1. Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change (PAUWES), University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria
2. Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Goka-sho, Uji City 611-0011, Japan
3. Civil Engineering and Quantity Surveying Department, Military Technological College, P.O. Box 262, Muscat 111, Oman