In recent decades, a striking number of countries have suffered from consecutive disasters:
events whose impacts overlap both spatially and temporally, while recovery is still under …

Vulnerability is a fundamental component of risk and its understanding is important for
characterising the reliability of infrastructure assets and systems and for mitigating risks. The …

Several cities are exceptionally vulnerable to flood impacts due to increasing urbanization,
population growth, and climate change. Quantifying flood vulnerability is useful for …

Preparation of natural hazards maps are vital and essential for urban development. The
main scope of this study is to synthesize natural hazard maps in a single multi-hazard map …

Flood risk assessment is an important task for disaster management activities in flood-prone
areas. Therefore, it is crucial to develop accurate flood risk assessment maps. In this study …

Multi-hazard assessment modeling comprises an essential tool in any plan that aims to
mitigate the impact of future natural disasters. For a particular area they can be generated by …

This paper presents a review of existing multi-risk assessment concepts and tools applied by
organisations and projects providing the basis for the development of a multi-risk …

Understanding and modelling future risks from natural hazards is becoming increasingly
crucial as the climate changes, human population grows, asset wealth accumulates, and …

Many areas of the world are prone to several natural hazards, and effective risk reduction is
only possible if all relevant threats are considered and analyzed. However, in contrast to …

Abstract The 2008 M w 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake (Sichuan, China) was possibly the largest
and most destructive recent earthquake as far as the geo-hazards are concerned. Of the …