The economic value of evacuation and its relationship with flood risk acceptability in Japan were studied by applying the contingent valuation method (CVM). Flood risk acceptability here refers to the extent to which people accept the occurrence of floods, in terms of scale and frequency. The...

This study aimed to clarify public preferences for flood control measures in Japan, willingness to pay (WTP), and the main factors involved in WTP by applying the contingent valuation method (CVM). Findings showed that most residents surveyed expected some flood control measures, and revealed a...

A paradigm to construct internet of intelligences for risk assessment / C. Huang -- Research on the urban emergency shelter system planning : a case study of Guangzhou, China / G. Zhai, W. Chen, W. Jin and Y. Xie -- Modeling causality of financial investment decisions in R&D on economic yields /...