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Needs and uses of scientific information for earthquake and monsoon contingency planning by humanitarian clusters in Nepal (2024)
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Sijapati, S., Robinson, T., Densmore, A., Raj Awasthi, P., Dunant, A., Li, S., Man Rajbhandari, R., Rosser, N., Johnson, A., Oven, K., van Wyk de Vries, M., & Heiselberg, S. (online). Needs and uses of scientific information for earthquake and monsoon contingency planning by humanitarian clusters in Nepal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Article 105166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105166

Embedding scientific knowledge in policy and practice is crucial for effective disaster risk reduction and planning, but key barriers remain in using science effectively for these purposes. In countries like Nepal, subjected to frequent multi-hazards... Read More about Needs and uses of scientific information for earthquake and monsoon contingency planning by humanitarian clusters in Nepal.

Cost-benefit methodology for road slope stabilisation (2024)
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Robson, E. B., Milledge, D., Utili, S., & Bründl, M. (2024). Cost-benefit methodology for road slope stabilisation. Transportation Geotechnics, 48, Article 101282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2024.101282

Cost-benefit analyses are conducted to evaluate the cost efficiency of road slope stabilisation measures to aid road planning, design, maintenance, and repair. Most cost analyses are based on a statistical framework that requires a database of slope... Read More about Cost-benefit methodology for road slope stabilisation.

The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy (2024) (2024)
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Bevan, C. (2024). The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy (2024). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003274056

This handbook provides a comprehensive global survey and assessment of the law and policy relating to homelessness prevention. Homelessness is regarded internationally as one of the most pressing issues facing humanity and one of the greatest social... Read More about The Routledge Handbook of Global Perspectives on Homelessness, Law & Policy (2024).

A Computationally Efficient Method to Determine the Probability of Rainfall-Triggered Cut Slope Failure Accounting for Upslope Hydrological Conditions (2023)
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Robson, E., Milledge, D., Utili, S., & Dattola, G. (2024). A Computationally Efficient Method to Determine the Probability of Rainfall-Triggered Cut Slope Failure Accounting for Upslope Hydrological Conditions. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 57(4), 2421-2443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-023-03694-5

We present a new computationally efficient methodology to estimate the probability of rainfall-induced slope failure based on mechanical probabilistic slope stability analyses coupled with a hydrogeological model of the upslope area. The model accoun... Read More about A Computationally Efficient Method to Determine the Probability of Rainfall-Triggered Cut Slope Failure Accounting for Upslope Hydrological Conditions.

Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law (2023)
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Minnerop, P. (online). Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law. Global Policy, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13219

This article argues that the protection of ‘community interests’ in international law includes intertemporal obligations of States, in cases where it is scientifically foreseeable that (fully) maintaining the ‘status quo’ of a protected community int... Read More about Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law.

The post-2016 long-lasting Vulcanian activity of Sabancaya volcano (Peru) and associated aeolian remobilisation of volcanic ash (2023)
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Fries, A., Dominguez, L., Jarvis, P. A., Pistolesi, M., Manrique, N., Aguilar, R., …Bonadonna, C. (2023). The post-2016 long-lasting Vulcanian activity of Sabancaya volcano (Peru) and associated aeolian remobilisation of volcanic ash. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 441, Article 107876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107876

Perceptions of volcanic air pollution and exposure reduction practices on the Island of Hawai‘i: Working towards socially relevant risk communication (2023)
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Horwell, C., Elias, T., Covey, J., Bhandari, R., & Truby, J. (2023). Perceptions of volcanic air pollution and exposure reduction practices on the Island of Hawai‘i: Working towards socially relevant risk communication. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 95, Article 103853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103853

Kīlauea volcano, on the Island of Hawai‘i, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Over the past four decades it has released large amounts of volcanic gases and aerosols which form volcanic air pollution known as ‘vog’. Communities downwin... Read More about Perceptions of volcanic air pollution and exposure reduction practices on the Island of Hawai‘i: Working towards socially relevant risk communication.

