Historical Data for Natural Hazard Risk Mitigation and Land Use Planning

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2025
• Subjects: Agri Valley; AHP; anthropic landform; archive sources; Basilicata region; citizen science; classification tools; climate change; climate variability; climatic hazards; cultural heritage; debris flow and torrential hazard; debris supply prediction; disaster risk; documentary sources; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; earthquake; electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); Europe; flood events; Flood Hazard Index (FHI); flood susceptibility; floods; geo-hydrological hazards; geological and geo-hydrological processes; geological and geohydrological processes; geological features; geomorphological analysis; governance; hazard and risk mitigation; historical archive; historical cartography; historical climatology; historical data; historical floods; historical landslide; historical map; historical narratives; historical rainfall; historical research; land use and land cover change; land use planning; land-use; landscape; LiDAR; Little Ice Age; long-term monitoring; lower Austria; MODIS; Morocco; natural hazard; natural hazards; NDVI; old documents; participatory mapping; population growth; re-photography; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; repeat photography; Research and information: general; resilience; risk mitigation; rockfall mitigation; Santa Teresa flood; Segura basin; Sentinel-2; slow-moving landslides; southern Apennine; spectral greening; Taguenit Wadi catchment; territorial planning; territory; Turin (Italy); Uganda; urban geomorphology; urban sprawl; urbanization; visual geography; webGIS; wildfire
• ISBN: 3725839867; 9783725839865; 3725839859; 9783725839858
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-7258-3986-5

Globally, natural hazards present a serious and critical threat to life, as a result of both endogenous and exogenous processes. Natural hazards (geological, geomorphological, hydrological, and meteorological) quickly present a risk to individuals, communities, and societies when they are threatened with disruption or losses, with the impact being a function of their ability to cope and respond. Historical research is a key tool in determining the appropriate strategies for the identification of risk scenarios. Many parts of the world suffer from a dearth of instrumental information and data, as such qualitative accounts and records provide a crucial source of information in understanding the risks presented. The significance of long records is particularly pertinent when considering extremes, and such knowledge is crucial for better understanding the risks presented and in undertaking targeted mitigation strategies to reduce the socio-economic consequences and physical impact on private properties, strategic buildings, infrastructures, and cultural heritage.