Assessment of Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Hazards and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 2373
Special Issue Editor
Interests: geotechnical engineering; geotechnical reliability and risk assessment; geotechnical earthquake engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Natural hazards such as earthquakes, typhoons, and landslides cause a great deal of damage to human society. Therefore, the study of natural hazards is critical for the sustainable development of society. However, due to natural randomness and our imperfect understanding of the recurrence mechanisms of natural hazards, it is difficult to perfectly predict the occurrence and magnitude of natural hazards in a deterministic manner. Therefore, new probabilistic approaches have been proposed for estimating the occurrence probability of natural hazards within a particular time window. Along with the plausible consequences caused by the natural hazards, decision makers can calculate the risk as the product of occurrence probability and consequence, and make scientific decisions by lowering the risk caused by the natural hazards.
As a result, the scope of this Special Issue of Sustainability titled “Assessing Vulnerability to Natural Hazards” will include: 1) methods for predicting natural hazards occurrence and for estimating the occurrence probability; 2) approaches characterizing the impact and consequence of natural hazards; 3) case studies of natural hazards and their impact on society; and 4) methods for natural hazards risk assessment and mitigation. Other topics related to natural hazards are also welcome for submission to this Special Issue of Sustainability.
Dr. Juipin Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- natural hazards
- occurrence probability and consequence
- risk assessment
- case studies
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