Natural Hazards Review: Recent submissions
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Tragic Choices at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)In high-risk industries, the development of reliable safety systems has made it easy to forget that operators may one day be confronted with dramatic, life-threatening situations. This article examines one such catastrophe, ... -
GIS-Based Data Integration Approach for Rainfall-Induced Slope Failure Susceptibility Mapping in Clayey Soils
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Roadside slopes in clayey soils with high swelling and shrinkage potential are prone to rainfall-induced shallow slope failures. Identification of slope segments susceptible to rainfall-induced failures helps transportation ... -
Random Parameter Model of Postdisaster Household Relocation
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Household recovery and relocation after a disaster is an exigent and complex decision. This complexity is mainly due to the variety of factors that can influence such a decision. Therefore, it is the goal of this study to ... -
Examining Tornado Vulnerability in Kansas with Recent Findings from an EF4 Tornado
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Tornadoes are one of the most frequently occurring natural hazards in the United States, yet historically they have been understudied in the engineering and social science literature. This first presents the findings from ... -
Development of a Road Geohazard Risk Management Framework for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Developing Countries
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)The authors proposed an institutional and technical framework for preparation, planning, design, construction, and maintenance for road geohazard risk management in developing countries. As technical assistance in this ... -
Construction of Urban Flooding Prevention System under “One City, One Executor, and One Network” Model: Case Study of Kunming, China
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Flood disasters have plagued developing countries and impeded sustainable city development as a result of global climate change and economic development. Chaotic urban flooding prevention system management is the current ... -
Connecting Social Capital and Vulnerability: Citation Network Analysis of Disaster Studies
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)A growing body of disaster scholarship uses qualitative and quantitative methods to illuminate the role of social capital and social networks in recovery and resilience outcomes. However, this approach seems disconnected ... -
Estimating the Impact of Urban Space Competition on Flood Risk: Case Study of the Lanzhou Reaches of Yellow River, China
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)As a result of global urbanization, urban areas are being replaced by single developed areas and urban water space is also inevitably occupied. Disruption of the balance between land for construction and water space, ... -
Crime Fluctuations in Response to Hurricane Evacuations: Understanding the Time-Course of Crime Opportunities during Hurricane Harvey
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Research regarding how natural disasters impact crime is largely mixed. Most studies focus on whether aggregate postdisaster crime levels differ from predisaster ones and pay less attention to how emergency procedures ... -
High-Speed GIS-Based Simulation of Storm Surge–Induced Flooding Accounting for Sea Level Rise
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)A storm surge–induced flood simulation methodology, called the GIS-based subdivision-redistribution (GISSR) methodology, is proposed for coastal urban environments. The methodology combines GIS with Manning’s equation to ... -
Comparative Review and Assessment of Various Flood Retrofit Methods for Low-Rise Residential Buildings in Coastal Areas
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Recent hurricanes indicated that retrofitted residential buildings are still susceptible to wind- and flood-induced damage in coastal areas. This poor performance indicates that flood retrofit methods need to be evaluated ... -
Comparing Client Values between Business-as-Usual Construction and Postdisaster Reconstruction
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)The complexity and resources required for postdisaster reconstruction projects can present a formidable challenge for project participants. Exploring client values in a postdisaster situation can assist in assessing ... -
Wind Flow Characteristics of Multivortex Tornadoes
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)A multivortex tornado refers to a tornado that contains two or more small subvortices in the wind field. Due to the presence of multiple vortices, this type of tornado is likely to be more dangerous and destructive than ... -
Quantifying the Role of Vulnerability in Hurricane Damage via a Machine Learning Case Study
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Predisaster damage predictions and postdisaster damage assessments often inadequately capture the intensity and spatial–temporal complexity of natural hazard-caused damage. Accurate identification of areas with the greatest ... -
Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Coupled Natural-Physical-Social Systems: Cascading Impact of Hurricane-Induced Damages to Civil Infrastructure in Galveston, Texas
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)The combined effect of storm surge and wave action during severe storms in coastal regions can cause significant damage to civil infrastructures with cascading consequences to coastal communities and their residents with ... -
Predictive Model for Hurricane Wind Hazard under Changing Climate Conditions
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Hurricanes are among the most destructive and costly extreme weather events. The intensity of future hurricanes is generally expected to increase due to climate change effects. In this work, a simulation method based on a ... -
Dilemma of the Tropics: Changes to Housing Safety Perceptions, Preferences, and Priorities in Multihazard Environments
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)This study seeks to understand how housing safety perceptions have changed after a specific hazard event: the 2019–2020 earthquakes affecting the US Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The research team conducted and qualitatively ... -
Community Response to Hurricane Threat: Estimates of Warning Diffusion Time Distributions
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)The data on warning diffusion rates over time are generally sparse and are extremely limited for hurricanes. This is a potential problem for transportation analysts who are trying to compute evacuation time estimates for ... -
High on the Hill and Down by the River: The Relationship between Wealth and Flood Risk in the United States, Past and Present
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)This work analyzes the relationship between flood risk and wealth in the United States and investigates the mental maps that inform the debate over the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Through historical analysis, ... -
Factors Influencing the Coefficient of Restitution in Rockfall Impacts
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)As an outcome of epigenetic reformation in rock slope, the rockfall hazard poses significant detriment to human activities and infrastructure. Among the related parameters including incidence velocity, slope materials, and ...