Natural Hazards Review: Recent submissions
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Validation of Time-Dependent Repair Recovery of the Building Stock Following the 2011 Joplin Tornado
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )This paper seeks to calibrate an existing analytical framework to develop building repair fragility models using a restoration dataset collected through a longitudinal field study in the city of Joplin, Missouri, after the ... -
Computational Simulation of Benefit Fraud and Community Resilience in the Wake of Disaster
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )The monetary assistance provided for disaster relief creates opportunities for fraudulent behavior. Historical records have shown that the loss of recovery funds due to improper and fraudulent payments could reach hundreds ... -
Impossibility of Narrative Bridges across Boundaries: Case Study of Fukushima-Daiichi Accident
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )This case study identifies human factors that ought to be considered when studying industrial accident conditions, focusing on lessons learned from government involvement in the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, which ... -
Empirical Local Hazard Models for Bolide Explosions
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )Bolide explosions are a natural hazard associated with meteoroids or asteroids entering Earth’s atmosphere. Existing hazard models for predicting the frequencies, return periods, and occurrence probabilities of bolide ... -
Development of Sinkhole Susceptibility Map of East Central Florida
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )This paper presents the implementation of the frequency ratio (FR) method to evaluate the contribution of every factor on sinkholes and develop a sinkhole susceptibility map for East Central Florida (ECF). The FR is a ... -
Joint Risk Assessment of the Secondary Disasters of Rainstorms based on Multisource Spatial Data in Wuhan, China
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )Rainstorms easily can cause serious secondary disasters such as waterlogging, debris flow, and flood, and the combination of these secondary disasters makes cities more vulnerable. However, to date, few studies have ... -
Probabilistic Seismic-Stability Analysis of Slopes Considering the Coupling Effect of Random Ground Motions and Spatially-Variable Soil Properties
(ASCE, 8/1/2020 1)A probabilistic slope stability analysis framework based on the Newmark permanent displacement method and probability density evolution theory is presented to quantify the coupling impact and propagation of combined ... -
Equitable Resilience in Infrastructure Systems: Empirical Assessment of Disparities in Hardship Experiences of Vulnerable Populations during Service Disruptions
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )The objective of this study was to examine social inequality in exposure and hardship experienced by various groups due to infrastructure service disruptions in disasters. After more than two decades, the existing literature ... -
Understanding Multisector Stakeholder Value Dynamics in Hurricane Michael: Toward Collaborative Decision-Making in Disaster Contexts
(ASCE, 8/1/2020 1)Despite a growing acknowledgement of shared responsibilities in emergency management, one of the hidden and overlooked issues in the disaster literature is the identification and integration of multisector stakeholder ... -
Opportunities and Challenges of Public Participation in Post-Disaster Recovery Planning: Lessons from Galveston, TX
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )While public participation can improve recovery planning, post-disaster environments pose unique challenges and opportunities that can enhance or undermine participation depending on the recovery policies and features of ... -
Influence of Foundation Soil on the Seismic Factor of Safety of Geosynthetic-Lined Solid-Waste Landfills: Equivalent Linear Approach
(ASCE, 8/1/2020 1)This paper is focused on the influence of foundation soil on the seismic factor of the safety of a typical side-hill type solid-waste landfill. New analytical expressions are derived and presented to calculate the displacement, ... -
Ensemble Analysis of Climate-Change Impacts on Design-Service Life of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks across Canada
(ASCE, 8/1/2020 1)This study presents a novel approach to investigate the impacts of temperature rise in a changing climate on the design-service life of reinforced concrete bridge decks in diverse regions across Canada. Most studies in the ... -
Discrete-Outcome Analysis of Tornado Damage Following the 2011 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tornado
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )Ground-truth measurements of damage caused by natural disasters are routinely used to determine which factors of the natural, built, and social environment contribute to losses from these events. Process-based models, which ... -
Effect of Infill-Wall Material Types and Modeling Techniques on the Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings
(ASCE, 8/1/2020 1)Masonry infill walls significantly contribute to the seismic demand imposed on RC buildings. However, in general, infill walls are considered as nonstructural elements in seismic design and assessment of buildings and ... -
Multiscale Variability of Historical Meteorological Droughts and Floods in the Middle Yangtze River Basin, China
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )This paper examines the temporal patterns of historical droughts and floods and associated natural-anthropogenic variations in the middle Yangtze River Basin. Analyses are based principally on yearly meteorological data ... -
Importance of Households in Business Disaster Recovery
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )The authors seek to contribute to the understanding of post-disaster community interdependencies by examining the recovery linkages between businesses and households. Specifically, this research looks to identify the ... -
Finite-Element Model of Impact Loading and Deformation of a Flexible Steel Ring-Net Debris-Flow Barrier
(ASCE, 8/1/2020 1)The objective of this study is to simulate the stress-displacement behavior of a flexible debris-flow mitigation structure in a three-dimensional finite-element model. Flexible steel ring-net structures are used for ... -
Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity and Seismic Site Characterization for New Nuclear Power Plant Region, India
(ASCE, 11/1/2020 )This paper presents a new correlation between standard penetration test (SPT) N values and shear wave velocity (Vs) for a newly proposed nuclear power plant (NPP) region at Haryana state, India. The site location falls ... -
Hurricane Risk Assessment for Residential Buildings in the Southeastern US Coastal Region in Changing Climate Conditions Using Artificial Neural Networks
(ASCE, 8/1/2020 1)Hurricanes cause severe damage along US coastal regions, which may be aggravated in changing climate conditions. This paper investigates the impact of climate change on the hurricane risk for residential buildings in the ... -
Community Resilience-Focused Technical Investigation of the 2016 Lumberton, North Carolina, Flood: An Interdisciplinary Approach
(ASCE, 8/1/2020 1)In early October 2016, Hurricane Matthew crossed North Carolina as a Category 1 storm, with some areas receiving 0.38–0.46 m (15–18 in.) of rainfall on already saturated soil. The NIST-funded Center for Risk-Based ...