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Global fatal landslide occurrence from 2004 to 2016 by Froude, Melanie J, Petley, David N

“…Landslides are a ubiquitous hazard in terrestrial environments with slopes, incurring human fatalities in urban settlements, along transport corridors and at…”
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Attribution of the Australian bushfire risk to anthropogenic climate change by van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan, Krikken, Folmer, Lewis, Sophie, Leach, Nicholas J, Lehner, Flavio, Saunders, Kate R, van Weele, Michiel, Haustein, Karsten, Li, Sihan, Wallom, David, Sparrow, Sarah, Arrighi, Julie, Singh, Roop K, van Aalst, Maarten K, Philip, Sjoukje Y, Vautard, Robert, Otto, Friederike E. L

“…Disastrous bushfires during the last months of 2019 and January 2020 affected Australia, raising the question to what extent the risk of these fires was…”
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Nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk reduction: a state-of-the-art review of the research area by Ruangpan, Laddaporn, Vojinovic, Zoran, Di Sabatino, Silvana, Leo, Laura Sandra, Capobianco, Vittoria, Oen, Amy M. P, McClain, Michael E, Lopez-Gunn, Elena

“…Hydro-meteorological risks due to natural hazards such as severe floods, storm surges, landslides and droughts are causing impacts on different sectors of…”
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Review article: Natural hazard risk assessments at the global scale by Ward, Philip J., Blauhut, Veit, Bloemendaal, Nadia, Daniell, James E., de Ruiter, Marleen C., Duncan, Melanie J., Emberson, Robert, Jenkins, Susanna F., Kirschbaum, Dalia, Kunz, Michael, Mohr, Susanna, Muis, Sanne, Riddell, Graeme A., Schäfer, Andreas, Stanley, Thomas, Veldkamp, Ted I. E., Winsemius, Hessel C.

“…Since 1990, natural hazards have led to over 1.6 million fatalities globally, and economic losses are estimated at an average of around USD 260–310 billion per…”
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Global-scale drought risk assessment for agricultural systems by Meza, Isabel, Siebert, Stefan, Döll, Petra, Kusche, Jürgen, Herbert, Claudia, Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan, Nouri, Hamideh, Gerdener, Helena, Popat, Eklavyya, Frischen, Janna, Naumann, Gustavo, Vogt, Jürgen V, Walz, Yvonne, Sebesvari, Zita, Hagenlocher, Michael

“…Droughts continue to affect ecosystems, communities and entire economies. Agriculture bears much of the impact, and in many countries it is the most heavily…”
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Measuring compound flood potential from river discharge and storm surge extremes at the global scale by Couasnon, Anaïs, Eilander, Dirk, Muis, Sanne, Veldkamp, Ted I. E, Haigh, Ivan D, Wahl, Thomas, Winsemius, Hessel C, Ward, Philip J

“…The interaction between physical drivers from oceanographic, hydrological, and meteorological processes in coastal areas can result in compound flooding…”
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Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey by Alexander, D. E

“…This paper examines the development over historical time of the meaning and uses of the term resilience. The objective is to deepen our understanding of how…”
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Invited perspectives: Hydrological perspectives on precipitation intensity-duration thresholds for landslide initiation: proposing hydro-meteorological thresholds by Bogaard, Thom, Greco, Roberto

“…Many shallow landslides and debris flows are precipitation initiated. Therefore, regional landslide hazard assessment is often based on empirically derived…”
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Landslide susceptibility estimation by random forests technique: sensitivity and scaling issues by Catani, F, Lagomarsino, D, Segoni, S, Tofani, V

“…Despite the large number of recent advances and developments in landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) there is still a lack of studies focusing on specific…”
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Characteristics and influencing factors of rainfall-induced landslide and debris flow hazards in Shaanxi Province, China by Zhang, Ke, Wang, Sheng, Bao, Hongjun, Zhao, Xiaomeng

“…Shaanxi Province, located in northwest China and spanning multiple hydroclimatic and geological zones, has many areas largely suffering from rainfall-induced…”
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Back calculation of the 2017 Piz Cengalo–Bondo landslide cascade with r.avaflow: what we can do and what we can learn by Mergili, Martin, Jaboyedoff, Michel, Pullarello, José, Pudasaini, Shiva P

“…In the morning of 23 August 2017, around 3×106 m3 of granitoid rock broke off from the eastern face of Piz Cengalo, southeastern Switzerland. The initial…”
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Global-scale benefit–cost analysis of coastal flood adaptation to different flood risk drivers using structural measures by Tiggeloven, Timothy, de Moel, Hans, Winsemius, Hessel C., Eilander, Dirk, Erkens, Gilles, Gebremedhin, Eskedar, Diaz Loaiza, Andres, Kuzma, Samantha, Luo, Tianyi, Iceland, Charles, Bouwman, Arno, van Huijstee, Jolien, Ligtvoet, Willem, Ward, Philip J.

