Risk information and its appropriate provision are important for geopark guests. The possible risks to guests are calculated
using the statistical police white papers on mountain accidents in Japan. They show that the major risk factors in geopark...
J. Komori, T. Phuntsho, T. Koike and Yamanokuchi, T
Global Environmental Research 16 59-70 May 2012 [Refereed]
Maintaining proper preparedness for GLOF hazards and drawing attention to the task of mitigation are important goals, necessitating exploration of past cases of outbursts. The frequency of GLOF occurrences is still unknown, because major outbursts...
Jiro KOMORI, Toru KOIKE, Daisuke HIGAKI and Phuntsho TSHERING
29(2) 233-243 2010 [Refereed]
Natural disasters intensively took place in Bhutan in 2009. For instance, unusual
outflow from debris covered glacier, floods and natural damming of a river induced by
a cyclone, watery mishap in the river recreation and earthquake struck the coun...