Managed Urban Retreat: The Trouble with Crisis Narratives (2023)
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Rahman, M. F., Lewis, D., Kuhl, L., Baldwin, A., Ruszczyk, H., Nadiruzzaman, M., & Mahid, Y. (online). Managed Urban Retreat: The Trouble with Crisis Narratives. Urban Geography, 45(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2023.2228094

In response to narratives of the mass movement of people triggered by climate change, a number of “managed retreat” models have been proposed as policy options, especially for densely populated urban areas in the Global South. Reviewing a case study... Read More about Managed Urban Retreat: The Trouble with Crisis Narratives.

A systematic comparison of deforestation drivers and policy effectiveness across the Amazon biome (2023)
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Hänggli, A., Levy, S., Armenteras Pascual, D., Bovolo, I., Brandao, J., Rueda, X., & Garrett, R. D. (2023). A systematic comparison of deforestation drivers and policy effectiveness across the Amazon biome. Environmental Research Letters, 18(7), Article 073001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd408

The Amazon biome, spanning nine countries, has one of the highest rates of deforestation worldwide. This deforestation contributes to biodiversity loss, climate change, the spread of infectious diseases, and damage to rural and indigenous livelihoods... Read More about A systematic comparison of deforestation drivers and policy effectiveness across the Amazon biome.

Intermittent demand, inventory obsolescence, and temporal aggregation forecasts (2023)
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Sanguri, K., Patra, S., Nikolopoulos, K., & Punia, S. (2024). Intermittent demand, inventory obsolescence, and temporal aggregation forecasts. International Journal of Production Research, 62(5), 1663-1685. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2199435

Forecasting for intermittent demand is considered a difficult task and becomes even more challenging in the presence of obsolescence. Traditionally the problem has been dealt with modifications in the conventional parametric methods such as Croston.... Read More about Intermittent demand, inventory obsolescence, and temporal aggregation forecasts.

Social Collateral and consumer payment media during the economic crisis in Europe (2023)
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Litsioua, K., & Nikolopoulos, K. (in press). Social Collateral and consumer payment media during the economic crisis in Europe. Journal of Quantitative Finance and Economics,

In this research paper we investigate the relationship between economic crises and the changes in levels of social collateral, as well as the indirect changes in the use of payment media from consumers as a result of the latter. The scene is Europe i... Read More about Social Collateral and consumer payment media during the economic crisis in Europe.

Law, justice and the role of courts in changing the social superstructure narrative in climate litigation: A Rejoinder to Benoit Mayer (2023)
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Otto, F. E., Minnerop, P., Raju, E., Harrington, L. J., Stuart‐Smith, R. F., Boyd, E., James, R., Jones, R. G., & Lauta, K. C. (2023). Law, justice and the role of courts in changing the social superstructure narrative in climate litigation: A Rejoinder to Benoit Mayer. Global Policy, 14(2), 416-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13174

Quantifying heterogeneity in ecohydrological partitioning in urban green spaces through the integration of empirical and modelling approaches (2023)
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Stevenson, J. L., Birkel, C., Comte, J.-C., Tetzlaff, D., Marx, C., Neill, A., Maneta, M., Boll, J., & Soulsby, C. (2023). Quantifying heterogeneity in ecohydrological partitioning in urban green spaces through the integration of empirical and modelling approaches. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(4), Article 468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11055-6

Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change (2023)
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Grossmann, I., Rotella, A., Hutcherson, C. A., Sharpinskyi, K., Varnum, M. E., Achter, S., Dhami, M. K., Guo, X. E., Kara-Yakoubian, M., Mandel, D. R., Raes, L., Tay, L., Vie, A., Wagner, L., Adamkovic, M., Arami, A., Arriaga, P., Bandara, K., Baník, G., Bartoš, F., …Collaborative, T. F. (2023). Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(4), 484-501. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01517-1

How well can social scientists predict societal change, and what processes underlie their predictions? To answer these questions, we ran two forecasting tournaments testing accuracy of predictions of societal change in domains commonly studied in the... Read More about Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change.