Natural Hazards Review: Recent submissions
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Flood Disaster and Flood Control Measurements in Shanghai
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2017)Shanghai is the economic center of China, but is vulnerable to threats from natural hazards. Along with climate change and fast urbanization, flood is the inevitable deterrent to the city’s development. Flood hazard ... -
Defining Sufficient Household Preparedness for Active Wildfire Defense: Toward an Australian Baseline
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This study begins to offer a tangible definition and operationalization of the required level of preparedness for safely staying and defending a property by householders in Australian wildfires. A consultative workshop was ... -
Component-Based Vulnerability Analysis for Residential Structures Subjected to Storm Surge Impact from Hurricane Sandy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)In this study, manual and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) surveys of physical damage to structures in Ortley Beach, New Jersey, following Hurricane Sandy are used to assess the vulnerability of residential structures ... -
Lessons Learned from Businesses to Ensure Community Level Recovery in a Postdisaster Period: Case from Adapazari, Turkey
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This study argues that businesses, as principal units of both the economy and the urban environment, show different performances in the postdisaster period that in turn affect the community-level recovery. To this end, the ... -
Analysis of the Magnitude of Debris Flows in Korea
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Different magnitude of debris flows causes different damages to the surrounding environment. It is important to know its volume in order to be able to be aware of its run-out length and potential damage level. Many researchers ... -
Dynamic Evacuation Routing Plan after an Earthquake
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)This study proposes an earthquake evacuation routing plan from local shelters to regional ones for a long-term safe settlement using public vehicles. In a post-earthquake situation, the unpredicted changes in travel demand ... -
Likely Scenarios of Natural Terrain Shallow Slope Failures on Hong Kong Island under Extreme Storms
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2017)In Hong Kong, rain-induced shallow slope failures are recognized as one of the most catastrophic hazards due to Hong Kong’s hilly terrain and frequent heavy storms. Due to climate changes, extreme storms are expected to ... -
Measuring Transportation System Resilience: Response of Rail Transit to Weather Disruptions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Major disruptions of transportation systems due to severe weather events such as hurricanes, storm surges, and flooding are becoming more common. A logical response is to make those systems better able to withstand and ... -
Building the Right Tool for the Job: Value of Stakeholder Involvement When Developing Decision-Support Technologies for Emergency Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Computer-aided simulation and decision-support tools have a recognized role in planning for, and responding to, extreme hazard events. Multi-network interdependent critical infrastructure program for the analysis of lifelines ... -
Agent-Based Simulation of Building Evacuation after an Earthquake: Coupling Human Behavior with Structural Response
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The safety of building occupants during and immediately after disasters, such as a major earthquake, is highly dependent on the way in which people interact with the damaged physical environment. While there are extensive ... -
Major Earthquakes around Taipei and a Seismic Hazard Assessment with Monte Carlo Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The region around Taiwan is known for high seismicity. Under the circumstances, seismic hazard assessments and proper earthquake-resistant designs are essential to the region. From a well-studied earthquake catalog, this ... -
Best-Estimate Return Period of the Sanchiao Earthquake in Taipei: Bayesian Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)It is believed that the Sanchiao fault in Taipei, the most important city in Taiwan, has caused several major earthquakes. In the literature, one study suggested return periods of the Sanchiao earthquake of 543, 568, and ... -
Lifeline Issue in Social Vulnerability Indexing: A Review of Indicators and Discussion of Indicator Application
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The article reviews ways to improve measurements of lifeline vulnerability, defining lifeline vulnerability as aspects of social vulnerability to natural hazards influenced by lifeline failure. First, a literature review ... -
Framework for Modeling Urban Restoration Resilience Time in the Aftermath of an Extreme Event
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The impacts of extreme events continue long after the emergency response has terminated. Effective reconstruction of supply-chain strategic infrastructure (SCSI) elements is essential for postevent recovery and the ... -
Modeling Regional Hurricane Evacuation Events: Calibration and Validation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)Calibration and validation of traffic models is a necessary step to better fit model output to real-world conditions. Presently, there has been little research in this particular area of evacuation modeling because of a ... -
Temporary Sheltering, Psychological Stress Symptoms, and Perceptions of Recovery
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)It is crucial to understand how postdisaster shelter choices affect disaster survivors’ stress. However, no study has investigated the association of different types of temporary shelters on psychological stress symptoms ... -
Seismic Risk Assessment of Nonengineered Residential Buildings: State of the Practice
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The poor socioeconomic conditions in developing countries often lead to poorly constructed residential buildings that are particularly vulnerable to damage during an earthquake. A review of available literature carried out ... -
Robust Investments in Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chains for Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Communities
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Effective disaster preparedness and response are supported by heterogeneous investments in logistics for emergency management. Meanwhile, there may be scarce resources or misconception of humanitarian needs for emergency ... -
Case Study of Flood Mitigation and Hazard Management at the Texas Medical Center in the Wake of Tropical Storm Allison in 2001
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Between June 5 and 9, 2001, Tropical Storm Allison dropped upwards of 50 cm (20 in.) of rain on the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, causing the worst urban flood in U.S. history. The unprecedented rainfall event ... -
Historic Landslide Dams along the Upper Indus River, Northern Pakistan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)A significant number of landslides have occurred along the upper Indus River which resulted in temporary landslide dams. All of these debris dams eventually breach, often causing catastrophic flooding downstream. Remote ...