Publications by authors named "Chun-Yin Man"

Initiated by the Chinese president Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) is a multi-trillion-dollar agenda for facilitating trade and investment, especially massive infrastructural developments. In recent years, discussions around the BRI have been increasing as more than 130 countries and 30 international organizations have officially joined the initiative [1], collaborating in a series of transnational infrastructure projects funded by Chinese companies or the Chinese state. This dataset provides 500,711 posts and 714,794 reposting threads related to the BRI on Twitter.

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With the climate change and the acceleration of urbanization, urban flood disaster is becoming increasingly frequent, leading to more severe impact than in the past. The traditional disaster alleviation strategies have gradually expanded to non-engineering disaster reduction strategies. As urban public property, public facility is more available than private land, making it the preferred strategy of site selection for urban land flood diversion.

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