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Dealing with increasing fire frequencies in the domestic mountain-dominated forest systems requires assessment and anticipation of fire risks at local scales as well as a better understanding of its effects on the ecosystem and recreational activities.

Even with significant global advances in science and infrastructure designed to predict and manage such extreme disasters, many communities still face major societal and economic impacts when these events occur.

Crowdsourced vehicle data trace the contours of dangerous city temperatures

In recent years, Austria has been hit by a series of extreme flood events, gravely impacting its infrastructure and people. Despite measures put in place to tackle flood risk, devastating flood events affect the country every year. How can these risks be mitigated?

This paper aims to assess and explain institutional innovations in natural hazard risk management by analyzing examples of multi-functional protection schemes, which are distinctive to mainstream solutions.

This study explores the application of the regional floodplain evaluation matrix (RegioFEM) to help flood risk managers manage increasing challenges in anticipating future developments and coordinating regional flood risk management.

This report details the effects of climate change on health that are already being felt today in Austria. Transformation research and research-led teaching can accelerate transformative development paths and foster new interdisciplinary solutions.

This paper discusses the procedures installed over time for planned relocation along the Danube River in Austria and lessons learned from the varying success these procedures had. This paper first describes the government's approach on planned relocation