Documents and publications

This study investigates the adaptation strategies employed by smallholder farmers in Konso, Ethiopia, to cope with climate change and variability.

Using data from 612 household questionnaires, this paper documents the hazard-related and cognitive factors of flood risk perception in 3 neighbourhoods of Kampala, Uganda.

This paper demonstrates how real-time satellite data, in combination with administrative data and historical household survey data, can be used to model the impact of 2022 floods on Pakistani households.

In the spring of 2022, every school district superintendent in Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington was sent a 15-minute online survey. The survey assessed superintendent knowledge of ShakeAlert, preferences for alert messaging.

This study examines (1) emergency preparedness and response measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) the feasibility of current Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies for managing compound pandemic-natural hazard events in Sri Lanka.

This article evaluates these early warning systems indicators by assessing their forecasting capability, effectiveness, and efficiency in increasing warning times, the alarm duration compared to the event duration, and their forecasting ability.

The study employed the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 models in simulating climate extreme indices under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway scenarios (SSPs) over West Africa between 1979 and 2059 as exemplified by the Greater Accra region.

This issue highlights a range of topics, including best practices for urban planning to reduce heat islands, community-based resilience strategies, and the role of local governance in heat action plans.