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Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Natural Disaster and Society; 2.1 Major Natural Disasters and Their Socioeconomic Impact; 2.1.1 Natural Disaster Triggered Nuclear Accident; 2.1.2 World Food Price Increase Due to Drought; 2.1.3 Sea-Level Rise and the Survival of Small Island States; 2.1.4 Respiratory Hazards from Ash Clouds; 2.1.5 Failure of State (Hurricane Katrina, United States); 2.2 Natural Disaster and the Society of Risk; 2.2.1 Population Dynamics and Risk; 2.2.2 Benefit and Risk-A Cause-Effect Relationship; 2.2.3 Population at Risk
2.2.4 Gender Relation to Natural Disasters2.2.5 Traumatization; 2.2.6 Social Connotation of Disaster Impact; 2.3 Risk to Economy; 2.3.1 Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland; 2.3.2 International Impact of Local Events (Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Failure); 2.3.3 The Great Flood of 1993 (United States); References; 3 Natural Disasters: Definitions and Classification; 3.1 Natural Disaster Classification: General Aspects; 3.2 Natural Hazards Originating from the Solid Earth; 3.2.1 Geotectonic Hazards; 3.2.1.1 The Earth Structure; Plate Tectonics; Plate Boundaries; Divergent Boundaries
Convergent BoundariesTransform Boundaries; Earthquakes; 3.2.1.2 Measuring Earthquakes; Richter Magnitude Scale; Macroseismic; Volcano Seismology; Reservoir-Induced Seismicity; Geothermal Power Plant at Landau, Rhine-Pallatine (Germany); Earthquakes Generated from Producing Gas Field (Groningen, Netherlands); Induced Earthquakes from Waste Water Reinjection; 3.2.1.3 Liquefaction; 3.2.1.4 Earthquake Prediction; 3.2.1.5 Examples of Earthquake Occurrences; The First "Well-Known" Earthquake (Lisbon Earthquake, 1755); Transform Fault Earthquake (Loma Prieta, California, 1989)
3.2.2 Hydrological Hazards3.2.2.1 Flood; 3.2.2.2 Mass Movements (Landslides, Debris Flows, Avalanches); 3.2.2.3 Landslide Dams; 3.2.2.4 Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF); Factors Influencing the Onset of Landslides; 3.2.2.5 Green Lake Landslide (New Zealand); 3.2.2.6 Mt. Rainer Landslide (Lahar); 3.2.2.7 Landslides Triggered by Tropical Storm; 3.2.2.8 Submarine Landslides (Grand Banks, Canada; Storegga, Norway; Lithuya Bay, Alaska); 3.2.2.9 Snow Avalanche; 3.2.3 Natural Disasters Versus "Extreme Events"; 3.3 Natural Disaster Distribution; 3.3.1 Type of Disaster
2.2.4 Gender Relation to Natural Disasters2.2.5 Traumatization; 2.2.6 Social Connotation of Disaster Impact; 2.3 Risk to Economy; 2.3.1 Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland; 2.3.2 International Impact of Local Events (Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Failure); 2.3.3 The Great Flood of 1993 (United States); References; 3 Natural Disasters: Definitions and Classification; 3.1 Natural Disaster Classification: General Aspects; 3.2 Natural Hazards Originating from the Solid Earth; 3.2.1 Geotectonic Hazards; 3.2.1.1 The Earth Structure; Plate Tectonics; Plate Boundaries; Divergent Boundaries
Convergent BoundariesTransform Boundaries; Earthquakes; 3.2.1.2 Measuring Earthquakes; Richter Magnitude Scale; Macroseismic; Volcano Seismology; Reservoir-Induced Seismicity; Geothermal Power Plant at Landau, Rhine-Pallatine (Germany); Earthquakes Generated from Producing Gas Field (Groningen, Netherlands); Induced Earthquakes from Waste Water Reinjection; 3.2.1.3 Liquefaction; 3.2.1.4 Earthquake Prediction; 3.2.1.5 Examples of Earthquake Occurrences; The First "Well-Known" Earthquake (Lisbon Earthquake, 1755); Transform Fault Earthquake (Loma Prieta, California, 1989)
3.2.2 Hydrological Hazards3.2.2.1 Flood; 3.2.2.2 Mass Movements (Landslides, Debris Flows, Avalanches); 3.2.2.3 Landslide Dams; 3.2.2.4 Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF); Factors Influencing the Onset of Landslides; 3.2.2.5 Green Lake Landslide (New Zealand); 3.2.2.6 Mt. Rainer Landslide (Lahar); 3.2.2.7 Landslides Triggered by Tropical Storm; 3.2.2.8 Submarine Landslides (Grand Banks, Canada; Storegga, Norway; Lithuya Bay, Alaska); 3.2.2.9 Snow Avalanche; 3.2.3 Natural Disasters Versus "Extreme Events"; 3.3 Natural Disaster Distribution; 3.3.1 Type of Disaster