Natural Hazards (NH)

• NH1 Extreme events in the sea and near shore and coastal hazards
  
  • 01 Sea surges and storms (co-sponsored by NP)
    Convener: A.R. Osborne (Torino), Co-Convener: S. Tinti (Bologna)
  • 02 Submarine landsliding
    Convener: P. Heinrich (Bruyeres le Chatel), Co-Convener: C. Eva (Genova)
  • 03 Tsunamis
    Convener: A. Piatanesi (Bruyeres le Chatel), Co-Convener: M.A. Baptista (Lisboa)
• NH2 Meteorological and hydrological hazards (co-sponsored by HS)
  • 01 Uncertainty assessment in meteo-hydrologic warning
    Convener: E. Todini (Bologna), Co-Convener: F. Castelli (Perugia)
  • 02 Prediction of hazardous events of meteorological origin
    Convener: S. Tibaldi (Bologna), Co-Convener: S. Alonso (Palma de Mallorca)
  • 03 Flood hazards and flood risk: regional analysis of extremes (co-sponsored by OA)
    Convener: P. Bois (St. Martin d'Heres), Co-Convener: V. Oancea (Bucharest)
  • 04 Modelling and flood mapping in rural and urban areas
    Convener: G. Oberlin (Lyon), Co-Convener: G. Roth (Genova)
  • 05 Shallow landslides and rainfall triggering
    Convener: M. Sorriso-Valvo (Roges di Rende), Co-Convener: P. Versace (Montalto Uffugo Scalo)
• HSB1.02 Influence of environmental and antropogenic change on flood processes (joint with NH)
  Convener: G. Blöschl (Wien), Co-Convener: P. Burlando (Zürich)
• NH3 Earthquake risk mitigation (co-sponsored by SE)
• 01 Models and methods in seismic hazard assessment
  Convener: T.M. Tsapanos (Thessaloniki), Co-Convener: C.V. Christova (Sofia)
• 02 Seismic hazard evaluation in high seismicity areas by observing precursory phenomena
  Convener: M.E. Contadakis (Thessaloniki), Co-Convener: J. Zschau (Potsdam)
• 03 Macroseismics: present state of intensity-assessment procedures and future perspectives
  Convener: A. Tertulliani (Rome), Co-Convener: I. Cecic (Ljubljana)
• 04 Active fault and earthquake risk mitigation
  Convener: A.A. Barka (Istanbul), Co-Convener: I.S. Stewart (Isleworth)
• 05 Landslide hazards in seismically active regions
  Convener: J. Wasowski (Bari), Co-Convener: V. Del Gaudio (Bari)
• 06 Efficiency of building codes in the mitigation of the vulnerability
  Convener: V. Petrini (Milano), Co-Convener: L.G. Pujades Beneit (Barcelona)
• 07 Seismic microzonation in urban areas
  Convener: A. Roca (Barcelona), Co-Convener: C.S. Oliveira (Lisaboa)
• NH4 Volcanic hazards: field studies, instrumentation and observation networks (co-sponsored by SE)
  Convener: C. Kilburn (London), Co-Convener: G. Vougioukalakis (Athens)
• NH5 Geomorphological hazards: extent, evaluation and mapping techniques
  Convener: F. Guzzetti (Perugia), Co-Convener: R.J. Allison (Durham)
• NH6 Transfer of the scientific information to the users
  Convener: I. Becchi (Firenze), Co-Convener: F. Guzzetti (Perugia)
• NP1.04 Scaling, multifractals and natural/man-made hazards (joint with NH)
  Convener: G.S. Salvadori (Pavia), Co-Convener: B.D. Malamud (Ithaca, NY)
• NP4.02 Fluctuations, self-organization and natural hazards (joint with NH)
  Convener: S.S. Moiseev (Moscow), Co-Convener: L.A. Mendes-Victor (Lisboa)