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 ...

Photo by Jose Fredy Cruz Centeno. Add geophysical and social aspects to your hazard mitigation toolkit. Learn causes and mitigation strategies for a range of natural hazards and their impacts on ...

Lin’s research areas include Natural Hazards and Risk Analysis, Wind Engineering, Coastal Engineering, and Climate Change Impact and Adaptation. Her current primary focus is tropical cyclone ...

Figure 1 shows the distribution of deaths for 11 hazard categories as a percent of total hazard deaths from 1970 - 2004. Heat/drought ranks highest among these hazard categories causing 19.6% of ...

An exploration and analysis of the nature, causes, impacts, and management of natural hazards, covering earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, weather, floods and coastal hazards. How climate ...

Propel your career forward with an accredited graduate certificate. Unlike most other programs that focus on management of natural disasters, Michigan Tech's on-campus Natural Hazards and Disaster ...

A study of natural hazards and their effects. Specific attention will be paid to earthquakes, windstorms, flooding, volcanicity, tsunamis and landslips and their impact on people and the environment.