerability. The results have important implications for disaster management decision-making.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2024)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nicholas Kimutis, Tamara Wall, Lyndsey Darrow
Summary: Overall, emergency management plans for extreme heat events in the U.S. show some level of consistency, but there are significant variations in response thresholds and metrics across different locations. Some cities have started adapting response thresholds based on local epidemiological studies, but there are still areas that have not lowered thresholds during cascading hazard events.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2024)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chengfang Huang, Ning Li, Zhengtao Zhang, Yuan Liu
Summary: The economic impact of disasters is closely related to regional economic development. China's economic development is conducive to reducing the economic impact of disasters, but regional differences need to be clarified in policy formulation, with reducing indirect impact as a higher priority in more developed areas.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2024)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chiara Bruni, Bruno Aparicio, Beatriz Lourenco, Martinho Marta-Almeida, Akli Benali, Susana Barreiro, Alfredo Rocha, Ana C. L. Sa
Summary: This study analyzes the wildfire hazard in a 115,000 ha landscape in Portugal and explores the threat posed to assets of pulp paper companies. It finds that eucalypt plantations not managed by the companies, particularly those with ages between 6 and 9 years, present a major risk. Over half of the landscape has the potential for large wildfires.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2024)
