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Analysis of non-stationary climate-related extreme events considering climate change scenarios: an application for multi-hazard assessment in the Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania

Garcia-Aristizabal, Alexander; Bucchignani, Edoardo; … - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 1, pp. 289-320

In this paper we have put forward a Bayesian framework for the analysis and testing of possible non-stationarities in extreme events. We use the extreme value theory to model temperature and precipitation data in the Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania. Temporal trends are modeled writing the...

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Role of climate change in increasing occurrences oceanic hazards as a potential threat to coastal ecology

Ghorai, Dipankar; Sen, H. - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 2, pp. 1223-1245

Coastal ecosystems are inimitable in view of their frailty as compared to terrestrial ecosystems, and yet in their indispensability in preserving the terrestrial ecosystems being the first line of defence against hazards of oceanic origin. More often than not, these are more precious in terms of...

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Community-based flood damage assessment approach for lower West Rapti River basin in Nepal under the impact of climate change

Perera, E.; Hiroe, A.; Shrestha, D.; Fukami, K.; Basnyat, D. - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 1, pp. 669-699

The West Rapti River (WRR), one of the dynamic and economically important basins of Nepal, was focused in this study to understand the impact of climate change in localized scale. The adopted methodology was a community-based field survey followed by a hydrological modeling to estimate present...

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Desertification assessments in the Hexi corridor of northern China’s Gansu Province by remote sensing

Han, Lanying; Zhang, Zhengcai; Zhang, Qiang; Wan, Xin - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 3, pp. 2715-2731

The Hexi corridor region lies in the arid and semiarid regions of Gansu Province, China. The sensitive ecological environment has undergone severe desertification caused by natural environmental change and unsustainable exploitation of the region. Remote sensing and GIS are being used to study...

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Quantifying household social resilience: a place-based approach in a rapidly transforming community

Henly-Shepard, Sarah; Anderson, Cheryl; Burnett, Kimberly; … - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 1, pp. 343-363

In an era of ecological degradation, global climate change, demographic shifts and increasing intensity and frequency of natural hazards, the Pacific Islands including the State of Hawai‘i face heightened risk. Human and environmental well-being are tightly coupled; thus, science-based solutions...

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Trends in climate, short-duration rainfall, and damaging hydrogeological events (Apulia, Southern Italy)

Polemio, M.; Lonigro, T. - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 1, pp. 515-540

This study analyses monthly climatic data (rainfall, wet days, rainfall intensity, and temperature) and the annual maximum of short-duration rainfall (from 1 h to 5 days) to characterise climate variations, focusing on rainfall, and their effects on trends in damaging hydrogeological events...

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An overview of climate change vulnerability: a bibliometric analysis based on Web of Science database

Wang, Bing; Pan, Su-Yan; Ke, Ruo-Yu; Wang, Ke; Wei, Yi-Ming - In: Natural Hazards 74 (2014) 3, pp. 1649-1666

socioeconomic system, food security in the field of agricultural system and the issue of water resource management, etc.; (4 … publications are located in the ecological diversity, ecosystem service, water resource management and electric power supply, etc …

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Hydrological Impacts of Warmer and Wetter Climate in Troutlake and Sturgeon River Basins in Central Canada

Choi, Woonsup; Kim, Sung; Lee, Mark; Koenig, Kristina; … - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 15, pp. 5319-5333

<Para ID="Par1">The impact of climate change on water availability in two river basins located in central Canada is …

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Hydropower Reservoir Management Under Climate Change: The Karoon Reservoir System

Jahandideh-Tehrani, Mahsa; Haddad, Omid Bozorg; … - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 3, pp. 749-770

<Para ID="Par1">This study assesses the performance of hydropower production by reservoirs with and without climate change impacts on river discharge. The case study of this research includes the Khersan 1, Karoon 4, and Karoon 3 reservoirs in Iran. The HADCM3 climate model with A2 greenhouse gas emission...</para>

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Iterative Framework for Robust Reclaimed Wastewater Allocation in a Changing Environment Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Kim, Yeonjoo; Chung, Eun-Sung; Jun, Sang-Mook - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 2, pp. 295-311

with the assumption that an additional unit of water quantity is allocated to reclaimed wastewater (RWW) sites. Based on … index (IAEI) to rank the best sites for each unit water quantity. The minimax regret strategy is employed to consider the … allocation of the unit water quantity in a given iteration. This iteration continues until the total allocated water quantity …

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