Natural Hazards Review: Recent submissions
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Social Science Research Needs: Focus on Vulnerable Populations, Forecasting, and Warnings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This paper assesses the state of social science research specific to populations at risk vis-à-vis weather forecasting and warnings. At-risk populations are defined as groups historically disadvantaged by socioeconomic ... -
Economic Value of Hurricane Forecasts: An Overview and Research Needs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Hurricane forecasting is in part an economic problem, because it commits scarce resources to save lives, reduce injuries, and lessen economic impacts. New sensing, recording, and reporting technologies, as well as the ... -
Hurricane Forecasting: The State of the Art
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)In this article, we summarize current forecasting practice, the performance of the forecasting enterprise, and the impacts of tropical cyclones from a meteorological perspective. In the past, a forecast was considered ... -
Social Science Research Needs for the Hurricane Forecast and Warning System: An Introduction
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Organizational Communication and Decision Making for Hurricane Emergencies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This paper reviews research and theory on the processes by which emergency relevant organizations communicate with each other and with the population at risk from hurricanes. The technology for hurricane forecast, warning, ... -
Synthetic Hurricane Wind Speed Records: Development of a Database for Hazard Analyses and Risk Studies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)A database of synthetic hurricane wind speeds is developed for a region of the southeastern United States comprising South Carolina, North Carolina, and eastern Virginia. For each zip code in the study region, the database ... -
Lasting Effects of Hurricane Andrew on a Working-Class Community
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)Ten years after Hurricane Andrew, researchers returned to a multiethnic working-class community of homeowners first studied one year after the storm to investigate long-term impact on the community and its residents. Using ... -
Terrorism Risks and Blast Damage to Built Infrastructure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)There is increasing interest in the use of risk management techniques for assessing vulnerability of built infrastructure to the “new” (man-made) hazard of terrorism. As such, the various uncertainties and risks associated ... -
The Place of Fire
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)As the wildland-urban interface (WUI) grows in size and density and increasing levels of funding are being directed toward education and outreach programs targeting residents in these communities, it is becoming increasingly ... -
Disaster Recovery System Model with E-Government Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)We present a robust disaster recovery system model according to the requests of disaster recovery talent of a key e-government project of China. The model strengthens the safe communication ability and guarantees the secure ... -
Real Estate Market Response to Coastal Flood Hazards
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)This study estimates the effects of flood hazard on residential property values using a hedonic property price method. We utilize digital flood maps coupled with extensive residential property sales records between September ... -
HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model Methodology. II: Damage and Loss Estimation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)An overview of the damage and loss models used in the HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model is presented. These models represent the last two of five major component models used in HAZUS for the prediction of damage and loss to buildings ... -
Hedgehog and Fox Strategies for Reducing Risks in Infrastructure Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)In this paper, we employ the metaphors of the hedgehog and the fox, as elaborated by Isaiah Berlin and recently employed by Philip Tetlock, in order to contrast two opposite but complementary approaches to infrastructure ... -
Assessing Flood Hazard Zones in the Absence of Digital Floodplain Maps: Comparison of Alternative Approaches
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007)This article examines options for assessing flood hazards whenever digital floodplain maps are not available. Two floodplain-modeling approaches are assessed: USGS’s stream flow model (SFM 3.3) and FEMA’s natural hazard ... -
HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model Methodology. I: Hurricane Hazard, Terrain, and Wind Load Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)An overview of the hurricane hazard model, terrain model, wind pressure, and windborne debris models used in the HAZUS-MH hurricane model is presented. These models represent the first three of five major component models ... -
Catastrophe Risk Models for Wildfires in the Wildland–Urban Interface: What Insurers Need
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)Insurers use catastrophe risk models to estimate loss exceedance probabilities for a range of different hazard events. The 2003 wildfires in Southern California caused over $2 billion in insured losses and increased insurer’s ... -
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Price of Permits: Measuring the Economic Impacts of Wetland Development on Flood Damages in Florida
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)Floods continue to pose a significant threat to the property and safety of human populations in the United States. The economic impact from floods is estimated in the billions of dollars annually, and these losses are ... -
HAZUS-MH Flood Loss Estimation Methodology. II. Damage and Loss Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)Part I of this two-part paper provided an overview of the HAZUS-MH Flood Model and a discussion of its capabilities for characterizing riverine and coastal flooding. Included was a discussion of the Flood Information Tool, ... -
Exploratory Map Animation for Post-Event Analysis of Wildfire Protective Action Recommendations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006)This paper examines the timing of protective action recommendations in relationship to the distance of wildfire to a threatened community using exploratory map animation. The 2003 Southern California Wildfires were animated ...