“…Coastal flood hazard and exposure are expected to increase over the course of the 21st century, leading to increased coastal flood risk. In order to limit the…”
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Multi-criteria decision-making for flood risk management: a survey of the current state of the art by de Brito, Mariana Madruga, Evers, Mariele

“…This paper provides a review of multi-criteria decision-making  (MCDM) applications to flood risk management, seeking to highlight trends and identify research…”
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Sea-level rise in Venice: historic and future trends (review article) by Zanchettin, Davide, Bruni, Sara, Raicich, Fabio, Lionello, Piero, Adloff, Fanny, Androsov, Alexey, Antonioli, Fabrizio, Artale, Vincenzo, Carminati, Eugenio, Ferrarin, Christian, Fofonova, Vera, Nicholls, Robert J, Rubinetti, Sara, Rubino, Angelo, Sannino, Gianmaria, Spada, Giorgio, Thiéblemont, Rémi, Tsimplis, Michael, Umgiesser, Georg, Vignudelli, Stefano, Wöppelmann, Guy, Zerbini, Susanna

“…The city of Venice and the surrounding lagoonal ecosystem are highly vulnerable to variations in relative sea level. In the past ∼150 years, this was…”
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Review article: the use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) for natural hazards monitoring and management by Giordan, Daniele, Hayakawa, Yuichi, Nex, Francesco, Remondino, Fabio, Tarolli, Paolo

“…The number of scientific studies that consider possible applications of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) for the management of natural hazards effects…”
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A multi-disciplinary analysis of the exceptional flood event of July 2021 in central Europe – Part 1: Event description and analysis by Mohr, Susanna, Ehret, Uwe, Kunz, Michael, Ludwig, Patrick, Caldas-Alvarez, Alberto, Daniell, James E, Ehmele, Florian, Feldmann, Hendrik, Franca, Mário J, Gattke, Christian, Hundhausen, Marie, Knippertz, Peter, Küpfer, Katharina, Mühr, Bernhard, Pinto, Joaquim G, Quinting, Julian, Schäfer, Andreas M, Scheibel, Marc, Seidel, Frank, Wisotzky, Christina

“…The July 2021 flood in central Europe was one of the five costliest disasters in Europe in the last half century, with an estimated total damage of EUR…”
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Coastal impacts of Storm Gloria (January 2020) over the north-western Mediterranean by Amores, Angel, Marcos, Marta, Carrió, Diego S, Gómez-Pujol, Lluís

“…The ocean component and coastal impacts of Storm Gloria, which hit the western Mediterranean between 20 and 23 January 2020, are investigated with a numerical…”
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FLOPROS: an evolving global database of flood protection standards by Scussolini, Paolo, Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H, Jongman, Brenden, Bouwer, Laurens M, Winsemius, Hessel C, de Moel, Hans, Ward, Philip J

“…With projected changes in climate, population and socioeconomic activity located in flood-prone areas, the global assessment of flood risk is essential to…”
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Impacts of European drought events: insights from an international database of text-based reports by Stahl, Kerstin, Kohn, Irene, Blauhut, Veit, Urquijo, Julia, De Stefano, Lucia, Acácio, Vanda, Dias, Susana, Stagge, James H, Tallaksen, Lena M, Kampragou, Eleni, Van Loon, Anne F, Barker, Lucy J, Melsen, Lieke A, Bifulco, Carlo, Musolino, Dario, de Carli, Alessandro, Massarutto, Antonio, Assimacopoulos, Dionysis, Van Lanen, Henny A. J

“…Drought is a natural hazard that can cause a wide range of impacts affecting the environment, society, and the economy. Providing an impact assessment and…”
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Social media as an information source for rapid flood inundation mapping by Fohringer, J., Dransch, D., Kreibich, H., Schröter, K.

“…During and shortly after a disaster, data about the hazard and its consequences are scarce and not readily available. Information provided by eyewitnesses via…”
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