Land Use Planning for Natural Hazards

• Other Authors: Bathrellos, George D. (Editor), Skilodimou, Hariklia D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; sea-level rise; storm surge; physical vulnerability; social vulnerability; Peloponnese; Greece; urbanization; flood; remote sensing/GIS; Birendranagar; Nepal; landslides; geographic information system (GIS); frequency ratio; density ratio; human activities; land use planning; historic flood data; old topographic maps; GIS; temporal and spatial distribution of flood events; marshy areas and lakes; flood hazard assessment; Integrated land-use planning; land degradation; desertification; policy; phronetic approach; n/a
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Natural hazard events are able to significantly affect the natural and artificial environment. In this context, changes in landforms due to natural disasters have the potential to affect and, in some cases, even restrict human interaction with the ecosystem. In order to minimize fatalities and reduc...