In this study, we aim to propose a methodology for determining priorities and sites additional installation of emergency firefighting gear, so as address areas vulnerable fire response. This study is divided into three parts. The first part involves using GIS spatial analysis analyzing response, the second current status buildings in these areas, third selecting locations installing devices est...

Having the ability to identify areas of land that are vulnerable to ground water contamination should facilitate the development of management and regulatory options that may be used on a regional scale. The prevalent approach to modelling land areas has been to identify contamination processes deductively and then construct theoretical models comprised of pertinent variables. Most models for p...

background: groundwater nitrate pollution is an important environmental problem in water resources management. in this regard, specific measures aiming at prevention of water pollution will be helpful to managers and decision-makers. identification of aquifers’ vulnerable areas and determination of groundwater protection zones using most widely used models, such as drastic and cd, are one of th...

Tam Dao National Park (TDNP) is a remaining primary forest that supports some of the highest levels of biodiversity in Vietnam. Forest conversion due to illegal logging and agricultural expansion is a major problem that is hampering biodiversity conservation efforts in the TDNP region. Yet, areas vulnerable to forest conversion are unknown. In this paper, we predicted areas vulnerable to forest...

The negative consequence of climate change and its correlation to the disaster have augmented people‘s vulnerabilities and exposures especially in the developing countries like Bangladesh. Though people exposed to the vulnerabilities and risks, seem to be less prepared to deal with adverse situation, they base traditional knowledge in coping with the changing climate. This research is unique in...

human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a public health challenge facing both developing and developed nations. although injecting drug use is even the main route of hiv transmission in iran, sexual route is rising gradually. vulnerable women have been considered as important bridging population for driving hiv epidemics. to increase the access to vulnerable women, in 2007, 5 pilot centers were e...

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) constitutes an invasive species detrimental to wetland habitats in North America. To estimate areas vulnerable to it in Kansas, we modeled the potential geographic distribution of the species by using current records in the state, remotely sensed vegetationindex data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS), and the Genetic Algorithm for R...