conceptual framework, which emphasizes the combined role of hazard and vulnerability in defining risk, is used for the study … through the integration of those thematic maps. The risk is computed as the product of the hazard and vulnerability. The … and preparedness of droughts. This article presents a method for spatial assessment of drought risk in Bangladesh. A …

Information Systems-based assessment of flood and waterlogging vulnerability and risk in northern Bihar plains. Multitemporal … flood-waterlogging risk map of the region. The result shows that flood and water-logging pose highest risk to the central … districts in the northern Bihar plains with 50.95% of the total area under high and very high risk. Copyright Springer Science …

risk assessment for large cities. We have interpreted high spatial resolution images, conducted field surveys, and utilized ….5 years across the city. We utilized a geographic information system to embed vulnerability and hazard maps as a step to … calculate risk for buildings and bridges along the Río Chili valley and two tributaries. A survey of ~1,000 buildings from 46 …

mitigation. The objectives of this paper are to provide landslide hazard and risk assessment that will be useful for risk … causing landslides. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the ways to map landslide risk in order to improve the risk … prevention and landuse planning in the Menoreh Mountains. So far, risk management has been developed by the Research Centre for …

System (GIS) to construct andto overlay thematic maps. The risk map has beenderived from the vulnerability map, the hazard …, represented by the wells. Thegroundwater quality map allowed thereliability of hazard and risk maps to be tested. The final map … shows interesting results and stressesthe need for the GIS to test and improve on thegroundwater contamination risk …

the view that although susceptibility zoning maps represent a powerful tool in natural hazard management, caution is …

. A high priority for proper assessment of storm surge hazard is the production of maps showing inundation zones for storm … planning purposes (i.e., to reduce or avoid the risk). Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2003 …

Transboundary hazard risk reflects how different societies interact with disaster in a shared landscape. In the Gobi … and livelihoods in the desert through an assessment of disaster risk in two Gobi communities; farmers in Gansu Province … risk factors are shaped by policy, economics, culture and social memory. Comparison between two state systems reveals how …

assessment of the hazard level, as well as to the vulnerability toward distinct processes, and to the arising risk level. As … overall hazard and consequent risk level as well as to rank threats. In addition, the visualization of a range of natural …Many areas of the world are prone to several natural hazards, and effective risk reduction is only possible if all …