MICHALIS DIAKAKIS

Michalis Diakakis

Position: Faculty Member
Rank: Assist. Professor
Section of: Geography and Climatology
Scientific Topic: Extreme Events and Natural Disasters in Geoenvironment

Tel: +30 210 7274148
e-mail: diakakism@geol.uoa.gr
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Research Interests

Climate-related natural disasters and extreme events, their impacts, risk analysis and the vulnerability of human life

Indicative Teaching Topics

Undegraguate Program

Natural Disasters
GIS and Remote Sensing
Geomorphology

Postgraguate Program "Environmental Disaster and Crisis Management Strategies"

Hydrometeorological Hazards
Climate, Climate Crisis, and Hydrometeorological Hazards

Postgraguate Program "Geographic Information Systems"

Natural Hazards Modeling

Postgraguate Program "Earth Sciences and the Environment"

GIS in Environmental Applications

Postgraguate Program "Water, Biosphere, and Climate Change"

Water Resources Management

Indicative Publications

Papathoma-Köhle, M., Schlögl, M., Garlichs, C., Diakakis, M., Mavroulis, S., & Fuchs, S. (2022). A wildfire vulnerability index for buildings. Scientific Reports – Nature, 12(1), 6378. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10479-3

Papagiannaki, K., Petrucci, O., Diakakis, M., Kotroni, V., Aceto, L., Bianchi, C., ... & Zêzere, J. L. (2022). Developing a large-scale dataset of flood fatalities for territories in the Euro-Mediterranean region, FFEM-DB. Scientific data, 9(1), 166.

Diakakis, M., Deligiannakis, G., Andreadakis, E., Katsetsiadou, K. N., Spyrou, N. I., & Gogou, M. E. (2020). How different surrounding environments influence the characteristics of flash flood‐mortality: The case of the 2017 extreme flood in Mandra, Greece. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 13 (3), e12613, doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12613

Diakakis M. Deligiannakis G., Z.Antoniadis, M. Melaki, N. K. Katsetsiadou, E. Andreadakis, N.I. Spyrou, M. Gogou, (2020) Proposal of a flash flood impact severity scale for the classification and mapping of flash flood impacts. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 590, November 2020, 125452. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125452

Diakakis M., Xathopoulos G., Gregos L. (2016) Analysis of forest fire fatalities in Greece: 1977-2013. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 25(7), 797-809. doi.org/10.1071/WF15198

Diakakis M., Deligiannakis G. (2015) Flood fatalities in Greece: 1970-2010. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 10(1), 115-123, doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12166

Diakakis M., Deligiannakis G., Katsetsiadou K., Lekkas E. (2014) Hurricane Sandy mortality in the Caribbean and continental North America. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal. 24 (1): 132-148. doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2014-0082

Diakakis M., Mavroulis S., Deligiannakis G. (2012) Floods in Greece, a statistical and spatial approach. Natural Hazards, 62 (2): 485-500. doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0090-z