1. Preface

   • M. I. El-Sabh
   • T. S. Murty
   • K. Andah

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 2

2. Evaluation of climatic change through harmonic analysis

   • Roberto Rodriguez
   • M. Carmen Llasat
   • Emilio Rojas

   Part I: Climatic and Atmospheric Hazards Pages: 5 - 16

3. Some characteristics of typhoons as revealed by the recent SSM/I microwave radiometry

   • Gandikota V. Rao

   Part I: Climatic and Atmospheric Hazards Pages: 17 - 35

4. Structure of a prefrontal convective rainband in northern Taiwan determined from Dual-Doppler data

   • Yeong-Jer Lin
   • Robert W. Pasken
   • Hsui-Wu Chang

   Part I: Climatic and Atmospheric Hazards Pages: 37 - 61

5. Recent floods in Bangladesh: Possible causes and solutions

   • MD. Khalequzzaman

   Part II: Hydrological Hazards Pages: 65 - 80

6. Meteorological factors associated with floods in the north-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula

   • M. C. Llasat
   • M. Puigcerver

   Part II: Hydrological Hazards Pages: 81 - 93

7. Hydrological response to radar rainfall maps through a distributed model

   • Ignazio Becchi
   • Enrica Caporali
   • Elena Palmisano

   Part II: Hydrological Hazards Pages: 95 - 108

8. Simulation and modeling of rainfall radar measurements for hydrological applications

   • Dino Giuli
   • Luca Baldini
   • Luca Facheris

   Part II: Hydrological Hazards Pages: 109 - 122

9. Storm waves in the Canadian Atlantic: A numerical simulation

   • Madhav L. Khandekar

   Part III: Storm Surges Pages: 125 - 153

10. Storm surge mitigation through vegetation canopies

    • M. B. Danard
    • T. S. Murty

    Part III: Storm Surges Pages: 155 - 166

11. Numerical simulation and prediction of storm surges and water levels in Shanghai harbour and its vicinity

    • Zenghao Qin
    • Yihong Duan
    • Kuanren Xu

    Part III: Storm Surges Pages: 167 - 188

12. Mass movements in hilly areas (with examples from Nigeria)

    • A. E. Scheidegger
    • D. E. Ajakaiye

    Part IV: Geological Hazards Pages: 191 - 196

13. Characteristics and mitigation of the snow avalanche hazard in Kaghan Valley, Pakistan Himalaya

    • Fes A. De Scally
    • James S. Gardner

    Part IV: Geological Hazards Pages: 197 - 213

14. Seismic hazard analysis with randomly located sources

    • M. Semih Yucemen
    • Polat Gulkan

    Part IV: Geological Hazards Pages: 215 - 233

15. Regional fracture analysis south Latitude 29° N of Egypt and their influence on earthquakes

    • Ahmed Farouk Kamel

    Part IV: Geological Hazards Pages: 235 - 245

16. Seismic hazard of Bulgaria

    • Ivanka Orozova-Stanishkova
    • Dario Slejko

    Part IV: Geological Hazards Pages: 247 - 271

17. Some aspects of seismic hazard assessment when comparing different approaches

    • Laura Peruzza
    • Dario Slejko

    Part IV: Geological Hazards Pages: 273 - 273

18. International decade for the natural disaster reduction panel, 6 August 1991, Perugia, Italy

    • James F. Lander

    Part V: Report and Recommendations Pages: 277 - 279

19. Recommendations for future work

    Part V: Report and Recommendations Pages: 281 - 285