The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments
Natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause environmental, economic as well as sociological problems worldwide. In recent years, greater availability of information and sensational media reports of natural hazard occurrence -and in part...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2001, 2001
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2001 |
| Series: | Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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Table of Contents:
- A: Earthquakes
- Searching for the source of the 1117 earthquake in northern Italy: A multidisciplinary approach
- Sismicité historique des petites Antilles Un test pour quelques années du milieu du XIXe siécle
- The 1828–1829 earthquake sequence in the provinces of Alicante and Murcia (S-E Spain): Historical sources and macroseismic intensity assessment
- The seismic history of Nicolosi (Catania, Italy)
- A new macroseismic catalogue for Catalonia
- Expeditious seismic damage scenarios based on intensity data from historical earthquakes
- B: Flooding
- Incorporating non-systematic information to flood frequency analysis using the maximum likelihood estimation method
- Historical flood data analysis using a GIS: The Palaeotagus database
- Collaboration between historians and hydrologists on the Ardèche river (France)
- Availability and potential of historical flood series in the Iberian Peninsula (14th – 20th centuries)
- Hydraulic modelling and historical inundation assessment for the Versilia river
- C: Landslides
- Landslide hazard assessment and historical landslide data — an inseparable couple?
- Widespread landslide and flood events in the Catanzaro’s Isthmus (Calabria, Italy); Relationships with rainfall data
- The development and application of a historical bibliography to assess landslide hazard in the United States
- The contribution of historical information in the assessment of landslide hazard