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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Rock falls and landslides plunging into lakes or small reservoirs can result in tsunamis with extreme wave run-ups. The occurrence of these natural hazards in populated areas have encouraged a recent sharp increase of studies that aim to mitigate their ...
Nicolas Waldmann +10 more
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Probabilistic soil moisture projections to assess Great Britain's future clay-related subsidence hazard [PDF]
, 2015 Clay-related subsidence is Great Britain’s (GB) most damaging soil-related geohazard, costing the economy up to £500 million per annum. Soil-related geohazard models based on mineralogy and potential soil moisture deficit (PSMD) derived from historic ...
Farewell, Timothy S. +2 more
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Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2022 As the basis of geohazard risk evaluation, the geohazard susceptibility evaluation can objectively and accurately reflect the probability of geological hazard occurrence by using quantitative mathematical statistics.
LI Xin +7 more
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Environmental Laws in Nigeria and Occurrence of Some Geohazards: A Review [PDF]
, 2017 Nigeria as a country is blessed with an abundance of both human and natural resources. Exploitation of natural resources in Nigeria over the years with little or no regard for the environment has increased susceptibility of parts of the country to ...
C. N. Chibo, I. E. Osumgborogwu
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Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2020 In face of the complicated and changing geological conditions, safety issue is always a primary concern during the construction phase of tunnel in the mountainous regions of China.
Xiuling Wang +5 more
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Integration of Geoscience Information for Disaster Resilience in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Applied Sciences, 2023 Geoscience information supports strategic development planning for building disaster resilience in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which is a city challenged by issues such as landslides, floods and unfavourable ground conditions.
Elanni Affandi +2 more
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Morphology of Lipari offshore (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea) [PDF]
, 2016 High-resolution multibeam bathymetry was recently collected around Lipari, the largest and most densely populated island of the Aeolian Archipelago (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea).
Bosman, A. +4 more
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Soil geohazard mapping for improved asset management of UK local roads [PDF]
, 2015 Unclassified roads comprise 60% of the road network in the United Kingdom (UK). The resilience of this locally important network is declining. It is considered by the Institution of Civil Engineers to be “at risk” and is ranked 26th in the world ...
Farewell, Timothy S. +2 more
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The first ultra-high resolution Digital Terrain Model of the shallow-water sector around Lipari Island (Aeolian Islands, Italy) [PDF]
, 2015 Very high resolution bathymetric map obtained through multibeam echosounders data are crucial to generate accurate Digital Terrain Models from which the morphological setting of active volcanic areas can be analyzed in detail. Here we show and discuss
Anzidei, M +5 more
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Human-triggered earthquakes and their impacts on human security [PDF]
, 2010 A comprehensive understanding of earthquake risks in urbanized regions requires an accurate assessment of both urban vulnerabilities and earthquake hazards.
Christian Klose, Christian Klose
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