Research on Characteristics and Influencing Factors of High Temperature Disaster Risk in Wuhan Based on Local Climate Zone by Shujing GUO, Li ZHANG

“…Mapping the high temperature disaster risk in the urban development area of Wuhan and analyzing the high temperature disaster risk and influencing factors thereof at the local scale can provide an important basis for the prevention of high temperature disasters in the city.MethodsBased on the “hazard – exposure – vulnerability” high temperature disaster risk assessment framework proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this research constructed an assessment system by utilizing multi-source data, and then pre-processes all relevant indicators to make them dimensionless. Then, a combination of the analytic hierarchy process and principal component analysis is adopted to assign weights to the indicators, with such weights being finally superimposed to obtain the hazard map, exposure map and vulnerability map, respectively. …”
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Integrated Framework and Technical Path for Multi-level Nested Assessment of Landscape Character by Yuncai WANG, Qizhen DONG

“…This research analyzes, evaluates, and horizontally compares relevant typical research and practical projects both domestically and internationally. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“…In this piece, Sébastien Jodoin, a legal research fellow with the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, identifies relevant aspects of the Rome Statute that can be used to protect future generations through the harm committed to present individuals as members of groups. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Edward Page, Konrad Ott

“…Rafaela Hillerbrand (RWTH Aachen, Germany) addresses the question of how epistemic uncertainties are of relevance for practical decision making. It is shown that the precautionary principle fails to adequately deal with uncertainties as they arise in climate modeling. …”
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Ukrayna by Valery Morkva

“…Kitap ayrıca Ukrayna’nın yüzyıllar boyunca devletleşme ve kültürel gelişimini ele alıyor; 1917-21 Ukrayna Devrimi sırasında bağımsızlık hareketine, Ukrayna Kilisesi’nin rolüne ve Sovyet sonrası dönemde Ukrayna’yı şekillendiren toplumsal dönüşümlere vurgu yapıyor. …”
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Constructing Identities: Amos Tutuola and the Ibadan Literary Elite in the wake of Nigerian Independence by Mackenzie Finley

“…The educated elite writers, such as Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe, who emerged from University College, Ibadan, during the same time period, will serve as a point of comparison. …”
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Penerapan Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) pada Evaluasi Keberlanjutan Penggunaan e-filing untuk Pelaporan Pajak Perorangan by Imelda Saluza, Dewi Sartika

“…Selanjutnya dilakukan uji hipotesis, hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa dependability tidak berpengaruh positif terhadap system quality, accuracy, timeliness, relevance dan timeliness tidak berpengaruh positif information quality, serta service quality dan information quality tidak berpengaruh positif terhadap continued use. …”
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