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 …

water supply during prolonged and severe droughts, assessing drought risk becomes one of the key tasks of water … droughts and human socioeconomic factors. An index-based approach is presented in this study to evaluate drought risk at … hazard (frequency, duration, and severity of droughts), drought exposure (water use), and drought vulnerability (unreliable …

earthquake risk. While for earthquake hazard-related investigations, the use of remotely sensed data is an established … survey of the interdisciplinary conceptual literature dealing with the scientific perception of risk, hazard and … to assess earthquake risk. These include earthquake hazard-related analysis such as detection and measurement of …

evaluated territory with a final product of landslide hazard or susceptibility map. Elements at risk are defined and analyzed in … relation with landslide hazard, and their vulnerability is thus established. The landslide risk map presents risk scenarios and … risk are not prevail. In the paper presented herein, landslide hazard and risk assessment using bivariate statistical …

together hazard, vulnerability and building assets to calculate risk curves for each community. The storm-based approach uses … most mid-latitude European countries. A realistic assessment of storm risk is therefore essential for prevention and coping … measures. The paper presents a framework for probabilistic storm risk assessment for residential buildings which is exemplarily …

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 …

. 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 … and livelihoods in the desert through an assessment of disaster risk in two Gobi communities; farmers in Gansu Province … risk factors are shaped by policy, economics, culture and social memory. Comparison between two state systems reveals how …