Risks of energy systems and hazards in chinaTI Risks of energy systems and hazards in china

摘要

We are very glad to have been invited to become Guest Editors for the Special Issue of Natural Hazards on Risks of Energy Systems and Hazards in China. After a strict and long review process, now is our privilege to provide you this special issue. Many thanks to all authors, anonymous reviewers, and editorial team and staff for their contribution and effort to make this special issue possible. We also wish to extend our sincere thanks to Prof. Tad Murty, the editor in chief of Natural Hazards, for his supports and invitation as well as his comments on this issue. Thanks also to Dr. Hua Liao, Mr. Yun-Fei Yao, Mr. Zhen-Hua Feng, Ms. Li Liu, Ms. Jing-Li Fan for their help and suggestions. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the BIT of 985 Program and National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant No. 71020107026, the CAS Strategic Priority Research Program grant No. XDA05150600, and SRFDP under the grant No. 20091101110044.