In December 2004, a huge tsunami in SE Asia claimed many lives and caused catastrophic
damage. This event has stimulated a debate about the role played by coastal ecosystems …

Despite the significant increase in cybersecurity solutions investment, organizations are still
plagued by security breaches, especially data breaches. As more organizations experience …

In this paper, a bibliographical review over the last decade is presented on the application of
Bayesian networks to dependability, risk analysis and maintenance. It is shown an …

An effective forest-fire response is critical for minimizing the losses caused by forest fires.
The purpose of this study is to construct a model for early fire detection and damage area …

Accurate flood mapping is important for both planning activities during emergencies and as
a support for the successive assessment of damaged areas. A valuable information source …

Avalanche disasters are associated with significant monetary losses. It is thus crucial that
avalanche risk assessments are based on a consistent and proper assessment of the …

Flooding hazard evaluation is the basis of flooding risk assessment which has significances
to natural environment, human life and social economy. This study develops a spatial …

Abstract Early Warning Systems (EWS) are increasingly applied to mitigate the risks posed
by natural hazards. To compare the effect of EWS with alternative risk reduction measures …

Over the past decades, integral risk management of natural hazards has become
increasingly important. Although risk analyses have been established for the design of …

A Bayesian network methodology is developed for performing infrastructure seismic risk
assessment and providing decision support with an emphasis on immediate post …