Meet the editor

Dr. John P. Tiefenbacher (BS, Carroll College, Wisconsin; MS, University of Idaho; and PhD, Rutgers University) is a professor in the Department of Geography at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Dr. Tiefenbacher's research focuses on environmental (nature-society) geography. He has published on topics regarding the spatial patterns of environmental problems, the modeling of patterns of geomorphological, hydrological, and

atmospheric processes, human perceptions, behavioral and spatial responses to hazards, attitudes about places and natural communities, and geographical aspects of wine. His current research focuses on adaptation to climate change, the responses of wine growers to changing climates in several regions of the world, and the modeling and assessment of the factors that determine future groundwater availability in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Contents

**Section 1**

and Numerical Simulation

*by Tamás János Katona*

**Section 2**

Meteotsunamis *by Taro Kakinuma*

*by Sevda Özel*

Regions: Examples from Turkey

Dam Retirement and Decision-Making

*by Zhao Xueying, Zhang Shunfu and Zhao Xiaoqiu*

**Preface III**

Assessing Risk: Elucidating Extreme Events **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 29**

Revealing Hazard: Imagining Exposure and Impact **51**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 81**

**Chapter 6 111**

**Chapter 7 125**

Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity Profiles Employing Genetic Algorithms and the Diffuse Field Approach on Microtremors Array: Implications on

Long-Wave Generation due to Atmospheric-Pressure Variation and Harbor Oscillation in Harbors of Various Shapes and Countermeasures against

Identification and Assessment of Hazard of Development in Gypsum Karst

*by Walter Salazar, Garth Mannette, Kafele Reddock and Clevon Ash*

Assessing Seismic Hazard in Chile Using Deep Neural Networks

Strong Rainfall in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: Synoptic Analysis

*by Sergio H. Franchito, Manoel A. Gan and Julio P. Reyes Fernandez*

*by Francisco Plaza, Rodrigo Salas and Orietta Nicolis*

Natural Hazards and Nuclear Power Plant Safety

Liquefaction Hazard at Port of Spain, Trinidad
