In recent years, residential care has become an alternative option for elder care in Beijing, China. Little is known, however, about the well-being of elderly residents and the relationship between their health and living in residential care facilities (RCFs). Hence this research aims to...

Food security has drawn great attention from both researchers and practitioners in recent years. Global warming and its resultant extreme drought events have become a great challenge to crop production and food price stability. This study aimed to establish a preliminary theoretical methodology...

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is known as the water tower of Asia. Water quality has long been a focus of public concern in this climate-sensitive and geologically complex area, especially in the Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin (YTRB), where population and agriculture are concentrated. Thallium (Tl) is a...

Global warming has drawn great attention in recent years, and the resultant extreme drought events have seriously influenced food security. Drought hazard has become a major stress factor for food production in China. The present study aimed to assess the drought hazard risk of maize in middle...

Risk assessment is a prerequisite for flood risk management. Practically, most of the decision making requires that the risks and costs of all risk mitigation options are evaluated in quantified terms. Therefore, a quantitative assessment of possible flood loss is very important, especially for...