Reviewing and visualizing the interactions of natural hazards

By J. Gill, Bruce D. Malamud. 2014

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This paper presents a broad overview, characterization, and visualization of the interaction relationships between 21 natural hazards, drawn from six hazard groups (geophysical, hydrological, shallow Earth, atmospheric, biophysical, and space hazards). A synthesis is presented of the identified interaction relationships between these hazards, using an accessible visual format particularly suited to end users. Interactions considered are primarily those where a primary hazard triggers or increases the probability of secondary hazards occurring. In this paper we do the following: (i) identify, through a wide‐ranging review of grey‐ and peer‐review literature, 90 interactions; (ii) subdivide the interactions into three levels, based on how well we can characterize secondary hazards, given information about the primary hazard; (iii) determine the spatial overlap and temporal likelihood of the triggering relationships occurring; and (iv) examine the relationship between primary and secondary hazard intensities for each identified hazard interaction and group these into five possible categories. In this study we have synthesized, using accessible visualization techniques, large amounts of information drawn from many scientific disciplines. We outline the importance of constraining hazard interactions and reinforce the importance of a holistic (or multihazard) approach to natural hazard assessment. This approach allows those undertaking research into single hazards to place their work within the context of other hazards. It also communicates important aspects of hazard interactions, facilitating an effective analysis by those working on reducing and managing disaster risk within both the policy and practitioner communities.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Understanding Compound, Interconnected, Interacting, and Cascading Risks: A Holistic Framework (2018, background): “First, interactions among hazards have been associated with the domino effect, by which we mean a chain of hazardous events in which one manifestation triggers another, as when a storm causes a flood [21,22].”
• Why We Can No Longer Ignore Consecutive Disasters (2020, unknown): “Some studies have focused on characterizing the potential relationships or dependencies between natural hazards (e.g., Gill & Malamud, 2014), whereas others have set out probabilistic methods to understand potential multihazard risk scenarios (e.g., Mignan et al., 2014).”
• Dependence between high sea-level and high river discharge increases flood hazard in global deltas and estuaries (2018, background): “Moreover, regions can become more vulnerable in the immediate aftermath of a preceding natural disaster (e.g. Budimir et al 2014, Gill and Malamud 2014).”
• Structural response of modular buildings – An overview (2018, background): “Hazards can be classified as natural, anthropogenic, or technological [58, 59] and the interaction can be concurrent, cascading or”