Natural Hazards Review: Recent submissions
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Levee Failures and Social Vulnerability in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Area, California
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)This paper examines the spatial variability in the social vulnerability of residents to potential levee failures in the Sacramento Delta region. To determine the likely flood exposure, levees of concern to the U.S. Army ... -
Incentives and Disincentives Analysis for Improving Policy for Seismic Risk Management of Homeowners in Japan
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)In order to improve policy and programs to promote retrofitting of houses in Japan, incentives and disincentives for seismic risk management by homeowners were studied by two approaches: a fault tree analysis (FTA) method ... -
Floods of People: New Residential Development into Flood-Prone Areas in San Joaquin County, California
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)The proximity of San Joaquin County, California to the San Francisco Bay Area has made it one of the most rapidly growing areas in the state. Several factors have encouraged seemingly illogical new residential development ... -
Estimation of Earthquake Loss due to Bridge Damage in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. II: Indirect Losses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)An approach to estimate the indirect economic loss due to damaged bridges within the highway system from an earthquake event is presented. The indirect cost considered refers to the increased highway transportation cost ... -
Recent Efforts in Earthquake Prediction (1990–2007)
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)From an emergency-management and hazard-preparedness perspective, long-term seismic risk analysis of a region is of utmost importance. There have been a good number of efforts during the past -
Online Disaster Preparation: Evaluation of State Emergency Management Web Sites
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)The purpose of this study is to provide a baseline of information available on state emergency management Web sites. Through a content analysis of all 50 state emergency management Web sites, the study examines four variables ... -
Measuring Tsunami Planning Capacity on U.S. Pacific Coast
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)The U.S. Pacific coastal states are at risk from both locally and distantly generated tsunamis. This vulnerability can be reduced by effective hazard management plans, but no studies have been conducted to determine how ... -
Integrative Technologies in Support of GIS-Based Postdisaster Response
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Innovations in interoperability and internet map server (IMS) technology allow for the rapid creation of a targeted, portable, and low-cost solution for postdisaster response and recovery using remotely sensed imagery and ... -
Normalized Hurricane Damage in the United States: 1900–2005
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)After more than two decades of relatively little Atlantic hurricane activity, the past decade saw heightened hurricane activity and more than $150 billion in damage in 2004 and 2005. This paper normalizes mainland U.S. ... -
Facilitated Process for Improving Organizational Resilience
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)Resilient organizations contribute significantly to resilient communities. However, the task of building more resilient organizations is complicated by an inability to translate the concept of resilience into tangible ... -
Evaluation of HAZUS-MH Flood Model with Local Data and Other Program
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)This paper presents an evaluation of the HAZUS-MH flood model conducted as part of the Harris County Risk Assessment Program completed in November, 2005. The county wide analysis proved the capability of the HAZUS-MH ... -
Correlates of School Disaster Preparedness: Main Effects of Funding and Coordinator Role
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)This study examined the correlates of public schools’ preparedness for emergencies and disasters. Hypotheses for the study were derived from the social science literature on disaster preparedness among schools, households, ... -
Case Study of Tribal Drought Planning: The Hualapai Tribe
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Several American Indian Tribes are currently leading the way in developing drought mitigation and response plans. These tribes are undertaking the process of identifying and implementing actions that will help them better ... -
Benefit-Cost Analysis of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Mitigation decreases the losses from natural hazards by reducing our vulnerability or by reducing the frequency and magnitude of causal factors. Reducing these losses brings many benefits, but every mitigation activity has ... -
Social Science Research Needs for the Hurricane Forecast and Warning System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This article begins to identify high-priority social science research issues focused on the hurricane forecast and warning system. The research agenda was distilled as faithfully as possible from the efforts of a host of ... -
System for Ranking Relative Threats of U.S. Volcanoes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)A methodology to systematically rank volcanic threat was developed as the basis for prioritizing volcanoes for long-term hazards evaluations, monitoring, and mitigation activities. A ranking of 169 volcanoes in the United ... -
Estimation of Earthquake Loss due to Bridge Damage in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. I: Direct Losses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2008)The risk associated with earthquake hazards on highway systems is dependent on the complexity of a network and its redundancy in providing traffic flow. Earthquake loss estimation studies can provide decision makers with ... -
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Evacuation Decision Making and Behavioral Responses: Individual and Household
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Researchers have examined a wide range of factors that affect evacuation decisions after people hear hurricane forecasts and other information. This review of the literature focuses on three broad areas of research that ... -
Response to Landslide Dam Failure Emergencies: Issues Resulting from the October 1999 Mount Adams Landslide and Dam-Break Flood in the Poerua River, Westland, New Zealand
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)On October 6, 1999, a large rock avalanche from Mount Adams on the west coast (Westland) of the South Island, New Zealand, fell into the Poerua Valley. The landslide blocked the river valley, damming the Poerua River, and ...