TY  - BOOK
TI  - Land Use Planning for Natural Hazards
SN  - 9783039439256
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Basel, Switzerland
PB  - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
KW  - Research & information: general
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Birendranagar
KW  - density ratio
KW  - desertification
KW  - flood
KW  - flood hazard assessment
KW  - frequency ratio
KW  - geographic information system (GIS)
KW  - GIS
KW  - Greece
KW  - historic flood data
KW  - human activities
KW  - Integrated land-use planning
KW  - land degradation
KW  - land use planning
KW  - landslides
KW  - marshy areas and lakes
KW  - n/a
KW  - Nepal
KW  - old topographic maps
KW  - Peloponnese
KW  - phronetic approach
KW  - physical vulnerability
KW  - policy
KW  - remote sensing/GIS
KW  - sea-level rise
KW  - social vulnerability
KW  - storm surge
KW  - temporal and spatial distribution of flood events
KW  - urbanization
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Natural hazard events are able to significantly affect the natural and artificial environment. In this context, changes in landforms due to natural disasters have the potential to affect and, in some cases, even restrict human interaction with the ecosystem. In order to minimize fatalities and reduce the economic impact that accompanies their occurrence, proper planning is crucial. Land use planning can play an important role in reducing current and future risks related to natural hazards. Land use changes can lead to natural hazards and vice versa: natural hazards affect land uses. Therefore, planners may take into account areas that are susceptible to natural hazards when selecting favorable locations for land use development. Appropriate land use planning can lead to the determination of safe and non-safe areas for urban activities. This Special Issue focuses on land use planning for natural hazards. In this context, various types of natural hazards, such as land degradation and desertification, coastal hazard, floods, and landslides, as well as their interactions with human activities, are presented
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68277
UR  - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3286
ER  -