Contents
I Background
Geographic Location
Geographic area 2
Satellite image 4
Administrative division 6
Geomorphology and Geology
Topography 8
Geology 10
Climate and Hydrology
Climate zonation 12
Temperature 14
Precipitation 18
Annual runoff.22
Underground water storage 24
Soil and Vegetation
Soil type 26
Vegetation type 28
Land Use and Land Cover
Land use and land cover 30
Population
Population distribution 32
Metropolis 34
Public health 36
Transportation
Highway and railway density 38
Airport 40
Port 42
Economy
Gross domestic product 44
Industry output 46
Agricultural output 48
Night light index 50
Natural Resource and Infrastructure
Mineral resource 52
Hydropower station 54
Pipeline 56
Natural and cultural heritage 58
II Disaster
Overview
Number of disaster events 62
Economic loss 64
Earthquake
Earthquake distribution 66
Major earthquake (MS≥7.0) 68
Economic loss caused by earthquake 70
Geohazard
Geohazard distribution 72
Regional distribution of geohazard 74
Economic loss caused by geohazard 76
Flood
Flood occurrence 78
Regional distribution of flood 80
Economic loss caused by flood 82
Drought
Drought occurrence 84
Regional distribution of drought 86
Economic loss caused by drought 88
Ocean Hazard
Tsunami 90
Ocean wave.92
Ocean wind 92
Ocean fog 93
Ocean eutrophication 93
Tropical cyclone 94
Cryospheric Hazard
Glacier and frozen hazard 96
III Disaster Zonation and Major Event
Disaster Insight
Disaster zonation 100
Major disaster event 102
Eastern Asia
Tangshan earthquake， China， 1976 104
Yigong landslide， China， 2000 106
Wenchuan earthquake， China， 2008 108
Zhouqu debris flow， China， 2010 110
Fukushima Earthquake in， Japan 2011 112
Baige Landslide dam， China， 2018 114
Central and Northern Asia
Severe drought in Kazakhstan， 1974－1978 116
Landslides in Central Asia 118
Catastrophic floods in the Amur River Basin， Russia， 2013 120
Southeastern and Southern Asia
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami， 2004 122
Typhoons in Southeast Asia 124
Drought in Southeast Asia， 2009－2016 126
Landslide-dammed lake in Attabad， Pakistan， 2010 128
Catastrophic flood， Thailand， 2011 130
North Indian flood， 2013 132
Gorkha earthquake， Nepal， 2015 134
Europe and Africa
Vajont landslide Italy， 1963 136
Bosnia and Herzegovina flood， 2014 138
Landslide in the Carpathians， Poland.140
Freetown landslide-debris flow-flood， Sierra Leone， 2017 142
IV Disaster Risk Assessment
Silk Road Disaster Risk Assessment
Earthquake risk assessment 146
Mass movement risk assessment .150
Flood risk assessment 160
Drought risk assessment 168
Ocean wind and wave hazard assessment 176
Risk assessment of maritime shipping risk 180
Integrated disaster risk assessment 182
Regional Disaster Risk Assessment
Drought risk assessment in Central and West Asia 202
Disaster risk assessment in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 204
Earthquake risk assessment in Iran 206
Multi-disasters risk assessment in the Abkhazia， Georgia 208
Landslide risk assessment in China-Pakistan Corridor 212
Risk assessment of ship collision in Sri Lanka 216
Disaster Risk Assessment on Local Scale
Mass movement risk assessment of the Corvara in Badia， Italy 218
Risk assessment of simultaneous debris flows in Qingping Town， Sichuan， China 220
Community-based disaster risk management in Houba Village， Gansu， China 222
Disaster Risk Assessment for Infrastructure
Disaster risk assessment of pipeline in China-Central and Western Asia Economic Corridor 224
Mass movement susceptibility assessment of mass movementin hydropower project area 230
Mass movement risk assessment of Sino-Nepalese Highway 234
Mass movement risk assessment of Sichuan-Tibet Traffic Corridor 236
References 238
Appendix Authors/Editors and Data Sources 242