Forecasting and early warning systems are important investments to protect lives, properties,
and livelihood. While early warning systems are frequently used to predict the magnitude …

A large volume of work has been carried out in recent years to assess the effects of
individual hazards on urban areas. However, due to its complexity, assessing the probable …

Globally, many built-up areas are threatened by multiple hazards which pose significant
threat to humans, buildings and infrastructure. However, the analysis of the physical …

A large amount of buildings was damaged or destroyed by the 2011 Great East Japan
tsunami. Numerous field surveys were conducted in order to collect the tsunami inundation …

To prepare for upcoming extreme events, decision makers, scientists and other stakeholders
require a thorough understanding of the vulnerability of the built environment to natural …

Decision makers in the field of disaster management have many tools at their disposal to
assist them in making informed decisions. They make use of the available information to set …

The assessment of the physical vulnerability of elements at risk as part of the risk analysis is
an essential aspect for the development of strategies and structural measures for risk …

Extreme natural events, like eg tsunamis or earthquakes, regularly lead to catastrophes with
dramatic consequences. In recent years natural disasters caused hundreds of thousands of …

We apply a new tsunami vulnerability assessment method to two coastal villages in the Gulf
of Corinth, Greece using the 7th February 1963 tsunami as a worse case scenario. In Akoli …

Factors influencing tsunami life safety were examined using 1,153 witnesses in the tsunami-
inundated areas in the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami. It was found that …