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Review article: Risk management framework of environmental hazards and extremes in Mediterranean ecosystems
Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Nicolas R. Dalezios
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Ioannis N. Faraslis
Department of Environment, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Kostas Mitrakopoulos
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Anna Blanta
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Marios Spiliotopoulos
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Stavros Sakellariou
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Pantelis Sidiropoulos
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Ana M. Tarquis
CEIGRAM – Department of Agricultural Engineering, Technical
University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Risk assessment consists of three steps: identification, estimation and evaluation. Nevertheless, the risk management framework also includes a fourth step, the need for feedback on all the risk assessment undertakings. However, there is a lack of such feedback, which constitutes a serious deficiency in the reduction of environmental hazards at the present time. The objective of this review paper consists of addressing meteorological hazards and extremes within the risk management framework.
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