Natural Hazards

by Papadopoulos, G. A.; Murty, T.; Venkatesh, S.; Blong, R.

• ISBN13: 9780792365952
• ISBN10: 079236595X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This special volume contains a selection of papers that were presented as part of the Seventh International Symposium on Natural and Man-Made Hazards (HAZARDS-98), held in Chania, Crete Island, Greece, during May 1998. The Symposium attracted broad international interest because many cases of natural disaster events, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, storm surges, forest fires, etc., that occurred in several parts of the world during the 1990s were presented not only for their physics but also from the point of view of their impact on society and their environmental consequences. Among these cases are the 1997 Red River Valley flood in Canada and the large earthquake of 18 November 1997, in Zakynthos, Greece. In addition, the volume contains contributions that apply advanced statistical methods and artificial intelligence techniques, such as GIS, and systems analysis to approach the description of physical processes, the discrimination of experimental data and the assessment and management of risk. Audience: This volume forms an excellent reference for scientists, students, engineers, the insurance industry, authorities specializing in public safety and natural hazards preparedness and mitigation plans.

Table of Contents

Editorial	vii
Regional Air Quality Modelling in Canada - Applications for Policy and Real-Time Prediction	101	(30)
S. Venkatesh
W. Gong
A. Kallaur
P. A. Makar
M. D. Moran
B. Pabla
C. Ro
R. Vet
W. R. Burrows
R. Montpetit
The 1997 El Nino, Indonesian Forest Fires and the Malaysian Smoke Problem: A Deadly Combination of Natural and Man-Made Hazard	131	(14)
M. L. Khandekar
T. S. Murty
D. Scott
W. Baird
Three-Dimensional Simulation of Water Circulation in the Java Sea: Influence of Wind Waves on Surface and Bottom Stresses	145	(28)
Nining Sari Ningsih
Takao Yamashita
Lotfi Aouf
Tidal Changes and Coastal Hazards: Past, Present and Future	173	(12)
A. C. Hinton
Tsunamis Observed on and Near the Turkish Coast	185	(22)
Y. Altinok
S. Ersoy
Post-Tsunami Field Survey Procedures: An Outline	207	(8)
Salvador F. Farreras
An Analysis of the Recent Severe Storm Surge Disaster Events in China	215	(10)
Le Kentang
Risk Assessment, Emergency Preparedness and Response to Hazards: The Case of the 1997 Red River Valley Flood, Canada	225	(22)
C. Emdad Haque
Robust Statistical Methods to Discriminate Extreme Events in Geoelectrical Precursory Signals: Implications with Earthquake Prediction	247	(16)
V. Cuomo
G. Di Bello
V. Lapenna
S. Piscitelli
L. Telesca
M. Macchiato
C. Serio
Hydrogeochemical Precursors in Kamchatka (Russia) Related to the Strongest Earthquakes in 1988-1997	263	(14)
P. F. Biagi
A. Ermini
E. Cozzi
Y. M. Khatkevich
E. I. Gordeev
Multifractal Analysis of the Arnea, Greece Seismicity with Potential Implications for Earthquake Prediction	277	(20)
P. P. Dimitriu
E. M. Scordilis
V. G. Karacostas
Estimation of Strong Ground Motion Due to Hypothetical Fault Reptures and Comparison with Recorded Values: The Zakynthos, Western Greece Earthquake of 18 November 1997	297	(20)
D. I. Makaris
N. P. Theodulidis
G. N. Stavrakakis
Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy Used as a Tool for the Detection of Fractures in Rock Samples Exposed to either Hydrostatic or Triaxial Pressure Conditions	317	(14)
G. Nover
S. Heikamp
D. Freund
Earthquake Hazard for the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia - Contribution to the ILC/IASPEI Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program	331	(16)
V. Schenk
Z. Schenkova
P. Kottnauer
B. Guterch
P. Labak
Contribution of Geographical Information Systems to the Management of Volcanic Crises	347	(14)
Francisca Gomez-Fernandez
GIS and Volcanic Risk Management	361	(20)
M. T. Pareschi
L. Cavarra
M. Favalli
F. Giannini
A. Meriggi
A System Approach to Modeling Catastrophic Risk and Insurability	381	(14)
A. Amendola
Y. Ermoliev
T. Y. Ermolieva
V. Gitis
G. Koff
J. Linnerooth-Bayer
Hazards-98: Summary of Papers	395
M. L. Khandekar