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Influence of check dams on water and sediment processes and deposition patterns under simulated rainfall conditions

Zhiwei Cui, Peng Li, Tian Wang, Shaobo Xue et al. • Geoderma (2024)

The Loess Plateau in China has the highest soil erosion and water loss rates in the world. Therefore, check dams, which are more useful engineering measures, have been established to improve soil and water conservation in small watershed. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116758

Influence of convectively coupled equatorial Kelvin waves on March-May precipitation over East Africa

Okello Ochieng Phillip, Tan Guirong, Ongoma Victor, Nyandega Isaiah • Geographica Pannonica (2021)

Convectively coupled equatorial Kelvin waves (CCEKWs) are those types of equatorially trapped disturbances that propagate eastward and are among the most common intra-seasonal oscillations in the tropics. There exists two-way feedback betwe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5937/gp25-31132

Risk informed and resilient development: Engaging the private sector in the era of the Sendai Framework

Yoshiko Abe, Irina Zodrow, Debbra A.K. Johnson, Liza Silerio • Progress in Disaster Science (2019)

Businesses are increasingly aware of their responsibility to work with, and within, their communities towards a resilient and sustainable future for all. This is thanks, in part, to the Sendai Framework, which first recognized the critical ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.pdisas.2019.100020

Reconstructing lost memories: Social memory as a foundation for disaster mitigation in Pandai Sikek

Handrian Ginting Jonson, Afrida Afrida, Zulkifli Addina, Subhiati Nur et al. • E3S Web of Conferences (2025)

This study examines the 2024 flash flood in Pandai Sikek, West Sumatra, through the lens of disaster anthropology and social memory. Based on preliminary research and one week of ethnographic fieldwork, the research reveals that while extre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202567702011

Flood Response System—A Case Study

Yogesh Kumar Singh, Upasana Dutta, T. S. Murugesh Prabhu, I. Prabu et al. • Hydrology (2017)

Flood Response System (FRS) is a network-enabled solution developed using open-source software. The system has query based flood damage assessment modules with outputs in the form of spatial maps and statistical databases. FRS effectively f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/hydrology4020030

Enhancing Los Angeles’ resilient energy systems amid wildfires

Alexis Pengfei Zhao, Mohannad Alhazmi, Shuangqi Li, Jiarong Li et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Wildfires pose a significant threat to urban regions, with cities like Los Angeles facing increasing challenges due to their vulnerability to frequent and severe wildfire events. This study proposes a novel framework for optimizing...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-02433-w

The Role of Islamic Finance in Confronting Natural Disasters through Collective Financing: A Case Study

Mohammed Er-Riyad Er-Riyad, Maroua El-Jihaoui, Ibrahim Bamohammed • Jurnal Iqtisad (2025)

Crowdfunding platforms are considered valuable tools within Islamic finance due to their potential compliance with Islamic Sharia principles and their absence of any suspicion related to usury (Riba). These platforms are new financing mecha...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.31942/iq.v12i1.13003

A Novel Dual-Domain Filtering Method to Improve GNSS Performance Based on a Dynamic Model Constructed by TDCP

Fangchao Li, Jingxiang Gao, Nanshan Zheng, Cheng Pan et al. • IEEE Access (2020)

To overcome the strikes from the tremendous noise of pseudorange and the integer ambiguity of carrier phase observation, we developed a novel dual-domain filtering method that integrates the traditional observation- and an innovative positi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2990132

Experimental study on the impact of sulfate attack on the performance of shaft lining concrete under sustained compressive load

Guo-qiang Xu, Wei Zhang, Si Chen, Zhen-kai Zhu et al. • Case Studies in Construction Materials (2024)

To investigate the impact of sulfate corrosion on the performance of shaft lining concrete under sustained compressive loads, this study immersed samples in a 10 % sodium sulfate solution after subjecting to sustained compressive loads of 0...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e03657

The effect of education types on knowledge level in natural disaster information transfer

Mikail Batu, Mustafa Oz, İlknur Aydoğdu Karaaslan, Akan Yanık et al. • Frontiers in Communication (2024)

This study explores the most effective educational methods for conveying information about natural disasters in large institutions like universities. Focusing on a sample of 405 students from Ege University (Turkey), it examines whether kno...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1492719

The spatial allocation of population: a review of large-scale gridded population data products and their fitness for use

S. Leyk, S. Leyk, A. E. Gaughan, A. E. Gaughan et al. • Earth System Science Data (2019)

Population data represent an essential component in studies focusing on human–nature interrelationships, disaster risk assessment and environmental health. Several recent efforts have produced global- and continental-extent gridded populati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/essd-11-1385-2019

The extent to which South Africa’s legal and policy frameworks empower traditional leadership to contribute to achieving SDG 11

Fredua Agyemang • Town and Regional Planning (2024)

Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11) focuses on making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Although the goal primarily addresses urban development, its principles also extend to rural areas, but the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.38140/trp.v85i.8528

Tourism SMMEs Recovery from COVID-19: A Case of SMMEs in the City of Polokwane, Limpopo province, South Africa

Takalani Ramukumba • African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (2023)

The tourism industry is dependent on travel and factors that inhibits travel, including pandemics such as COVID-19, may have a profound impact on the industry. Although the precise scope and long-term effects of COVID-19 have not yet been...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720.456

Report on the second academic forum on earthquake hazard chain, 12 November 2022, Beijing, China

Xiangli He, Yuandong Huang, Zhaoning Chen, Lei Li et al. • Natural Hazards Research (2023)

The second academic forum of the Committee on the Earthquake Hazard Chain, Seismological Society of China was held on 12 November 2022 in Beijing, China. The theme of this forum was theoretical research, technical application and populariza...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nhres.2023.03.001

Dynamic characteristics of unsaturated loess and their influences on ground vibration parameters of sites

WEI Lai 1, LU Yu-xia 1,2,3, ZHOU Zheng-hua 4, WANG Qian 1, 2, 3, YANG Bo 1, TANG Hong-min 1, LI Tong-lin 1 • Yantu gongcheng xuebao (2019)

The dynamic triaxial tests on the unsaturated loess in Xiji region of Ningxia under different water contents are carried out. Based on the analysis of the influences of water content on the dynamic characteristics of loess, the influences o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11779/CJGE2019S2037

Building evidences in Public Health Emergency Preparedness (“BePHEP” Project)—a systematic review

Michelangelo Mercogliano, Gloria Spatari, Chiara Noviello, Francesca Di Serafino et al. • International Journal for Equity in Health (2025)

Abstract Introduction Humanitarian crises exacerbate the vulnerability of already fragile healthcare systems and significantly increase the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02382-w