. A high priority for proper assessment of storm surge hazard is the production of maps showing inundation zones for storm … planning purposes (i.e., to reduce or avoid the risk). Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003 …

Transboundary hazard risk reflects how different societies interact with disaster in a shared landscape. In the Gobi … disaster risk and vulnerability are shaped as much by human action as by the physical climatic event. China stressed government … and livelihoods in the desert through an assessment of disaster risk in two Gobi communities; farmers in Gansu Province …

volcanic risk from lava flows. The possible fields of intervention are: [(a)] Long term forecasting of the flow direction at … various eruption rates and points of emission by locating potential risk areas and permitting the creation of detailed maps of … risk; [(b)] The possibility to follow the progress of an event and predict its evolution; [(c)] The verification of the …

discussed explaining how they may exceed tsunamis induced by megathrust earthquakes, hence representing a significant risk even … landslide tsunami hazard is in most regions negligible compared to earthquake tsunami hazard. Large-scale debris flows … these collapses is disputed. Estimations of recurrence intervals, hazard, and uncertainties with today’s methods are …

with the spatial distribution of seismic hazard to develop a qualitative seismic risk map. The seismic risk map, presented … regional-scale qualitative risk assessment for natural hazards. Comparison of available road network and population data at … primarily for illustrative purposes, shows elevated seismic risk in urban centers in the study area, and along a predominantly …

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 …