HEIDELBERGER AKADEMIE

Abstract

3 The Workshop is dedicated to Professor Tofik Ismail-Zadeh (1930-2004), a prominent Azerbaijan geophysicist, honoured scientist of Azerbaijan, and fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. The dedication is in recognition of his pioneering works in paleomagnetism, seismology, and seismic hazard and of his leading role in cooperation of academic and industrial research. 4 Workshop Summary The human faces devastating geological and geophysical disasters on different scales in time and space: Earthquakes, landslides and erosions, mud volcanoes, rock falls, sediment pollutions, subsidences and collapses, floods and other water and weather related hazards. The geohazards affect not only the human life and health, but have also dramatic impact on the sustainable development, e.g. land value, deterioration of the environment, partial or total loss of infrastructure, and other social and economic processes on which life depends