BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Little information is available regarding the occurrence of cerebrovascular diseases after tsunamis. This study was performed to determine the influence of the tsunami damage caused by the Great East Japan earthquake on occurrence of cerebrovascular diseases. METHODS Subjects from the coastline and inland areas of Iwate Prefecture who developed cerebrovascular diseases ...

Understanding household disaster risk perception is crucial to formulate and apply reduction strategies. Using survey data from 300 households three highly disaster-prone areas of the lower Teesta River basin in Bangladesh, this study explores households’ drought, earthquake, flood at local level. The ordered probit regression model was applied identify factors influencing perception. Most resp...

Among the various hazards created by nature on the earth’s surface, the one caused by flood and river bank erosion is more common and quite devastating. Like, earthquake and volcanic eruptions, it also affects human activities in various ways wherever it occurs. Erosion, transportation and deposition are the main functions of a river. Through these activities, it creates different landforms and...

Recent natural disasters such as earthquakes, flood, and fire, and other issues such as asbestos, pests, and fraud all highlight the spatial nature of risk and the relationship between place and risk. These examples show that location is a major factor in determining what or where is at risk and how to manage that risk. In this paper the term risk refers to hazards and threats that exist that h...

Flood is considered as a major threat among natural disasters in the world. This case becomes more important and has a higher risk in urban areas due to the existence of important uses. Therefore, to reduce damages resulted from flood, this phenomenon must be managed and planned using structural and non-structural approaches. Considering the development in Iran has been carried out in high risk...

South Asian countries are the lands of great topographic and climatic contrasts. Floods, cyclones, earthquakes, droughts and heavy rainfalls are some major natural threats that this region faces. The tsunami of December 26, 2004 that stuck the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean killed more than 225,000 and many more became homeless in eleven countries of Asia. This was followe...

Dammed lakes are an important secondary hazard caused by earthquakes. They can induce further damage to nearby humans. Current hydrology calculation research on dammed lakes usually lacks spatial expressive ability and cannot accurately conduct impact assessment without the support of remote sensing, which obtains important characteristic information of dammed lakes. The current study aims to a...