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This study adopts the 1D–2D model SOBEK to investigate the impact of drainage density on river flow. The uncertainty of drainage density in food hazard mapping is assessed by a designed case and a real case, Yanshuixi Drainage in Tainan, Taiwan.
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This study incorporates the notion of “Transitional Progress” as an available scoping tool pin-pointing the human-habitat domain. The aim is to determine the resilience ability as it bounces forth as determined by the interacting parts in such.
This is the first page of the publication titled "Assessment of potential sediment disasters and resilience management of mountain roads using environmental indicators".
This study aims to deal with the spatial change of potential sediment movement on the road slope pre-disaster and to screen disaster hot spots for early warning and control system.

This publication collects the efforts made by universities in the response and preparedness toward the COCVID-19 pandemic as well as other hazards such as earthquakes, fires, and anthropogenic hazards. This compilation includes 26 case studies from 13

This paper examines how the lessons of previous epidemics helped successful countries fight COVID-19. Covid-19 caught the West by surprise, but the legacy of Ebola, MERS, and SARS meant that several Asian and African nations had systems in place to

This study addresses dredging as one of the methods that is most commonly adopted by the Taiwan Water Resources Agency (WRA) to ensure the smooth flow of rivers and their ability to discharge water, protecting lives and property from flood disasters.

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Climate change issues have attracted much attention in recent years. To date, the related research has focused mostly on the national and regional impacts of climate change. Taiwan, an island state, has a relatively high vulnerability to the consequences

Resilience has rapidly arisen in multiple disciplines and has been regarded as the key in disaster mitigation and adaptation. Objective indicator framework is a common way evaluating resilience while limited attention on measuring subjective resilience

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