1. Urban hazards and risks; consequences of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions: an introduction

   • Jean-Claude Thouret

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 135

2. Megacities and natural disasters: a comparative analysis*

   • James K. Mitchell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 142

3. Urban steeplands in the tropics: an environment of accelerated erosion

   • Avijit Gupta
   • Rafi Ahmad

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 150

4. Monitoring of hazards and urban growth in Villavicencio, Colombia, using scanned air photos and satellite imagery

   • Jan J. Nossin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 158

5. The use of 3-D mapping in geological research and risks analysis: evaluation of a water supply project in the Kathmandu-Melamchi Area

   • C. Bardinet
   • E. Bournay

   OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 163

6. A geo-environmental map for the sustainable development of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

   • Omkar M. Shrestha
   • Achyuta Koirala
   • Stefan Jäger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 172

7. Lahar hazard micro-zonation and risk assessment in Yogyakarta city, Indonesia

   • Franck Lavigne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 183

8. Earthquake risk management pilot project in Quito, Ecuador

   • J.-L. Chatelain
   • B. Tucker
   • C. Villacis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 196

9. A geographic approach of the global vulnerability in urban area: case of Manizales, Colombian Andes

   • Anne-Catherine Chardon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 212

10. Political and scientific uncertainties in volcanic risk management: The yellow alert in Quito in October 1998

    • Pascale Metzger
    • Robert D'Ercole
    • Alexis Sierra

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 221

11. Analysis of the institutional and social responses to the eruption and the lahars of Mount Pinatubo volcano from 1991 to 1998 (Central Luzon, Philippines)

    • Frédéric Leone
    • Jean-Christophe Gaillard

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 238