Environmental Hazards and Meteorological Disasters Research Group

The research group conducts research on natural hazards such as earthquake, landslide, flood, etc. It also undertakes geotechnical studies on suitable solutions for prevention and mitigation of natural hazard impacts.
The research projects include studying the environmental impacts of hazards and disasters, exploring the concepts of Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on natural hazards, particularly elaborating on the culture of sustainable development in civil and industrial activities with a focus on prevention of environmental hazards. It also pays attention to environmental impact assessment of development as a tool to prevent or at least mitigate the indirect effects of disasters on environment.  
Considering the recurrence of natural hazards and the environmental issues before and after disasters, it is inevitable to identify and research the impacts of various types of hazards, including flood, drought, earthquake, landslide, etc. on natural ecosystems. Accordingly, this research group aims at formulating policies and regulations for proper land-use and relocating buildings exposed to natural hazards. It proposes prevention and mitigation plans for natural hazard impacts and environmental conservation and recovery after a disaster.

The main activities include:
•    Consulting and cooperating in documenting natural hazards;
•    Studying natural hazards in rural and urban areas and identifying areas exposed to natural hazards;
•    Formulating disaster risk management and environmental management plans for rural and urban settlements;
•    Studying the seismic hazard, landslide, and flood zones in all provinces of the country;
•    Studying the stabilization of previous landslides and providing solutions for residential settlements exposed to landslide;
•    Studying indication of buffer zones for active faults in earthquake-affected areas and preparing active fault map;
•    Studying soil liquefaction, land subsidence, slope stability, erosion and geotechnical issues of soils and providing methods to prevent and mitigate the damage;
•    Studying the Seismic geotechnical micro zonation of cities; and
•    Studying natural hazard risks at different levels of provinces and cities.

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Head of the research group:

Saeed Mohammad Sabouri

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Scientific Members:

Mohammad Eskandarpour	Alireza Sedaqat Dehqi

 

Research Projects:

Year	Research Title	No
2019	Exploring gully erosion in the villages of Chabahar County in Sistan va Baloochestan	1
2019	Stabilisation of a number of villages against landslide in Ilam, North Khorasan, Kermanshah, and Hamedan	2
2019	Geological and geotechnical studies of the new site of several villages in Lorestan, Golestan, and Qazvin	3
2019	Stabilisation of a number of villages against rock fall in Lorestan	4
2019	Landslide and landslide stabilization strategies of Hosseinabad Kalposh village and preparation of implementation plans for geotechnical studies of development	5
2019	Initial report of affected villages by natural hazards	6
2019	Feasibility study of relocation of rural settlements or rebuilding in the same area, Qareh Yasr-e Pain	7
2019	Securing the areas prone to risks in several villages in Golestan	8
2019	Stabilisation of a number of villages against subsidence in Golestan	9
2019	Leading the organization plan for the villages prone to flood in the river buffer zone in Khoozestan	10
2019	Securing the affected residential units following the 2019 flood in Sistan va Baloochestan	11
2019	Three-dimensional study of the effect of stratification in hills on magnification of earthquake waves	12
2019	Identification of villages at risk and prioritization of rural safety plans	14
2019	Review of natural hazard atlas records in the country	15
2019	Investigation of the global experiences for the rural safety against natural hazards	16
2019	Exploring the securing process of villages after the 2019 floods focusing on the supervision of the stabilization process of villages	17
2019	Locating, geology, and geotechnical studies of the new site of Kafcharin village	18
2018	Utilizing the capabilities of the freeway margin space with the approach of reducing risks and increasing economic performance	19
2018	Simulating the surface runoff in the coming decades under climate change scenarios with a water resource management approach	20
2018	Identifying fault rupture areas in villages	21