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Natural Hazards

Marleen de Ruiter

Marleen de Ruiter is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on multi- and consecutive disasters, improving modelling capabilities and understanding of multi-hazard risk and assessing the (potential adverse) impacts of Disaster Risk Reduction measures across different hazards. She manages the Myriad-EU project, she is the science officer of the EGU multi-hazard sub-division, and she co-leads the RiskKAN working group on early warning systems for systemic risk.

Connecting the dots: the importance of recognising multi-hazard events in disaster reporting

and March 27, 2023
Connecting the dots: the importance of recognising multi-hazard events in disaster reporting

In the past year, the world has witnessed many severe disasters caused by multiple hazards whose impacts overlapped in time and space. February this year, two severe earthquakes hit Syria and Turkey shortly after each other, followed by two more powerful earthquakes and over a hundred aftershocks in subsequent weeks [1,2]. The disaster caused over 48 thousand fatalities, and many people are still ...[Read More]

NH10 Multi-Hazards: The Latest EGU Natural Hazards Sub-Division

and July 8, 2019
NH10 Multi-Hazards: The Latest EGU Natural Hazards Sub-Division

Earlier this year, the EGU Natural Hazards Division approved the addition of a new sub-division focused on the theme of ‘multi-hazards’. The Science Officers representing this sub-division, Joel Gill (British Geological Survey) and Marleen de Ruiter (IVM-VU Amsterdam), reflect on why this sub-division is necessary and how you can get involved. Many regions are affected by multiple natural hazards, ...[Read More]