China

Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this study estimated associations between long-term apparent temperature, extreme temperature, and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults.

This study is designed to provide a scientific reference for the establishment of rainstorm and flood disaster prevention system in Guilin region and improve the risk assessment of rainstorm and flood disasters.

This study proposed a copula-based framework to quantify flood hazards in coastal regions that are exposed to combination of storm surge and pluvial flooding. This provides insights into adaptation strategies for coastal and pluvial flooding protection

This study focused on evaluating the drought loss vulnerability of soybean on the Huaibei Plain.

This study employed the weather variables in continuous nonprecipitation days as the “dynamic-step” weather variables with which to improve wildfire probability modeling.

This post-flood resilience assessment seeks to determine the impact of the flood on the area, the duration it took to recover, the effectiveness of the measures taken to reduce the risk of flooding, and ways to enhance flood resilience. 

This paper looks at the capability of rural housing disaster insurance to foster local residents’ disaster resilience in central and western Tibet.

This brief explains how the People’s Republic of China is developing so-called sponge cities that use nature-based solutions to help reduce disaster risks posed by urbanization and climate change.