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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3291-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3291-2024
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27 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 27 Sep 2024

Preface: Estimating and predicting natural hazards and vulnerabilities in the Himalayan region

Wolfgang Schwanghart, Ankit Agarwal, Kristen Cook, Ugur Ozturk, Roopam Shukla, and Sven Fuchs

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The Himalayan landscape is particularly susceptible to extreme events, which interfere with increasing populations and the expansion of settlements and infrastructure. This preface introduces and summarizes the nine papers that are part of the special issue, Estimating and predicting natural hazards and vulnerabilities in the Himalayan region.
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