DISCUSSION ABOUT “A NATURAL HAZARD INDEX FOR MEGACITIES”

Guidance Index for Shallow Landslide Hazard Analysis

Rainfall-induced shallow landslides are one of the most frequent hazards on slanted terrains. Intense storms with high-intensity and long-duration rainfall have high potential to trigger rapidly moving soil masses due to changes in pore water pressure and seepage forces. Nevertheless, regardless of the intensity and/or duration of the rainfall, shallow landslides are influenced by antecedent so...

Hazard function theory for nonstationary natural hazards

Impact from natural hazards is a shared global problem that causes tremendous loss of life and property, economic cost, and damage to the environment. Increasingly, many natural processes show evidence of nonstationary behavior including wind speeds, landslides, wildfires, precipitation, streamflow, sea levels, and earthquakes. Traditional probabilistic analysis of natural hazards based on peak...

Open discussion about a problematical eponym.

The ‘Clara cell’ was named after the anatomist Max Clara. This cell is localised in the terminal bronchioles of the human lung. It’s function in secretion and as a potential progenitor has recently been reviewed by Reynolds and Malkinson. Briefly, the morphology is typical and has already been described by Koelliker in 1881. It is a cuboidal, non-ciliated cell with a dome-like protrusion. It co...

A Discussion about Representation Models for Imprecise Quantities and Probabilities

natural hazard assessment for land-use planning in serbia

the territory of serbia is vulnerable to various types of natural hazards and the risk is not equal across the entire territory; it varies depending on the type of hazard and the expected potential for damage. the first aim of this research was to determine the geographical distributions of the major types of natural hazards. seismic hazards, landslides, rock falls, floods, torrential floods...