findings are as follows: (1) risk and disaster multipliers perceived by lay people show the stigma effect of the Wenchuan … influence people’s perception of risk; and (4) economic activities have complicated flood risk management such as land shortage …, ground subsidence and flood diversion. Accordingly, the following measures should be taken: (1) the government should improve …

and other properties. The flood-related Government Departments have only implemented limited structural mitigation … the active flood zone of Swat valley. The analysis revealed that in the study area, floods occur during summer season … flood season, water overflows the natural levees and trigger tremendous loses to housing, agricultural land, standing crops …

farmers of a flood-affected area of rural India cope with this hazard. Primary data for the study were collected during the … months of November and December 2010 from randomly selected two hundred flood-affected households under rice–wheat ecosystem … in the flood-prone Somb basin of Haryana state in India. The study area is highly susceptible to floods with a major …

1900 to 2011, the major disaster types include drought, earthquake, epidemic, extreme temperature, flood, mass movement wet … and storm. The occurrence of natural disaster and economic loss is increased during the studied period. However, the death …China is a country prone to high frequency of natural catastrophic events. According to the natural disaster data from …

events, such as floods. Floods are its costliest form of natural disaster accounting for losses estimated at over $300 … to frequent flooding. Charleville is a small, inland rural town in Queensland situated on an extensive flood plain, with …, resilience and adaptive capacity of this community by studying the 2008 flood event. Structured questionnaires were administered …

Storm surges occur frequently in Canada mainlydue to extra-tropical cyclones (ETC'S) also referred to as winter storms … modified and acquire some extra-tropical characteristics. Storm surges have occurred both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts … systems like the ETC'S could also generate storm surges (referred to as edge waves) in Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario (edge …

what disaster research literature has labeled ‘disaster subcultures’ or a set of cultural (tangible and intangible) tools … at discerning if the disaster subculture concept has contemporary relevance in the Netherlands, particularly with respect … to flooding, and if so, whether applying this lens would reveal more about the nature of existing disaster subcultures …

Flood is one of the common natural phenomena anywhere. In the second half of 2011, Thailand has recently faced with the … most devastating flood of her modern history. More than 3,330 national highways are damaged by this flood. Some roads are …

can be used in flood adaptation planning will assist in determining strategic investments and enhancing public … communication. A state-of-the-art review was conducted of commonly available flood modeling and impact assessment tools that could … be utilized for climate adaptation planning by municipalities. Assessment criteria such as flood modeling capabilities …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of climate change on the drought and flood risks of a … change. To analyze flood risks, changes in water levels of the dam in future flood seasons were reviewed based on the current … dam operation method. The results of the review indicated that both the drought and the flood risks of the dam would …