Bridges are crucial elements of these networks, since they cross over otherwise impassable obstacles. Risk, hazards, disasters and cultures: Exploring an integrated humanities, natural sciences, and ...

Natural hazards with a slow or gradual onset include drought, famine, desertification, deforestation, and pest infestation. The most important natural disasters and examples of their environmental ...

Disasters are not natural, they only occur when people lack preparedness or the ability to cope with hazards: it is the combination of an exposed and ill-prepared population or community with a hazard ...

Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar disasters.

an earthquake/tsunami hazard map, and a tsunami evacuation sign to aid in safely evacuating the residents. The development of disaster education programs will help mitigate disasters with the ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Benedict, M. A., & McMahon, E. T. (2012). Green infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities ...

An international study has investigated the causes and impacts of the devastating flood disaster in the Himalayas in October ...

Unlike most other programs that focus on management of natural disasters ... a wide range of natural hazards including floods, volcanoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes with reference to past and present ...

Course is designed for and open to any student interested in gaining a global perspective on natural hazards, disaster risk ... analysis of spatial relationships are also introduced using examples in ...