Challenges of analyzing multi-hazard risk: a review |
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Authors: | Melanie S Kappes Margreth Keiler Kirsten von Elverfeldt Thomas Glade |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 4. The World Bank, 1818 H St. NW, Washington, DC, 20433, USA 2. Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 3. Department of Geography and Regional Science, Klagenfurt University, Klagenfurt, Austria
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Abstract: | Many areas of the world are prone to several natural hazards, and effective risk reduction is only possible if all relevant threats are considered and analyzed. However, in contrast to single-hazard analyses, the examination of multiple hazards poses a range of additional challenges due to the differing characteristics of processes. This refers to the assessment of the hazard level, as well as to the vulnerability toward distinct processes, and to the arising risk level. As comparability of the single-hazard results is strongly needed, an equivalent approach has to be chosen that allows to estimate the overall hazard and consequent risk level as well as to rank threats. In addition, the visualization of a range of natural hazards or risks is a challenging task since the high quantity of information has to be depicted in a way that allows for easy and clear interpretation. The aim of this contribution is to give an outline of the challenges each step of a multi-hazard (risk) analysis poses and to present current studies and approaches that face these difficulties. |
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