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Berry Gersonius, Bart Vonk, Richard M. Ashley, Frank den Heijer, Wouter Jan Klerk, Natasa Manojlovic, Jeroen Rijke, Paul Sayers and Assela Pathirana
North Sea Region countries depend heavily on flood protection infrastructure, such as dikes, dams, sluices and flood gates. Knowledge on where, when and how much to invest to ensure functioning is of crucial importance for asset owners and operators. Thi...
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Martynas Rusteika and Lina Skinuliene
The manufacture of agriculture production products is the most sensitive to meteorological conditions. The main risks caused by adverse climate factors that Lithuania?s farmers confront are winterkill, hail, storms, and droughts. The aim of the study is ...
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Hannah Jona von Czettritz, Seyed-Ali Hosseini-Yekani, Johannes Schuler, Kurt-Christian Kersebaum and Peter Zander
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Alessandro Allodi, Letizia Angelo, Fabio Bordini, Monica Branchi, Elisa Comune, Mauro Del Longo, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mauro Noberini, Filippo Pizzera, Alessio Pugliese, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Fabrizio Tonelli, Franca Tugnoli and Enrica Zenoni
Water is a fundamental resource for human life and nature; flood management, water supply systems and water protection policies are a few examples of equally important disciplines across the whole hydrological cycle. The present work focuses on the creat...
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Bart Vonk, Wouter Jan Klerk, Peter Fröhle, Berry Gersonius, Frank den Heijer, Philipp Jordan, Ulf Radu Ciocan, Jeroen Rijke, Paul Sayers and Richard Ashley
Uncertainties about climate change consequences, changing societal requirements and system complexity require flood protection asset managers to continuously evaluate their asset management policies and practice to manage risk and improve the resilience ...
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Carlos Germano Ferreira Costa
Recurrently drought, high food prices, conflict, and market distortions are some of the mutually reinforcing factors of vulnerability and instability affecting the building of sustainable development pathways in the world. In this regard, the linkages be...
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Extreme weather, climate-induced events that are episodic (e.g., hurricane, heatwave) or chronic (e.g., sea-level rise, temperature change) in nature, is occurring with increasing frequency and severity. This places a growing and time-sensitive need on t...
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Occupational safety in the construction industry still represents a relevant problem at a global level. In fact, the complexity of working activities in this sector requires a comprehensive approach that goes beyond normative compliance to guarantee safe...
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Joshua Amuzu, Bubu P. Jallow, Amos T. Kabo-Bah and Sidat Yaffa
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Joshua Amuzu, Bubu P. Jallow, Amos T. Kabo-Bah and Sidat Yaffa
Global Climate Change is one of the dire challenges facing the international community today. Coastal zones are vulnerable to its impacts. An effective approach with long-term prospects in addressing climate change impacts is it?s mainstreaming into deve...
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Andrew D. Quinn, Emma J. S. Ferranti, Simon P. Hodgkinson, Anson C. R. Jack, John Beckford and John M. Dora
Extreme weather damages and disrupts transport infrastructure in a multitude of ways. Heavy rainfall and ensuing landslides or flooding may lead to road or rail closures; extreme heat can damage road surfaces, or cause tracks, signalling or electronic eq...
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Marc Velasco, Beniamino Russo, Montserrat Martínez, Pere Malgrat, Robert Monjo, Slobodan Djordjevic, Ignasi Fontanals, Salvador Vela, Maria Adriana Cardoso and Aira Buskute
The RESCCUE Project is an H2020 research project that aims to help cities around the world to become more resilient to physical, social, and economic challenges, using the water sector as the central point of the approach. RESCCUE will generate models an...
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Qianqian Zhou and Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen
Identifying what, when, and how much adaptation is needed to account for increased pluvial flood risk is inherently uncertain. This presents a challenge to decision makers when trying to identify robust measures. This paper presents an integrated uncerta...
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Issa Ouedraogo, Ndeye Seynabou Diouf, Mathieu Ouédraogo, Ousmane Ndiaye and Robert B. Zougmoré
West Africa is a very vulnerable part of the world to the impacts of climate change due to a combination of exposure and low adaptive capacity. Climate change has induced an increase in rainfall variability which in turn has affected the availability of ...
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Issa Ouedraogo, Ndeye Seynabou Diouf, Mathieu Ouédraogo, Ousmane Ndiaye and Robert B. Zougmoré
West Africa is a very vulnerable part of the world to the impacts of climate change due to a combination of exposure and low adaptive capacity. Climate change has induced an increase in rainfall variability which in turn has affected the availability of ...
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Pei-Yuan Chen, Syu-Jie Huang, Chia-Yii Yu, Pen-Chi Chiang, Tzu-Ming Liu and Ching-Pin Tung
Extreme uneven spatial and temporal distributions of rainfall pose the risk of water shortage to the industries in Taiwan, particularly during dry seasons, which may be worsen under climate change. This study aims to develop adaptation actions for an ind...
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Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan, Assela Pathirana, Richard Ashley and Chris Zevenbergen
Adaptation to climate change is being addressed in many domains. This means that there are multiple perspectives on adaptation; often with differing visions resulting in disconnected responses and outcomes. Combining singular perspectives into coherent, ...
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Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan, Assela Pathirana, Richard Ashley, Chris Zevenbergen
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Adaptation to climate change is being addressed in many domains. This means that there are multiple perspectives on adaptation; often with differing visions resulting in disconnected responses and outcomes. Combining singular perspectives into coherent, ...
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Pei-Yuan Chen, Syu-Jie Huang, Chia-Yii Yu, Pen-Chi Chiang, Tzu-Ming Liu, Ching-Pin Tung
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Extreme uneven spatial and temporal distributions of rainfall pose the risk of water shortage to the industries in Taiwan, particularly during dry seasons, which may be worsen under climate change. This study aims to develop adaptation actions for an ind...
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Shahbaz Mushtaq,Kate Reardon-Smith,Neil Cliffe,Jenny Ostini,Helen Farley,Joanne Doyle,Matt Kealley
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Agricultural extension that delivers timely, targeted, and cost-effective support to farmers will help ensure the sustainability and adaptive capacity of agriculture, enhancing both food security and environmental security. Leveraging advances in agricli...
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