1. Regional Air Quality Modelling in Canada – Applications for Policy and Real-Time Prediction

   • S. Venkatesh
   • W. Gong
   • R. Montpetit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 129

2. The 1997 El Niño, Indonesian Forest Fires and the Malaysian Smoke Problem: A Deadly Combination of Natural and Man-Made Hazard

   • T. S. Murty
   • D. Scott
   • W. Baird

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 144

3. Three-Dimensional Simulation of Water Circulation in the Java Sea: Influence of Wind Waves on Surface and Bottom Stresses

   • Nining Sari Ningsih
   • Takao Yamashita
   • Lotfi Aouf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 171

4. Tidal Changes and Coastal Hazards: Past, Present and Future

   • A. C. Hinton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 184

5. Tsunamis Observed on and Near the Turkish Coast

   • Y. Altinok
   • Ş Ersoy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 205

6. Post-Tsunami Field Survey Procedures: An Outline

   • Salvador F. Farreras

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 214

7. An Analysis of the Recent Severe Storm Surge Disaster Events in China

   • Le Kentang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 223

8. Risk Assessment, Emergency Preparedness and Response to Hazards: The Case of the 1997 Red River Valley Flood, Canada

   • C. Emdad Haque

   OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 245

9. Robust Statistical Methods to Discriminate Extreme Events in Geoelectrical Precursory Signals: Implications with Earthquake Prediction

   • V. Cuomo
   • G. Di Bello
   • C. Serio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 261

10. Hydrogeochemical Precursors in Kamchatka (Russia) Related to the Strongest Earthquakes in 1988–1997

    • P. F. Biagi
    • A. Ermini
    • E. I. Gordeev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 276

11. Multifractal Analysis of the Arnea, Greece Seismicity with Potential Implications for Earthquake Prediction

    • P. P. Dimitriu
    • E. M. Scordilis
    • V. G. Karacostas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 295

12. Estimation of Strong Ground Motion Due to Hypothetical Fault Ruptures and Comparison with Recorded Values: The Zakynthos, Western Greece Earthquake of 18 November 1997

    • D. I. Makaris
    • N. P. Theodulidis
    • G. N. Stavrakakis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 315

13. Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy Used as a Tool for the Detection of Fractures in Rock Samples Exposed to either Hydrostatic or Triaxial Pressure Conditions

    • G. Nover
    • S. Heikamp
    • D. Freund

    OriginalPaper Pages: 317 - 330

14. Earthquake Hazard for the Czech Republic, Poland andSlovakia – Contribution to the ILC/IASPEI Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program

    • V. Schenk
    • Z. Schenková
    • P. Labák

    OriginalPaper Pages: 331 - 345

15. Contribution of Geographical Information Systems to the Management of Volcanic Crises

    • Francisca Gómez-Fernández

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 360

16. GIS and Volcanic Risk Management

    • M. T. Pareschi
    • L. Cavarra
    • A. Meriggi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 379

17. A Systems Approach to Modeling Catastrophic Risk and Insurability

    • A. Amendola
    • Y. Ermoliev
    • J. Linnerooth-Bayer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 393

18. Hazards-98: Summary of Papers

    • M. I. Khandekar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 398