iran stands in one of the most disastrous areas in the world and is exposed to different huge and horrible disasters. its settlement on the europe-asia fault makes iran a seismic region. climatically, iran is part of the afro-asian belt of deserts. the lut desert, which has been called the hottest place on earth, is settled in iran and the climate changes have led to considerable increase in fl...

The geographical condition makes Indonesia very vulnerable to natural disasters. Various disasters that have befallen claimed many lives and property losses. Some of them are the earthquake, tsunami, liquefaction in Central Sulawesi, especially Palu City, on September 28 2018, which thousands caused huge socio-economic impacts by disaster need be repaired through rehabilitation reconstruction e...

Typhoon disaster is a major threat to the economy and personnel safety in coastal areas. After disaster, objective assessment of typhoon economic losses can provide an important reference for post-disaster rescue reconstruction improve scientific decision making. In this study, social media data, causing factors, bearing carriers (exposure vulnerability) other factors traditional disasters were...

On August 8, 2009, when typhoon Morakot swept through Taiwan, the island nation suffered a devastating disaster, the scope of which it had never seen before. Typhoon Morakot in two days brought 211cm of heavy rain, and in some southern Taiwan areas as much as 300cm of rain was measured. The resulting landslides amounted to 40,594 separate incidents. Responding to the Morakot disaster, our gover...

Natural or man made disasters cause serious negative impacts on life, property, livelihood and industries often resulting in permanent changes to societies and environments. In disasters, creation of waste due to damaged buildings and infrastructure is unavoidable. If these wastes are not properly managed, serious environmental and economic burdens will fall on general living conditions, recons...

background:  some  disaster-stricken  people  in  iran  are  still  experiencing  challenges  of resuming normal life several months after the incident. however, there is not sufficient and in-depth understanding of the factors affecting the complex process of post disaster recovery in iran and rural areas in particular. this study aimed to explore the status of social capital in the process of...