During the past few decades, technologies such as remote sensing, geographical
information systems, and global positioning systems have transformed the way the …

Over the last thirty years, Bangladesh has been experiencing hill cutting problems and
subsequent landslide occurrence in its southeastern hilly region. Since 2000, landslides …

A series of disaster risk reduction (DRR) programs were carried out in landslide-prone areas
in the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) to improve community resilience. The Wanzhou District …

Bangladesh's success in disaster risk management is often evidenced by referencing the
reduction of deaths caused by tropical cyclones—the Cyclone Gorky 1991 caused 147,000 …

Bali is highly susceptible to earthquake-generated tsunamis. The island attracts millions of
visitors each year, yet little is known about tourists' tsunami information sources prior to and …

This paper aims to introduce an effective methodology for communicating a science-based
tsunami risk scenario to non-expert citizens through consensus-making between disaster …

The impact of natural hazards on mankind has increased dramatically over the past
decades. Global urbanization processes and increasing spatial concentrations of exposed …

Oman is located in an area of high seismicity, facing the Makran Subduction Zone, which is
the major source of earthquakes in the eastern border of the Arabian plate. These …

Frequent tropical cyclones and floods, and less frequent earthquakes and tsunamis affect
Bangladesh. In absence of recent large earthquake and tsunami experience, the country's …

Tsunamis are among the most destructive and lethal of coastal hazards. These are time-
specific events, and despite directly affecting a narrow strip of coastline, a single occurrence …