Land Use/Land Cover and Natural Hazards

<p>This reprint focuses on land use/land cover (LULC) natural hazards and their interactions changes and impacts. Over the past few decades the risks due to natural hazards have increased significantly to a large extent due to changes in LULC which are triggered mainly by anthropic pressure on landscapes i.e. urbanization forest management practices agricultural practices and the like. As a result LULC changes contribute significantly to changes in the variability or magnitude of natural hazards such as floods landslides and erosion. Therefore this reprint provides a collection of studies focused on the interactions between LULC and different types of natural hazards which were studied in several research areas around the world.</p>