The moraine dam of the Tam Pokhari glacial lake breached on 3 September 1998 and caused a catastrophic flood in the downstream areas. To learn from the event, a field survey was conducted. The survey team found that a landslide, which is considered to be responsible for the outburst flood,...

In recent decades a general change in climate has been documented in several locations over the world. Such changes could have significant effects on various environmental scenarios, including water resource management, agriculture, hydrology and ecosystems. The complex topography and coastlines...

Predicting natural phenomena like flood and drought and consequently presenting an appropriate solution for fighting such natural hazards in northwestern Iran is considered in this study through clustering the precipitation regime. To compare the reference period (past) with the simulated data,...

Lake Qinghai, the largest saline lake with an area of 4,260 km<Superscript>2</Superscript> (2000) and average depth of 21 m (1985) in West China, has experienced severe decline in water level in recent decades. This study aimed to investigate water balance of the lake and identify the causes for the decline in lake...</superscript>

El articulo presenta una revision del <<estado de la cuestion> acerca de las posibilidades y limites de la agricultura en su tarea de alimentar a la poblacion mundial. Parte de una sintesis de la trayectoria de la agricultura a lo largo del siglo XX, detallando las pautas de evolucion de los rendimientos en distintas...</<estado>

This paper is based on three surveys concerning the beaches of Palavas les Flots and Mauguio-Carnon in the Hérault department. It compares the perceptions of marine submersion risk and the preferences for risk management methods of several types of beach users and of managers, and industry and...

Chinese government commits to reach its peak carbon emissions before 2030, which requires China to implement new policies. Using a CGE model, this study conducts simulation studies on the functions of an energy tax and a carbon tax and analyzes their effects on macro-economic indices. The...

Basically, climate change refers to any change in climate overtime, generally caused by natural variability and/or human activities. It has great devastating impact, particularly on agriculture and by extrapolation on farmers and the national economy. The frontline agricultural extension workers...

This study adopts the perspective of demand spillovers to provide new insights regarding Chinese domestic-regions' production position in global value chains and their associated CO2 emissions. To this end, we constructed a new type of World Input-Output Database in which China's domestic...