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Natural Hazards

Hedieh Soltanpour

I am a freshly PhD graduate specialising in multi-hazard assessment in karst environments. My work focuses on understanding interlinked natural hazards and how they form complex networks of hazard events. Through my research, I aim to advance knowledge on multi-hazard mapping and promote sustainable risk management strategies. I am particularly interested in integrating spatial modeling, using machine-learning approaches, and stakeholder engagement to enhance resilience in hazard-prone areas.

The Geography of Multi-Hazards: Exploring Landscapes Prone to Hazard Cascades

March 10, 2025
The Geography of Multi-Hazards: Exploring Landscapes Prone to Hazard Cascades
Diverse geographical settings, highlighting areas where Earth processes have the potential to overlap in time and space: Coastal (Laguna Beach, USA) (Image credit: Hedieh Soltanpour)

Multi-hazards are “a selection of major hazards that a country faces, and specific contexts where hazards occur simultaneously, cascadingly, and accumulatively considering the interrelationships among them”, based on the UNSDRR definition [7]. Yet, this definition raises two key questions: Where are these specific contexts located, and what characteristics make them susceptible to intersecting haz ...[Read More]

Evolving multi-hazard paradigms in a nutshell

May 20, 2024
Evolving multi-hazard paradigms in a nutshell
Visualising Earth’s Dynamic Hazards. This illustration displays a range of natural hazards, from geological to meteorological, presented in a continuous landscape to emphasise the interconnected nature of these dynamic events. (Image created with OpenAI, DALL.E (2024))

Understanding multi-hazard approaches is crucial in an era of escalating natural hazards leading to disastrous impacts on Earth’s citizens. Triggered by the increasing frequency and severity of these events, this brief post provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of evolving paradigms in multi-hazard research and management. By exploring definitions, historical developments, and curren ...[Read More]

Earth Citizens and Natural Hazards: a few words from the perspective of our environment, the inhabited planet, Earth

December 4, 2023
Earth Citizens and Natural Hazards: a few words from the perspective of our environment, the inhabited planet, Earth
The aerial view of a portion of the Amazon Rainforest in Suriname, South America (photo credit: Hedieh Soltanpour)

In January 2023, I visited the Amazon Forest in Suriname. During my visit, I met indigenous people known as the Saramaccers, a Maroon tribe residing in the heart of the Amazon Forest. I found it fascinating that the Saramaccers consider themselves an integral part of nature. Their motto is ‘If you respect nature, nature will be your friend and stand by you’. Nature extends a helping ha ...[Read More]