Slow-Onset Hazards Issue, Challenges, and Risk Reduction Strategies

Introduction: Bridging the Gaps: Recognizing Slow-Onset Hazards in Policy and Practice 1. Covariation-Mining in Complex Systems: A New Approach to System Dynamics Simulation for Sustainability Applications 2. Unveiling Silent Disasters: The Impact of Heatwaves and Droughts in Germany and the Progress in Shaping Policy Strategies 3. Slow Violence, Environmental Decay and the Struggle for Social Justice in Merebank, South Durban, South Africa: Continuities Between the Apartheid and Post-Apartheid Eras 4. Long-Term Remote Sensing Based Methods for Monitoring Air Pollution in the Balkan Countries 5. Eco-Physiological Responses of Avicennia Germinans and Rhizophora Racemosa to Climate Variability and Anthropogenic Stress in Benin 6. Mitochondrial Fragmentation: A Potential Health Hazard in the Chronic Kidney Diseases With Aging 7. Slow-Onset Climate Variability and Its Impacts on Livelihoods and Agriculture: A South Asian Perspective 8. Dynamics of Fluvial Regime and Its Impact on the Population Displacement in the Gangetic Plain of West Bengal and Jharkhand 9. Fluoride Presence and Gradual Accumulation in Ground Water: Emerging Potential Health Hazards in Semi-Arid Regions of India 10. Systematic Review of Global Applicability of Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) Model in Soil Erosion Studies 11. Morphological Progression of Ravines and Gully Erosion in Semi-Arid India: Implications for Gradual Soil Degradation and Agrarian Livelihoods 12. From Pixel to Protection: A Systematic Review on Watershed Prioritization for Soil Conservation 13. Channel Shifts and the Impact of Avulsion on Majuli Island and the Need for Recognizing Slow-Onset Disasters

Biography

Avijit Sahay is currently an Assistant Professor and Head (In-charge) of the Department of Geography, Doon University, Dehradun. His works on Majuli Island have been presented in international conferences and published in national and international journals.

Pallavi Upreti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Doon University, Dehradun, and has been engaged in the field of Himalayan studies since 2014 in identifying the changing Himalayan landscape due to climate change-induced factors coupled with anthropogenic activities.

Nikhil Roy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Mariani College under Dibrugarh University, Assam. His work spans riverbank erosion, disaster management, cultural landscapes, and regional development, with publications in reputed international and national journals.