risk assessment for large cities. We have interpreted high spatial resolution images, conducted field surveys, and utilized ….5 years across the city. We utilized a geographic information system to embed vulnerability and hazard maps as a step to … calculate risk for buildings and bridges along the Río Chili valley and two tributaries. A survey of ~1,000 buildings from 46 …

conceptual framework, which emphasizes the combined role of hazard and vulnerability in defining risk, is used for the study … through the integration of those thematic maps. The risk is computed as the product of the hazard and vulnerability. The … and preparedness of droughts. This article presents a method for spatial assessment of drought risk in Bangladesh. A …

Information Systems-based assessment of flood and waterlogging vulnerability and risk in northern Bihar plains. Multitemporal … flood-waterlogging risk map of the region. The result shows that flood and water-logging pose highest risk to the central … districts in the northern Bihar plains with 50.95% of the total area under high and very high risk. Copyright Springer Science …

Research on risk communication relates basic risk perception studies to the formulation of policies, the currently … evolving legislation dealing with hazards, the key issues of public involvement, the risk and environmental management. Risk … communication is a relatively new field based on a sociological approach. The discipline comes from risk perception studies …

Research on risk communication relates basic risk perception studies to the formulation of policies, the currently … evolving legislation dealing with hazards, the key issues of public involvement, the risk and environmental management. Risk … communication is a relatively new field based on a sociological approach. The discipline comes from risk perception studies …