The local Moran's I and significance maps confirm our visual analysis of the geographic distribution of mortality from natural hazards. Those county level natural hazard mortality patterns most ...

Yagoub and Al Yammahi’s study is the first to systematically assess the spatial distribution of natural ... and generated natural hazard maps by analyzing information such as past earthquake ...

Natural hazards are naturally occurring physical phenomena that can adversely affect humans, infrastructure, and society. Human activity can alleviate or exacerbate the impacts of these events. In the ...

The capacity of a community to cope often depends on how well prepared they are. This depends on monitoring and being able to predict extreme weather. Another job of Natural Resources Wales is to ...

The two main types of natural hazards are tectonic and climatic. Natural hazards can have economic, social and environmental consequences. The risks of these occurring can vary greatly.