The study investigates the vulnerability of vegetation over Africa to El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events using the moving window statistical correlation analysis technique. The correlation analysis was done betweenNormalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data fromAdvanced VeryHigh Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and an ENSO index, namely Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI). The study devel...

BACKGROUND Outbreaks of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) impose a heavy burden on vulnerable populations. Despite recent progress in eradication and control, malaria remains the most prevalent VBD. Integrative approaches that take into account environmental, socioeconomic, demographic, biological, cultural, and political factors contributing to malaria risk and vulnerability are needed to effective...

Pathology and determination of students' moral vulnerability is significant step in their security against cultural, social, value, and moral changes. The present study has been done to assess the students' moral vulnerability. The theoretical framework composed of theories of Durkheim, Englehart and Lerner. By the survey technique, this study has examined the relationship between the moral vul...

Flooding is considered the most dangerous natural disaster in Vietnam. The purpose of this study to assess flood vulnerability level based on pre-event characteristic Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, zoning map was generated by using a multi-parametric approach and integrates some flooding causative factors namely slope, land use, percentage green, per capita sewer length line. analytic hierarchy pro...

 Many existing bridges were designed without adequate consideration of seismic risk. The full or partial collapse of even one major bridge in a city or community would have destroying results. There has been focuses on developing fragility-based seismic vulnerability of existing usual bridges in Iran or support decision making on seismic upgrade. This article focuses on developing performance b...

while risk reduction has been mainly addressed by seismologists and engineers by now, the total impact of earthquake greatly depends on urban planning factors. the effects of planning can be considered in the socio economic and physical aspects. urban planning may have a dominant role in various earthquake phases: at the time of earthquake; rescue, and emergency, as well as temporary and perman...

The management and monitoring of the quality water resources in Mekelle area are challenging, due to both geogenic anthropogenic impacts. extent these impacts sources pollution this have not been thoroughly investigated. In article, a mapping vulnerability was carried out using DRASTIC method modified map produced. Single-parameter map-removal sensitivity analyses were performed on relevant rat...

Abstract This study performed a correlation analysis between groundwater quality parameters with organic and inorganic pollutants using the area under curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristics (ROC) map in Kano Metropolis, North-western Nigeria. The aim is to present spatial relationship existing vulnerability condition resources view developing risk map. Eight water (Ca, Al, Cl, NO3, T...