The paper analyses the natural disaster that struck the State of Himachal Pradesh in 2023

Shashi Shekhar

Scientific Officer, Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board, India

Dr. Satish Kumar Negi

Associate Professor in Geography, Govt. Degree College Dhrampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract
The paper aims to analyse the natural disaster that struck the State of Himachal Pradesh in 2023, resulting in …

Cyclone ‘Tauktae’ hit the Gujarat coast, India on May 17, 2021, which affected the Gir National Park, a wildlife sanctuary for Asiatic lions. In order to do a quick assessment of the affected area, a suite of optical and microwave satellite datasets were analysed for pre and post cyclone periods

Dr C P Singh

Scientist/Engineer- SF Biological …

This paper reviews how technology could play a crucial role in a global pandemic for timely dissemination of information and operational decision-making

Rishiraj Dutta

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bangkok, Thailand

With the COVID-19 pandemic spreading rapidly across the world, one of the important aspects that came to the forefront is the role of information and communications technology. While …

The objective of this research is to develop a long-term MEGA earthquake prediction method using a yearly unit periodicity for past MEGA earthquakes for supporting clearly targeting preparedness against earthquake disaster. Hereinafter MEGA earthquake means large earthquakes with human casualties.

A trend of densely populated highrise residential, commercial and office buildings are transforming the urban environments in increasingly complex infrastructure development areas…

The world is facing an increase in the frequency and severity of natural disaster events. Events which, when they strike, threaten the social, environmental and financial foundations of communities. And while these events cannot be prevented, their impacts can be limited…

Landslide comprises almost all the varieties of mass movements on slopes, rock falls, topples and debris flow that involve little or no sliding (Varnes and IAEG, 1984). Landslides are considered as a major natural geologic hazard occurring…

The city of Christchurch, New Zealand, has suffered over 10,000 earthquakes since the M7.1 earthquake which occurred on 4th September 2010…

Resilience of social infrastructure has been considered important for economic growth of Asia as well as the ASEAN region…

The huge Kumamoto Earthquake 2016 occurred at 1:25am, April 16, 2016 in the vicinity of Kumamoto City, Kyushu Island, Japan (see Figure 1). This destructive earthquake…