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Natural Hazards

Soheil Mohammadi

Soheil Mohammadi is a PhD student at the University of Genoa in Italy, working on developing a resilience-based methodology for the multi-risk assessment of urban settlements to be implemented in recovery planning and management. He obtained his graduation degree in engineering for natural risk management at the University of Genoa and did his master’s thesis on multi-hazard risk assessment capabilities of Early Warning Systems in collaboration with the CIMA foundation. His research interests encompass multi-risk exposure and vulnerability assessment, flood and drought risk assessment, earthquake risk, and urban planning tools for disaster risk reduction.

From compound extremes to risk perception: conversations with the EGU Natural Hazards Division 2023 Early Career Scientist Award Winner

June 19, 2023
From compound extremes to risk perception: conversations with the EGU Natural Hazards Division 2023 Early Career Scientist Award Winner
Kerala, Rain, Mansoon (Image credit: Sathish kumar Periyasamy, Pixabay license)

I am pleased to interview Professor Ankit Agarwal from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He specialises in hydro-meteorological (compound) extremes and complex networks and has been awarded the prestigious 2023 NH Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist award. Thank you, Ankit, for your time and for talking with us about your field of research.   1. Can you tell us more about y ...[Read More]

Let’s begin the recovery before the disaster

October 24, 2022
Let’s begin the recovery before the disaster
1 year after L'Aquila earthquake, March 2010 (Photo credit: Riccardo Civico, distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Every natural event that causes damage to the built environment must be followed by recovery; however, this phase of disaster risk management has received less attention from academics than the others [1]. In all its aspects, disaster recovery has remained a contentious topic, with experts debating its definition, approaches, objectives, activities, and even when it should begin and finish [2–4]. ...[Read More]