Climate change is breaking global food supplies. The Environmental Policy Impact Climate (EPIC)
model is capable of simulating crop productivity for hundreds of years under a variety …

The flood disaster management system (FDMS) is a platform developed to provide ongoing
disaster reduction capabilities that cover the entire process of flood management. The …

With climate change, the occurrence and severity of disasters has greatly increased over
recent decades. The importance of community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) has …

Disaster damage assessment is an important basis for the objective assessment of the
social impacts of disasters and for the planning of recovery and reconstruction. It is also an …

China has been frequently and heavily affected by drought disasters. During 2009–2010,
three large-scale severe droughts struck China, caused considerable social, economic, and …

The Chinese Government and citizens face enormous challenges of disaster management
as widespread devastation, economic damages, and loss of human lives caused by …

This study has investigated the influence of Arctic Oscillation (AO) on dust storm frequency
in North China in spring seasons during 1961–2007. There is a significant linkage between …

… Fan, gained direct experience of the Yushu disaster by participation in these studies. After
introducing the earthquake event and making a brief assessment of its impact and the national …

In this work, the authors investigated the spring dust storm frequency variations in northern
China and its relationship with weather disturbances, cold high, eddy kinetic energy (EKE), as …

The biosphere of the Earth is essential to human survival and development. The services of
ecosystems are critical to the functioning of the Earth’s life-support system. They contribute to …