Inaugural Section Special Issue Key Topics and Future Perspectives in Natural Hazards Research

• Other Authors: Tapete, Deodato (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; big data; disaster management; review; natural hazards; disaster; scientometrics; bibliometrics; citation analysis; NatCatSERVICE; Sigma Explorer; Oroville Dam; spillway; incident; flood control; flood-frequency analysis; dam operation; drought; impacts; exposure; vulnerability; risk; policy; risk assessment; earthquake risk; energy security; reliability of power supply; Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU); integration process; common electricity market; masonry aggregates; vulnerability assessment; vulnerability curves; damage scenarios; local hazard effect; psychological representation of earthquakes; open-ended and closed-questions surveys; children; seismic hazard assessment; emotions; emotional prevention; African easterly wave; attractor coexistence; chaos; hurricane; limit cycle; Lorenz model; predictability; recurrence; extended range weather prediction; Jakarta basin; site effects; shear-wave velocity; urban fabrics; seismic vulnerability; critic analysis; cost modelling; urban preservation programming; building works programming; natural hazard; earthquake; dam spillway; psychology; cyber-infrastructure
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book collects selected high-quality papers published in 2018-2020 to inaugurate the "Natural Hazards" Section of the Geosciences journal. The topics encompass: trends in publications at international level in the field of natural hazards research; the role of Big Data in natural disas...