Large earthquakes initiate chains of surface processes that last much longer than the brief
moments of strong shaking. Most moderate‐and large‐magnitude earthquakes trigger …

Emergency evacuation is viewed as a common strategy adopted during the disaster
preparedness stage of evacuation to ensure the safety of potentially affected populations. In …

Abstract The Yangtze River is one of the most important rivers in China due to its large basin
size, the large population along the river, and the numerous large dams and reservoirs on …

This book integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects
of risk assessment in a concise manner• The first book that introduces the causes, processes …

Ice-soil mixture landslide dams formed frequently in the Tibetan Plateau in response to
global warming, which pose great threats to both upstream and downstream areas due to …

Numerous landslide dams have been induced in recent years as a result of frequent
earthquakes and extreme climate hazards. Landslide dams present serious threats to lives …

Both hydrodynamic factors and social factors have large impacts on the loss of life caused
by dam failure. Relatively large uncertainty intervals of the influencing factors lead to …

Crowd and evacuation management have been active areas of research and study in the
recent past. Various developments continue to take place in the process of efficient …

Two large successive co-site landslide dams blocked the **sha River in the Sichuan
Province of China in 2018. A quantitative risk analysis was carried out to quantify potential …

The safety of dams, especially that of earthen dams, is threatened by various uncertain and
interrelated risk factors. Consequently, dam risk analysis is vital for dam safety governance …