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The present study proposes a methodology to map the flood physical vulnerability and applies it using an index at urban parcel scale for a medium-sized town (Ponferrada, Spain).
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This research presents the first online user experience evaluation of the A4alerts, a crisis app developed to disseminate the flood warnings triggered by the operational impact-based early warning system in Catalonia, Spain.
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This research presents the first online user experience evaluation of the A4alerts, a crisis app developed to disseminate the flood warnings triggered by the operational impact-based early warning system in Catalonia, Spain. 
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This paper designs a learning situation on sustainability and climate change that can be implemented in the Spanish and European contexts.
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This paper provides quantitative evidence on the geography of regional readiness to tackle climate change using data from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain.
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This seismic risk profile of Spain, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
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This report is about people with disabilities not getting the right support during very hot weather in Spain.
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In the current study, the evolution of droughts in Iberia is revisited, based on a EURO-CORDEX weighted multi-model ensemble, including, for the first time, the three RCPs from CMIP5: RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 and based on monthly drought indices.

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