Groundwater Risk and Disaster Management

• Published in: Groundwater Hydrology pp. 615 - 673
• Main Authors: Karamouz, Mohammad, Ahmadi, Azadeh, Akhbari, Masih
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom CRC Press 2020; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 2
• Subjects: Groundwater Flood; Water Disaster; Drought Management; System Failure; Groundwater Drought; Groundwater Vulnerability; CDI; Monitoring Land Subsidence; Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites; Environmental Risk Analysis; Pumping Level; Drought Vulnerability; Risk Quantification; Water Table; DRASTIC Index; Drought Indicators; Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute; Drought Triggers; Palmer Drought Severity Index; DRASTIC Model; Water Table Fluctuation Method; Groundwater Systems; Vadose Zone; Gps Leveling

This chapter discusses risk as an overlay of hazard and vulnerability. It describes disasters as the realization of risk. Risk assessment includes a wide variety of disciplines and the perspectives of engineers, hydrogeologists, environmental scientists, chemists, microbiologists, geologists, geogra...