Climate Change: Risk Assessment
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Assessing Tropical Cyclones risks in Comoros Islands Using Geospatial Technologies
(Boussoury Moutoiwaf, 2024-03-22)Tropical cyclones (TCs) are major natural hazards in the Indian Ocean region, particularly in the Comoros Islands, which are regularly hit by tropical cyclones, the latest of which was Cyclone Kenneth in April 2019. ... -
A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT CONSIDERING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND USE: CASE STUDY OF FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE.
(Abdulai Osman KOROMA, 2024-04-24)This study presents a comprehensive assessment of flood risk in Freetown, Sierra Leone, incorporating the impacts of climate change and land use changes over a 30-year period from 1991 to 2020. Utilizing the Mann-Kendall ... -
FLOOD RISK MAPPING AND IMPACTS ASSESSMENT IN KEEA MUNICIPALITY
(Lawrence Blay, 2024-03)Flood is the most disastrous natural disaster in the world due to its devastating effects that endanger lives and cause property damage to the affected areas. Flood events are alarmingly increasing all over the world; ... -
Modelling the Impact of Climate Change on Flood Hazard in Rift Valley Basin of Ethiopia
(Dawit Kanito KASSA, 2024-03)The increase of climate change-induced events, such as flooding, has intensified, particularly impacting developing countries over the last few decades. It is essential to develop flood hazard maps to identify and ... -
Evaluating the Influence of Rainfall Patterns and Inadequate Municipal Solid Waste Management on Cholera Outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia.
(Rhodah CHABINGA, 2025-04-21)The cholera crisis remains a recurring public health and socioeconomic concern for several urban and peri-urban communities across the globe, especially in developing countries like Zambia. It has various risk factors ... -
Climate Change and Flood Risk Mapping in Djibouti: A Web-GIS Approach
(Yahya Ali WABERI, 2025-04-16)Flooding is one the most detrimental, recurrent and prevalent natural disasters in the world which has affected economies, environment and human life greatly with severe interruption of income sources(Armah et al., ... -
MODELING FLOOD HAZARD UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS IN GENFEL RIVER CATCHEMENT, TEKEZE BASIN, ETHIOPIA
(BELAYNESH HAFTU TEWELDEMEDHIN, 2025-03)Nowadays, Flooding is one of the most natural disasters, significantly affecting livelihoods, infrastructures, and ecosystems worldwide. Genfel River Catchment, located within the Tekeze Basin in Ethiopia, is particularly ... -
Evaluating Wildfires Risk in Tlemcen, Algeria: The Role of Climate Change, Vegetation Health, and Drought Patterns
(Zakarya Belkhir, 2025-04-14)This study investigated the complex interactions between climate patterns, vegetation dynamics, and wildfire activity in Tlemcen Province, Algeria over the period 2000-2019. Using an integrated approach combining remote ... -
Analysis of Flood Risk and Strategic Management to Address Its Adverse Impacts: A Case Study of the Boudouaou Basin, Algiers, Algeria.
(Hadjer ADJADJ, 2025-04-20)Flooding is a significant and worsening challenge for many human societies, with increasing severity driven by climate change and land use pressures. This natural hazard constitutes one of the world's worst natural ... -
ASSESSING THE FUTURE SPATIAL-TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT IN NORTHERN MALAWI, UNDER SHARED SOCIO-ECONOMIC PATHWAY SCENARIOS
(Jones Mayamiko PATEL, 2025-04-13)La survenue de sécheresses majeures dans le nord du Malawi, exacerbée par le changement climatique, a causé des dommages importants aux moyens de subsistance et une dégradation de l'environnement. De plus, le changement ... -
Flood Reduction through Flood Risk and Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping in Hadejia River Basin, Nigeria
(PAUWES, 2020-12)Floods are one of the most recurrent and devastating natural disasters that has enormous, widespread and ravaging negative impacts on lives, economy and infrastructures across the globe. Hadejia River Basin is known by its ... -
Flood Inundation Modeling in the Gourou Watershed of Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Nowadys, floods and droughts are becoming more and more frequent all other the world. According to the Emergency Events Database, Africa is the third continent most affected by flood events in terms of occurrence, total ... -
Rainfall-Intensity Duration Frequency Analysis and Peak-flow Estimations for Flood Risk Management Options within Gountiyena basin in Niamey, Niger.
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Information on peak discharge and related probabilities is essential for engineering structure designs. Many basins are ungauged and therefore, data for statistical analyses are missing and input for sophisticated ... -
Spatial and Temporal Drought Characterization in View of the Best Irrigation Practices in Central Malawi
(2019-09-05)Recently, in Kasungu Agricultural Development Division (ADD), agricultural production has been challenged by uneven rainfall distribution spatially and temporally leading to constant dry spells and droughts resulting in ... -
Implementation of Hydrological and Hydraulic Models to Forecast River Flood Risks and Proposition of Management Measures. Case Study of Nyabugogo River Basin in Rwanda
(2018)Nyabugogo River within Nyabugogo catchment in Rwanda is being flooded at every year resulting in human losses and economic losses. For sustainable flood management; flood risk assessment is a useful component as it ... -
Flood Risk Assessment in the Niger River Basin in Support of the Conception of a Flood Risk Management Plan: Case Study of the District of Malanville, Benin
(2018)This thesis was carried out to evaluate the flood risk in the district of Malanville located along the Niger River. The knowledge produce by this study is useful in the implementation of adaptation and/or mitigation measures ... -
Climate Change And Natural Disasters In Africa; Case Study Of Rwanda
(2016)Different theories emphasize the role climate change plays in the actual abnormal occurrence of climate related natural disasters. This is a stressful issue for researchers, Scientifics and politicians due to inevitable ... -
Assessing Flood Risk And Developing A Framework For A Mitigation Strategy Under Current And Future Climate Scenarios In Nyabarongo Upper Catchment, Rwanda
(2017)Literally, Rwanda has experienced climate change and variability in terms of frequency, intensity, and persistence of extreme changes, such as floods and droughts as well. The occurrence of rainfall deficits and excess has ... -
Flood Modeling And Floodplain Mapping Based On Geographical Information System (Gis) And Hec-Ras In Oued Fez Watershed (Morocco)
(2016)Maps give a more direct and stronger impression of the spatial distribution of the flood risk than other forms of presentation such as diagrams or verbal description. The urban flood risk appears among the major environmental ...
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