Natural Hazards Review: Recent submissions
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Seismic Retrofit Added 17% to the Resale Value of Older California Houses
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)We examined the resale prices of 217 recently sold California single-family dwellings built before 1960 to determine whether buyers value seismic retrofit. Of these, sellers indicated that 29 houses had been seismically ... -
Simple Method for Shallow Landslide Prediction Based on Wide-Area Terrain Analysis Incorporated with Surface and Subsurface Flows
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)During intense rainfall, shallow landslides often occur on natural slopes due to the rising groundwater level. This study proposed a simple model for rainfall-induced shallow landslide prediction in broad areas based on ... -
Assessment of Soil-Building Resonant Effect for DMDP Area in Bangladesh
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)The intention of this study is to estimate the expected soil-building resonance phenomena of the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) area of Bangladesh during earthquakes. The target is to identify the effect of the ... -
Tornado-Induced Structural Damage Based on Reconnaissance Surveys of the 2019 Jefferson City, Missouri, Tornado and Previous Tornadoes Notable Tornadoes
(ASCE, 2022/11/01)Tornadoes are violent, short-lived wind phenomena that may result in catastrophic damage to homes and property and significant fatalities. Based on statistical data, a majority of tornado-induced fatalities are related to ... -
Experimental and Numerical Modeling of a Tide Embankment Section Subjected to Storm Surge in Tacloban City, Philippines
(ASCE, 2022/07/04)Following the devastating Typhoon Haiyan, a project initiated by the Philippine government, known as Road Heightening and Tide Embankment (RHTE), was constructed to protect the coastal communities of the Leyte region in ... -
Exploring Household Preparedness for Volcanic Eruptions of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, Hawai‘i
(ASCE, 2022/06/22)This study examines household preparedness for volcanic eruptions of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa in Hawai‘i. Specifically, correlation and regression analyses were conducted to test which variables (i.e., demographics, risk ... -
Effects of Nonstationarity of Extreme Wind Speeds and Ground Snow Loads in a Future Canadian Changing Climate
(ASCE, 2022/06/29)Modern structural design codes assume a statistically stationary climate. However, it is now known that the climate is changing at a rate that calls into question the stationarity assumption. This study was undertaken to ... -
Integrating Place Attachment into Housing Recovery Simulations to Estimate Population Losses
(ASCE, 2022/06/20)Following a disaster, residents of a community may be displaced from their damaged homes, leading to expensive and lengthy disruption, with many choosing to move away permanently. Population losses may hinder recovery and ... -
Legitimizing Postcrisis Policy Change: Crisis-Framing Strategies by Public Leaders in China
(ASCE, 2022/07/12)Research shows that postcrisis policy change in democracies is shaped by how crises are framed. Given structural political differences, the role that such framing plays in postcrisis policy change in other types of political ... -
The Disruptive Effects of Hurricanes on School Operations and Reopening
(ASCE, 2022/06/08)The purpose of this work is to examine the immediate impacts of hurricanes on schools and document the competing priorities faced by educators as they return to their educational mission of serving students and assisting ... -
Texture-Informed Approach for Hurricane Loss Estimation: How Discounting Neighborhood Texture Leads to Undervaluing Wind Mitigation
(ASCE, 2022/07/01)Motivating investment in predisaster mitigation requires accurate estimates of natural hazard risks. The present tools for loss estimation overlook building-level variations in wind loading induced by the configuration of ... -
Developing a Geospatial Framework for Severe Occupational Injuries Using Moran’s I and Getis-Ord Gi* Statistics for Southeastern United States
(ASCE, 2022/05/27)Occupational safety and health (OSH) related agencies have a plethora of injury data available; however, modern data visualization and user-friendly dissemination tools are lacking in this field. This work has created a ... -
Integrated Structural and Socioeconomic Hurricane Resilience Assessment of Residential Buildings in Coastal Communities
(ASCE, 2022/04/27)With growing shoreline populations and projections of damage and losses from coastal natural hazards, such as hurricanes and nor’easters, coastal community resilience has attracted increasing attention. To ensure coastal ... -
A Community Impact Scale for Regional Disaster Planning with Transportation Disruption
(ASCE, 2022/05/23)This paper proposes a simple analytical scheme and associated qualitative impact scales that capture the spatially varying effects of a regional disaster. Large-scale disasters that affect many towns and cities pose ... -
Never Waste a Crisis: How COVID-19 Lockdowns and Message Sources Affect Household Emergency Preparedness
(ASCE, 2022/04/23)Public institutions are facing natural and manmade hazards of increasing frequency and severity. While the costs of disasters can be greatly reduced when individuals prepare, successfully encouraging preparation is difficult ... -
Evaluating Regional Flood Disaster Resilience Based on the DROP Model and TOPSIS Method: A Case Study of the Katsushika Ward, Tokyo
(ASCE, 2022/05/06)Tokyo is on one hand becoming increasingly vulnerable to flood disasters due to flooding of greater severity and frequency. Tokyo’s vulnerability to flood disasters has increased because of the changes in population ... -
Investigation of the Causal Relationships among Different Barrier Categories to Timely Posthurricane Recovery
(ASCE, 2022-03-30)The incidence of hurricanes has increased in the United States during recent years, affecting many aspects of the lives of those who have fallen victim to them. Delays that may be due to unexpected barriers to the recovery ... -
Building Classification Using Random Forest to Develop a Geodatabase for Probabilistic Hazard Information
(ASCE, 2022-04-06)To understand the community risk from severe weather threats, two components, including weather information and community assets, are crucial. Recently, probabilistic hazard information (PHI) from the National Oceanic and ... -
Impact of COVID-19 on the Diversity of the Construction Workforce
(ASCE, 2022-04-13)Construction industry employment has been severely impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US construction labor market. This study contributes to the ... -
Roles of Nonprofits in Disaster Response and Recovery: Adaptations to Shifting Disaster Patterns in the Context of Climate Change
(ASCE, 2022-03-30)Nonprofit social service organizations play key roles in disaster response and recovery efforts targeting socially vulnerable populations, particularly in the United States. Increasingly frequent and intense disasters ...