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Due to the frequent earthquake, steep slope, weak geological formation, erodible soil, and intensive rainfall in summer season, several kinds of natural hazard such as earthquake, typhoon, flooding, landslide and landsubsidence have suffered in Taiwan. Landslide and soil loss are major hazards in mountains and hills while flooding and land subsidence in the alluvial plain and low land by the coast. The magnitude and occurence of each kind of natural hazard are varied according to intensity of process and physical geographic environment. However, the research on natural hazards have been promoted by academic institution and numerous reduction treatments such as dams, dikes have been constructed to mitigate the vulnerability to natural hazards.
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Chang, JC. Natural hazards in Taiwan. GeoJournal 38, 251–257 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00204716
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00204716