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Editorial: Towards a Better Understanding of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada

Editorial: Towards a Better Understanding of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada Natural Hazards 28: vii–viii, 2003. vii © 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Editorial: Towards a Better Understanding of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada In July of 1999, while attending the annual Natural Hazards Workshop run by the Natural Hazards Research and Information Centre at Boulder, Colorado, a small group of Canadians involved in the field of natural hazards got together to discuss the state of hazards research in Canada, and how well we dealt with risks from natural hazards as a nation. The U.S. had just completed their second national assessment of natural hazards, and the information coming out of that assessment, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and some recent Canadian disasters such as the 1996 Saguenay and 1997 Red River floods and the 1998 Ice Storm, had highlighted a disturbing trend over the past several decades – the marked rise in number and costs of global natural disasters. These costs had arisen from the full spectrum of natural hazards, including earthquakes, flooding and hurricanes. Specific examples of ‘great’ disasters include: hurricanes Gilbert (1988), Andrew (1992), and Mitch (1998); the Northridge (1994), Kobe (1995), Taiwan (1999) and Turkey (1999) earthquakes; winter storms in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Natural Hazards Springer Journals

Editorial: Towards a Better Understanding of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada

Natural Hazards , Volume 28 (3) – Oct 7, 2004
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Earth Sciences; Natural Hazards; Hydrogeology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Civil Engineering; Environmental Management
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0921-030X
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1573-0840
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10.1023/A:1022925704050
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Natural Hazards 28: vii–viii, 2003. vii © 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Editorial: Towards a Better Understanding of Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada In July of 1999, while attending the annual Natural Hazards Workshop run by the Natural Hazards Research and Information Centre at Boulder, Colorado, a small group of Canadians involved in the field of natural hazards got together to discuss the state of hazards research in Canada, and how well we dealt with risks from natural hazards as a nation. The U.S. had just completed their second national assessment of natural hazards, and the information coming out of that assessment, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and some recent Canadian disasters such as the 1996 Saguenay and 1997 Red River floods and the 1998 Ice Storm, had highlighted a disturbing trend over the past several decades – the marked rise in number and costs of global natural disasters. These costs had arisen from the full spectrum of natural hazards, including earthquakes, flooding and hurricanes. Specific examples of ‘great’ disasters include: hurricanes Gilbert (1988), Andrew (1992), and Mitch (1998); the Northridge (1994), Kobe (1995), Taiwan (1999) and Turkey (1999) earthquakes; winter storms in

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