A Review of Spatial Variations of Multiple Natural Hazards and Risk Management Strategies in Pakistan

Natural hazards are dynamic and unpredictable events that a continuous threat to global socio-economic development. Humans’ reactions these catastrophes influenced by their proximity the ability anticipate, resist, cope with, recover from consequences. Due climatic changes, risk of multiple natural is expected increase in several regions Pakistan. There pressing need understand spatial discrepancies due climate change identifying require special measures resilience, achieve adaptation, sustainable development goals. This paper synthesizes related literature variations changes across The Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), National Aeronautics Space Administration Global Landslide Catalog (NASA-GLC), Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) utilized analyze vulnerabilities hazards. study unveils Pakistan’s current analysis management strategies seem be obsolete compared trends. Because hazards, most research work on hazard assessments focuses single hazard, neglecting co-occurrence impact different Very limited studies included comprehensive multi-hazard strategies. Therefore, Pakistan, would integrated assessment approaches detect, analyze, measure, evaluate various effects, interconnections. Moreover, governmental institutes dealing with should focus pre-disaster mitigation resilience techniques instead investing only post-disaster relief activities.