Population growth, economic development, and rapid urbanization in many areas have led
to increased exposure and vulnerability of structural and infrastructure systems to hazards …

Despite recent advancements in hurricane hazard characterization and a better
understanding of the vulnerabilities of the built environment to hurricane-related hazards …

Probabilistic life-cycle consequence (LCCon) analysis (eg, assessment of repair costs,
downtime, or casualties over an asset's service life) can enable optimal life-cycle …

This study introduces an advanced community-level resilience analysis methodology
integrating 3D fragility surfaces for combined successive earthquake-tsunami hazard and …

Ice storms are one of the most devastating natural hazards which have the potential to inflict
significant damage to the built environment. The multi-hazard nature of ice events …

Industrial facilities can be severely affected by natural hazards (NHs) often resulting in
significant social, environmental, and economic consequences. One of the most serious …

Community resilience analysis and performance-based tsunami design methods typically
use separate fragility curves for earthquake and near-field tsunami hazards to predict …

Jamaica, like most Small Island Developing States around the world, is at high risk of coastal
hazards due to its exposure to tropical storms, high levels of coastal development …

Ice storms are one of the most devastating natural hazards which have the potential to inflict
significant damage to the built environment. The multi-hazard nature of ice events …

Climate change, population dynamics, the aging of built infrastructure, and their growing
complexity have gradually increased the vulnerability of coastal communities around the …