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Bruno Martins, Adélia Nunes, Luciano Lourenço and Fátima Velez-Castro
São Vicente Island (Republic of Cape Verde) lies within the Sahelian zone and faces several natural hazards, one of which is flash flooding. With the purpose of understanding what factors determine flash flood risk perception, a questionnaire entitled Fl...
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Janine Florath, Jocelyn Chanussot and Sina Keller
Natural hazards can present a significant risk to road infrastructure. This infrastructure is a fundamental component of the transportation infrastructure, with significant importance. During emergencies, society heavily relies on the functionality of th...
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Francesco Caridi, Antonio Francesco Mottese, Giuseppe Paladini, Santina Marguccio, Maurizio D?Agostino, Alberto Belvedere, Domenico Majolino and Valentina Venuti
In this article, an investigation into the natural radioactivity content in natural inorganic pigments was carried out, together with the assessment of the radiological health risk for the public related to external exposure to ionizing radiations, via H...
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Qiang Yang, Xiaojie Yan, Wenkai Chen and Juncheng Fan
With the rapid development of the construction industry, there have been an uncountable number of damages caused by safety accidents at construction sites. Traditional safety management methods are no longer able to meet the needs of production. This pap...
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Eike Blomeier, Sebastian Schmidt and Bernd Resch
In the early stages of a disaster caused by a natural hazard (e.g., flood), the amount of available and useful information is low. To fill this informational gap, emergency responders are increasingly using data from geo-social media to gain insights fro...
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Won Choi, Kyungsu Kim and Wongeon Jung
Agriculture, alongside construction and mining, is one of the three most hazardous industries, and is characterized by numerous risk factors for occupational accidents. Unlike other industries, agriculture faces significant safety concerns related to the...
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Heba El-Bagoury and Ahmed Gad
Flooding is a natural disaster with extensive impacts. Desert regions face altered flooding patterns owing to climate change, water scarcity, regulations, and rising water demands. This study assessed and predicted flash flood hazards by calculating disc...
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Guido Paliaga, Andrea Ferrando, Pierluigi Brandolini, Paola Coratza and Francesco Faccini
Increasing interest in the natural environment and greater hiking activity have resulted in higher anthropogenic pressure in areas characterized by a geographic/physical setting that could present hazardous conditions. The development of these activities...
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Yufa He, Benjian Song and Qingping Li
This research explores the geomechanical challenges associated with gas hydrate extraction in submarine slope zones, a setting posing a high risk of significant geological calamities. We investigate slope and wellbore deformations driven by hydrate decom...
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María-Victoria Soto, Joselyn Arriagada-González, Martina Molina-Benavides, Misael Cabello, Miguel Contreras-Alonso, Ignacio Ibarra, Gabriela Guevara, Sergio A. Sepúlveda and Michael Maerker
In this paper, we study natural hazards and their potential impacts on productive activities in the Comau Fjord in Chilean Northern Patagonia. We carried out hazard mapping to identify areas with evidence of geomorphological activity on slopes in terms o...
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