Population increases and related urban expansion are projected to occur in various parts of the world over the coming decades. These future changes to the urban fabric could …
S Nirandjan, EE Koks, M Ye, R Pant… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2024 - nhess.copernicus.org
Critical infrastructure (CI) is exposed to natural hazards that may lead to the devastation of these infrastructures and burden society with the indirect consequences that stem from this …
The concept of disaster risk is cross-disciplinary by nature and reducing disaster risk has become of interest for various disciplines. Yet, moving from a collection of multiple …
Effective disaster risk management in a given area relies on the analysis of all relevant risks potentially affecting it. A proper multi-risk evaluation requires the ranking of analyzed risks …
Rapid urban expansion in many parts of the world is leading to increased exposure to natural hazards, exacerbated by climate change. The use of physics-based models of …
Lahars are energetic flows of loosely consolidated volcanic debris and water, which have occurred frequently after rainfall events on St Vincent in the Eastern Caribbean since the …
RŠ Trogrlić, K Reiter, RL Ciurean, S Gottardo… - … Science & Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
The latest evidence suggests that multi-hazards and their interrelationships (eg, triggering, compound, and consecutive hazards) are becoming more frequent across Europe …
P Rosset, H Zhu, L Chouinard, N Sirous… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Assessing seismic losses requires information on ground shaking levels, a comprehensive inventory of elements at risk and their asset values to evaluate repair/reconstruction costs …
In recent decades, significant research efforts have been devoted to developing fragility and vulnerability models for mainshock-damaged buildings, ie, depending on the attained …