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Natural Hazards and Risk Virtual Library | |
Maintained and hosted by
the Natural Hazards and
Vulnerability Research Group |
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Natural hazards are environmental processes of a certain magnitude,
varied character and origin that have an impact in societies for
causing victims, damages to property and infrastructures, and for
producing socioeconomic disruption, that we call disasters and
catastrophes. They are a limiting factor for the development of a
great number of countries and some regions in the world. Their
increasing impact is the result of more population exposed in
hazard-prone areas and the changes in vulnerability. The change of
the exposure conditions, the implementation of mitigation strategies
and emergency preparedeness are the principal components of a risk
management policy conceived to minimize the effects of a hazardous
event.
The Natural Hazards and Risk
Virtual Library is a selected collection of links to resources on
this subject, and is devoted to provide information on the various
topics that relate to it. |
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Organizations | Avalanche | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Research Centers, Groups and Networks | Drought | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scholarly and Professional Societies | Dust Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Newsgroups and Mailing Lists | Earthquake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journals | Epidemic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publications | Flood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Software and Modelling | Hurricane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Databases | Ice Sheet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glossaries | Landslide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Calls | Mudflow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sandstorm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related Virtual Libraries | Severe Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virtual Library Search |
Tornado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tsunami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volcano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildfire |
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Created November 1, 2005 |
Last updated November 24, 2005 |
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