Social impact of natural hazards

Disentangling the complexity of multi-(hazard-)risks: conversations with Marleen de Ruiter, the EGU NH Division 2024 Early Career Scientist Award Winner

Silvia De Angeli April 29, 2024

Collage of photos by Jose Antonio Gallego Vazquez (on the left) and Philip Flores (on the right) on Unsplash

Marleen de Ruiter is Assistant Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on multi- and consecutive disasters, improving modeling 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, co-leads ...[Read More]

A symphony of uncertainties: exploring the interplay between climate hazards and human societies

Asimina Voskaki March 25, 2024

Photo credit: Engin Akyurt (Pixabay Licence)

Climate hazards are manifestations of the Earth’s complex climatic systems. As natural events, they have always occurred, yet changes in the global climate increase the frequency and intensity of extremes and their impact on the built environment and people. Predicting the nature, scale, and location of climate hazards and their complex interplays with anthropogenic factors is not a straightforwar ...[Read More]

Environmental (non-)migration: Whose security is at stake?

Soheil Mohammadi January 15, 2024

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Migration is commonly perceived as a strategic response to address the repercussions of environmental threats and climate change. The International Organization for Migration defines ‘environmental migrants’ as those individuals who alter their place of residence due to a sudden or progressive change in the environment that adversely affects their lives or living conditions. Conversely, those who ...[Read More]

Training of Trainers to improve Geological Disasters Resilience in Malaysia

Navakanesh M Batmanathan October 30, 2023

A total of 46 indigenous teachers participated in the experiential learning program in Malaysia on 22nd August 2022 to increase local resilience for landslides.

Over the years, we have witnessed a growing number of geological disasters due to climatic shifts. One such disaster is the landslide, and the main culprit of such occurrences can be attributed to intense rainfall coupled with high slope angles, especially in areas previously not expected to be susceptible. In this post we share a successful experience of ‘training of trainers’ in Mala ...[Read More]