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Natural Disasters and Hazards in the Geographical Environment (2nd Edition)

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 4822

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Dr. Tin Lukić

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Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
Interests: physical geography; natural hazards; rainfall erosivity; climate extremes; climatology; meteorology
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is a follow-up of the first Special Issue entitled “Natural Disasters and Hazards in the Geographical Environment” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/natural_disasters_hazards) published in Atmosphere in 2023 and will cover all aspects of natural hazard and disaster research in geography.

Natural hazards mostly occur as sudden, disastrous events with a high possibility of causing harm to various aspects of human life. Both natural hazard research and natural disaster research in geography have a long history and have evolved to incorporate the complexities of physical and human environments, as well as their interactions. Our understanding of the dimensions of hazards continues to be ever changing. The study of these phenomena strives to encompass all casualties in the environment, especially within the geosphere.

While natural hazards present a threat to humans and their environment, they do not necessarily result from natural and environmental processes and causes alone. Processes of interaction between different systems also bring about hazards. In the era of pronounced climate variability, understanding and predicting future hazard variability and occurrence patterns, as well as consequences in the geographical environment, are scientific challenges crucial to the development and implementation of sustainable management practices and policies.

This Special Issue of Atmosphere encompasses papers that present interdisciplinary concepts, methods, and case studies in the prediction, characterization, monitoring, mapping, communication, risk management, and mitigation of hydro-meteorological hazards and disasters (extreme climate events, wildfires, droughts, floods, mass movements (wet), rainfall erosivity, etc.). All types and sub-types of hazards and disasters associated with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and land, as well as those induced by climate change and variability, will be considered. The main topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the environmental, socio-economic, and health aspects of hydro-meteorological hazards and disasters in various geographical settings; quantitative and qualitative hazard and risk assessment; multi-hazard risk assessment; multi-vulnerability risk assessment; multi-hazard early-warning systems; advances in hazard and disaster visualization; applications of new techniques in hazard and disaster research; and the spatial–temporal effects on hazard and risk assessment at local to regional scales.

Dr. Tin Lukić
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • natural hazards and disasters
  • hydro-meteorological hazards assessment
  • climate change impacts
  • socio-economic impacts
  • vulnerability of weather-dependent economic sectors
  • risk analysis and management
  • land–climate interactions
  • spatial–temporal analysis
  • mapping and visualization
  • early-warning systems

