Koks, E.E., Rozenberg, J., Zorn, C. et al. A global multi-hazard risk analysis of road and railway infrastructure assets. Nat Commun 10, 2677 (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10442-3 ABSTRACT: Transport infrastructure is exposed to natural hazards all around the world. Here we present the first global estimates of multi-hazard exposure and risk to road and rail…
Global modeling of nature’s contributions to people (2019)
Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Richard P. Sharp, Charlotte Weil, Elena M. Bennett, Unai Pascual, Katie K. Arkema, Kate A. Brauman, et al. “Global Modeling of Nature’s Contributions to People.” Science 366, no. 6462 (2019): 255–58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw3372 ABSTRACT: The magnitude and pace of global change demand rapid assessment of nature and its…
Infrastructure for sustainable development (2019)
Thacker, S., Adshead, D., Fay, M. et al. Infrastructure for sustainable development. Nat Sustain2, 324–331 (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0256-8h ABSTRACT: Infrastructure systems form the backbone of every society, providing essential services that include energy, water, waste management, transport and telecommunications. Infrastructure can also create harmful social and environmental impacts, increase vulnerability to natural disasters and…
Linking global climate change to local water availability: Limitations and prospects for a tropical mountain watershed (2019)
González-Zeas, D., Erazo, B., Lloret, P., De Bièvre, B., Steinschneider, S., Dangles, O., 2019. Linking global climate change to local water availability: limitations and prospects for a tropical mountain watershed. Sci. Total Environ. 650, 2577–2586 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.309 ABSTRACT: Bridging the gap between the predictions of coarse-scale climate models and the…
Making sense of crises: the implications of information asymmetries for resilience and social justice in disaster-ridden communities (2019)
Tina Comes, Kenny Meesters & Stina Torjesen (2019) Making sense of crises: the implications of information asymmetries for resilience and social justice in disaster-ridden communities, Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 4:3, 124-136 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23789689.2017.1405653 ABSTRACT: New information and communication technologies (ICT) have enabled communities to collect and share information and tap into a network of peers…
Beyond the Gap: How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet (2019)
Rozenberg, Julie, and Marianne Fay, eds. Beyond the gap: How countries can afford the infrastructure they need while protecting the planet. The World Bank, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1363-4 ABSTRACT: Beyond the Gap: How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet aims to shift the debate regarding investment needs…
Robust Decision Making and Epoch-Era Analysis: A comparison of two model-based approaches for decision making under uncertainty (2020)
Moallemi, E.A., El Sawah, S., and Ryan, M.J. (2020) Robust Decision Making and Epoch-Era Analysis: A comparison of two model-based approaches for decision making under uncertainty. Technological Forecasting & Social Change. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119797 ABSTRACT: Several model-based frameworks have been introduced in support of robust decision-making. While they agree on a…
Structuring and evaluating decision support processes to enhance the robustness of complex human-natural systems (2020)
Moallemi, E.A., Zare, F., Reed, P.M., Elsawah, S., Ryan, M.J., and Bryan, B.A. (2020) Structuring and evaluating decision support processes to enhance the robustness of complex human–natural systems. Environmental Modelling & Software 123, 1045-51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.104551 ABSTRACT: Decision-making in the context of complex human–natural systems requires a transition towards robust model-based inferences…
Young Graduate Trainee for Agent-based Modelling of Future Complex Systems in Space
Opportunities are open until 15 December 2019 and are available in engineering, science, IT, natural/social science, business and administration services. The Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) programme offers a one-year experience at ESA and is a launch pad for many exciting opportunities in aerospace, research institutes or in international organisations such…
Post Doc Positions at WMU
These positions will drive a project that focuses on the mesopelagic zone, which is one of the ocean’s most poorly understood, yet biomass-rich ecosystems. Mesopelagic organisms occur at a depth ranging from 200-1000M, and represent the World’s largest unexploited ecosystem in the World’s oceans (St. John et al. 2016). Its…