In recent decades, climate change has affected vegetation growth in terrestrial ecosystems.
We investigated spatial and temporal patterns of vegetation cover on the Loess Plateau’s …

After the Wenchuan earthquake (magnitude 7.9, May 12, 2008), intensive debates on how
China should establish a natural disaster insurance system were initiated among researchers, …

In recent decades, losses resulted from natural disasters have dramatically increased and
combined with a significant rise in the intensity and frequency of natural hazards, and in …

The stability of infrastructure network is always a critical issue studied by researchers in
different fields. A lot of works have been devoted to reveal the robustness of the infrastructure …

Response time plays a crucial role in reducing the loss of assets and lives caused by
emergencies. Good dispatch strategies for emergency response vehicles result in more efficient …

Estimating flood impacts on daily activities is vital to disaster risk reduction and urban resilience.
Human mobility on complex road networks has caused citizens, especially automobile …

A model-by-model analysis for historical simulations was necessary for identifying reasonably
performing models in the updated Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) over …

Assessment of the criticality of the components of an infrastructure network has received
considerable attention within the context of technological failures and terrorist attacks. However, …

Tipping elements are components of the Earth system that may shift abruptly and irreversibly
from one state to another at specific thresholds. It is not well understood to what degree …

The adverse effect of climate change continues to expand, and the risks of flooding are
increasing. Despite advances in network science and risk analysis, we lack a systematic …