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Richard Adade, Dukiya Jaiye, Nana Ama Browne Klutse and Appollonia Aimiosino Okhimamhe
Ex situ adaptation in the form of relocation has become inevitable in some low-lying coastal zones where other adaptation strategies become impractical or uneconomical. Although relocation of coastal low-lying communities is anticipated globally, little ...
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Donghyun Kim, Sijung Choi, Sungkyu Kang and Huiseong Noh
Drought has significant impacts on both society and the environment, but it is a gradual and comprehensive process that affects a region over time. Therefore, non-structural measures are necessary to prepare and respond to the damage caused by drought in...
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Md. Sazzad Ansari, Jeroen Warner, Vibhas Sukhwani and Rajib Shaw
Bangladesh, a flat densely populated country in a dynamic delta, is vulnerable to recurring flood disasters. Various types of structural and non-structural flood risk reduction interventions have been implemented over the years to safeguard the people an...
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Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq, Zohreh Rajabi and Nitin Muttil
Agricultural damage due to floods in the Indus basin?s fertile land has been the most damaging natural disaster in Pakistan so far. Earthen dikes are protecting the vast areas of the floodplain from regular flooding. However, the floodplain is attractive...
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Gerald Norbert Souza da Silva and Márcia Maria Guedes Alcoforado de Moraes
The development of adequate modeling at the basin level to establish public policies has an important role in managing water resources. Hydro-economic models can measure the economic effects of structural and non-structural measures, land and water manag...
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Felix Conitz, Aude Zingraff-Hamed, Gerd Lupp and Stephan Pauleit
Mountain areas are highly exposed to flood risks. The latter are increasing in the context of climate change, urbanization, and land use changes. Non-structural approaches such as nature-based solutions can provide opportunities to reduce the risks of su...
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Gabriele Lombardi, Alessandro Ceppi, Giovanni Ravazzani, Silvio Davolio and Marco Mancini
The number of natural catastrophes that affect people worldwide is increasing; among these, the hydro-meteorological events represent the worst scenario due to the thousands of deaths and huge damages to private and state ownership they can cause. To pre...
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Eui Hoon Lee, Joong Hoon Kim
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Poor drainage of urban storm water can lead to urban inundation which presents a risk to people and property. Previous research has presented various measures to prevent and reduce urban flooding and these measures can be classified into costly but effec...
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Eui Hoon Lee, Yong Sik Lee, Jin Gul Joo, Donghwi Jung and Joong Hoon Kim
Failure of drainage systems leads to urban flooding; therefore, structural measures such as the installation of additional drainage facilities, including pump stations and detention reservoirs, have been adopted in the past to prevent and mitigate urban ...
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Yue Zhang, Yong Zhao, Qingming Wang, Jianhua Wang, Haihong Li, Jiaqi Zhai, Yongnan Zhu and Jiazhen Li
As the debates surrounding the negative influences of flood control using dams or reservoirs on the eco-environment become fierce, non-structural flood control measures like land use change gain more attention. This study researched the effect of integra...
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