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Natural Hazards 9 (1994). Contents of Volume 9 Volume9 Nos. 1&2 1994 Special Issue on RECENT STUDIES IN GEOPHYSICAL HAZARDS Edited by M.I. EL-SABH, T.S. MURTY, S. VENKATESH, F. SICCARDI and K. ANDAH M.I. EL-SABH, T.S. MURTY, S. VENKATESH, F. SICCARDI and K. ANDAH/ Preface PART I: CLIMATIC AND ATMOSPHERIC HAZARDS ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ, M. CARMEN LLASAT, and EMILIO ROJAS / Evaluation of Climatic Change through Harmonic Analysis GANDIKOTA V. RAO / Some Characteristics of Typhoons as Revealed by the Recent SSM/I Microwave Radiometry YEONG-JER LIN, ROBERT W. PASKEN, and HSUI-WU CHANG / Structure of a Prefrontal Convective Rainband in Northern Taiwan Determined from Dual-Doppler Data PART II: HYDROLOGICAL HAZARDS M.D. KHALEQUZZAMAN / Recent Floods in Bangladesh: Possible Causes and Solutions M.C. LLASAT and M. PUIGCERVER / Meteorological Factors Associated with Floods in the North-Eastern Part of the Iberian Peninsula IGNAZIO BECCHI, ENRICA CAPORALI, and ELENA PALMISANO / Hydrological Response to Radar Rainfall Maps through a Distributed Model NATURAL HAZARDS DINO GIULI, LUCA BALDINI, and LUCA FACHERIS / Simulation and Modeling of Rainfall Radar Measurements for Hydrological Applications PART III: STORM SURGES MADHAV L. KHANDEKAR / Storm Waves in the Canadian Atlantic: A Numeri- cal Simulation M.B. DANARD and T.S. MURTY / Storm Surge Mitigation through Vegetation Canopies ZENGHAO QIN, YIHONG DUAN, YINONG WANG, ZHENGFEN SHEN, and KUANREN XU / Numerical Simulation and Prediction of Storm Surges and Water Levels in Shanghai Harbour and Its Vicinity PART IV: GEOLGGICAL HAZARDS A.E. SCHEIDEGGER and D.E. AJAKAITYE / Mass Movements in Hilly Areas (with Examples from Nigeria) FES A DE SCALLY / Characteristics and Mitigation of the Snow Avalanche Hazard in Kaghan Valley, Pakistan Himalaya M. SEMIH YUCEMEN and POLAT GULKAN / Seismic Hazard Analysis with Randomly Located Sources AHMED FAROUK KAMEL / Regional Fracture Analysis South Latitude 29° N of Egypt and Their Influence on Earthquakes IVANKA OROZOVA-STANISHKOVA and DARIO SLEJKO / Seismic Hazard of Bulgaria LAURA PERUZZA and DARIO SLEJKO / Some Aspects of Seismic Hazard Assessment when Comparing Different Approaches (abstract) PART V: REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS Meeting Report: JAMES F. LANDER / International Decade for the Natural Disaster Reduction Panel, 6 August 1991, Perugia, Italy MOHAMMED EL-SABH / Recommendations for Future Work CONTENTS OF VOLUME 9 Volume9 No.3 1994 A Note of Thanks LEA FELDMAN and AVI SHAPIRA / Analysis of Seismic Intensities Observed in Israel ELEFTHERIA E. PAPADIMITRIOU / Long-Term Earthquake Prediction in the North Pacific Seismic Zone Based on the Time and Magnitude Predictable Model GERHARD BERZ / The Insurance Industry and IDNDR: Common Interests and Tasks MOHAMMED I. EL-SABH / World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction: A ‘Safer World for the 21st Century’ Announcements Index of Names to Volume 9 Index of Keywords to Volume 9