Abstract Natech events (Natural Hazard Triggering Technological Disasters) are industrial
accidents caused by natural events such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and …

Pandemics are now the focus of research attention in the fields of preparedness and crisis
management. As pandemics are some of the largest crises to occur, an important question …

Vulnerability assessment is one of the prerequisites for risk analysis in disaster
management. Vulnerability to earthquakes, especially in urban areas, has increased over …

A city comprises an ecological environment, a living and architectural space, the product of a
history of human interactions that determines its morphology and destiny. Cities are complex …

In the last decade, with the increment of the occurrence of extreme meteorological events in
Colombia, the disaster management field has grown aided by political intervention and …

This scientific paper presents the preliminary result of an interdisciplinary research on
Disaster Risk Management, which derives from an agreement between the University of …

Climate variability largely affects agriculture in the developing world where rainfed
agriculture is highly prevalent, and farmers rely on favourable climatic conditions to grow …

The introduction of the concept of sustainable development in the field of cultural heritage
preservation has stressed the importance of a holistic approach. Achieving a balance …

There is a growing interest in disaster risk management due to an increasing vulnerability to
extreme natural events and man-made disasters that prevent normal relations in societies …

The Government of Malawi, through delegates from the Department of Disaster
Management Affairs, has on several occasions advised smallholder farmers who live in …