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Risk Assessment of Freezing–Thawing Hazards in the Daxing’anling Forest Region
by Kezheng Chen and Shuai Huang
Atmosphere 2023, 14(12), 1721; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14121721 - 23 Nov 2023
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The Daxing’anling forest region represents a crucial forestry hub in China and confronts some of the nation’s most severe freezing–thawing hazards. This study delved into the temporal trends and spatial distributions of various parameters related to freezing and thawing, including air temperature, ground [...] Read more.
The Daxing’anling forest region represents a crucial forestry hub in China and confronts some of the nation’s most severe freezing–thawing hazards. This study delved into the temporal trends and spatial distributions of various parameters related to freezing and thawing, including air temperature, ground surface temperature, freezing index, thawing index, and freezing–thawing frequency. Furthermore, this study assessed and delineated freezing–thawing hazards within the research area. The findings revealed a rapid increase in air temperature and ground surface temperature within the Daxing’anling forest region yet a lower rate of increase in ground surface temperature compared to Northeast China. Latitude had the strongest influence on mean annual air temperature, mean annual ground surface temperature, air freezing index, air thawing index, ground surface freezing index, ground surface thawing index, air freezing–thawing frequency, and ground surface freezing–thawing frequency, followed by longitude and elevation. Overall, freezing index, and air freezing–thawing frequency increased from south to north, whereas mean annual air temperature, mean annual ground surface temperature, air thawing index, ground surface thawing index, and ground surface freezing–thawing frequency decreased from south to north. The assessment outcomes underscore the importance of closely monitoring freezing–thawing hazards in regions north of the 50th parallel. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Natural Disasters and Hazards in the Geographical Environment (2nd Edition))
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A Study on Avalanche-Triggering Factors and Activity Characteristics in Aerxiangou, West Tianshan Mountains, China
by Jie Liu, Tianyi Zhang, Changtao Hu, Bin Wang, Zhiwei Yang, Xiliang Sun and Senmu Yao
Atmosphere 2023, 14(9), 1439; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14091439 - 15 Sep 2023
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Through analyzing the triggering factors and activity characteristics of avalanches in Aerxiangou in the Western Tianshan Mountains, the formation and disaster-causing process of avalanches were studied to provide theoretical support and a scientific basis for avalanche disaster prevention. In this paper, based on [...] Read more.
Through analyzing the triggering factors and activity characteristics of avalanches in Aerxiangou in the Western Tianshan Mountains, the formation and disaster-causing process of avalanches were studied to provide theoretical support and a scientific basis for avalanche disaster prevention. In this paper, based on remote sensing interpretation and field investigation, a spatial distribution map of avalanches was established, and the induced and triggering factors in disaster-prone environments were analyzed using the certainty factor model. The degree of influence (E) of the disaster-causing factors on avalanche triggering was quantified, and the main control conditions conducive to avalanche occurrence in different periods were obtained. The RAMMS-avalanche model was used to analyze the activity characteristics at points where multiple avalanches occurred. Research results: (1) The E values of the average temperature, average snowfall, and surface roughness in February were significantly higher than those of other hazard-causing factors, reaching 1.83 and 1.71, respectively, indicating strong control. The E values of the surface cutting degree, average temperature, and average snow depth in March were all higher than 1.8, indicating that these control factors were more prominent than the other factors. In contrast, there were four hazard-causing factors with E values higher than 1.5 in April: the mean temperature, slope, surface roughness, and mean wind speed, with clear control. (2) Under the influence of the different hazard-causing factors, the types of avalanches from February–April mainly included new full-layer avalanches, surface avalanches, and full-layer wet avalanches. (3) In the RAMMS-avalanche simulation test, considering the deposition effect, compared to the previous avalanche movement path, the secondary avalanche flow accumulation area impact range changes were slight, while the movement area within the avalanche path changes was large, as were the different categories of avalanches and their different movement characteristic values. Overall, wet snow avalanches are more hazardous, and the impact force is larger. The new snow avalanches start in a short period, the sliding rate is fast, and the avalanche sliding surface (full-snow surface and face-snow) of the difference is mainly manifested in the differences in the value of the flow height. Full article
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Modelling Water Erosion and Mass Movements (Wet) by Using GIS-Based Multi-Hazard Susceptibility Assessment Approaches: A Case Study—Kratovska Reka Catchment (North Macedonia)
by Bojana Aleksova, Tin Lukić, Ivica Milevski, Velibor Spalević and Slobodan B. Marković
Atmosphere 2023, 14(7), 1139; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14071139 - 12 Jul 2023
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Kratovska Reka is a short (17.3 km) left tributary of Kriva Reka, whose watershed (68.5 km2) is located on the northwestern slopes of the Osogovo Mountains (North Macedonia). Due to the favorable natural conditions and anthropogenic factors, the Kratovska Reka catchment [...] Read more.
Kratovska Reka is a short (17.3 km) left tributary of Kriva Reka, whose watershed (68.5 km2) is located on the northwestern slopes of the Osogovo Mountains (North Macedonia). Due to the favorable natural conditions and anthropogenic factors, the Kratovska Reka catchment is under a high risk of natural hazards, especially water erosion and landslide occurrences. For this reason, the paper presents an approach of modelling of potential erosion and areas susceptible to the above-mentioned hydro-meteorological hazards in the Kratovska River catchment. Firstly, this study analyzed the main geographical features that contribute to intensive erosion processes in the area. Then, using the Gavrilović EPM erosion potential method, an average value of 0.56 was obtained for the erosion coefficient Z, indicating areas prone to high erosion risk. Furthermore, by using landslide susceptibility analysis (LSA), terrains susceptible to landslides were identified. The results shows that 1/3 of the catchment is very susceptible to mass movements in wet conditions (landslides). According to the combined multi-hazard model, 3.13% of the total area of the Kratovska River catchment is both at high risk of landslides and under severe erosion. The Kratovska River catchment is significantly endangered by the excessive water erosion processes (39.86%), especially on the steep valley sides, i.e., terrains that are completely exposed, under sparse vegetation, and open to the effects of distribution/concentration of the rainfall amounts throughout the year. Identifying locations with the highest erosion risk serves as the initial step in defining and implementing appropriate mitigation measures across local and regional scales, thus enhancing overall resilience to environmental challenges. Full article
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