social vulnerability

Transdisciplinary research promoting clean and resilient energy systems for socially vulnerable communities: A review

Reviews the intersection of extreme weather, energy systems, and social vulnerability, proposing a transdisciplinary framework to promote clean, affordable, and resilient energy (particularly solar PV + storage) for at-risk communities.

Towards integrated forecasting of flash floods human impacts

Floods are one of the most frequently occurring weather related disasters, which affected more than 2.3 billion people worldwide and caused the highest amount of financial losses ($662 billion) over the last two decades (CRED and UNISDR, 2015). Flash floods have rapid onset which provides only few hours between rainfall and flooding and hence short time for warning which leads to the majority of flood casualties around the world. Flash floods are usually very localized in time and space, they occur suddenly and are difficult to forecast with accuracy which can leave people without warning.