Natural Hazards Review: Recent submissions
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Interpretation of Slope Movements Induced by Adjacent Large Landslide in Northern Italy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The village of Corniglio, in the district of Parma, Northern Apennines (Italy), has been affected for the last 6 years by a huge landslide—currently one of the largest slope movements in Europe—which has caused considerable ... -
Vulnerability Assessment of a Port and Harbor Community to Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards: Integrating Technical Expert and Stakeholder Input
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Research suggests that the Pacific Northwest could experience catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis in the near future, posing a significant threat to the numerous ports and harbors along the coast. A collaborative, ... -
Hurricane Risks and Economic Viability of Strengthened Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)This paper describes a procedure for evaluating the effect of changes to existing residential structural vulnerability on hurricane-induced building damage and expected insurance losses. Two scenario-based models are ... -
Natural Hazards Vulnerability Assessment for Statewide Mitigation Planning in Rhode Island
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)This article describes a simplified vulnerability assessment model applied to the state of Rhode Island for use in statewide disaster mitigation planning. Working with public data sources and existing community vulnerability ... -
Electric Power Distribution System Performance in Carolina Hurricanes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)This paper describes a quantitative investigation of the performance of electric power distribution systems in North and South Carolina in recent hurricanes. The study is based on large databases of outages in five recent ... -
Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool Methodology
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Communities must identify exposure to hazard impacts to proactively address emergency response, disaster recovery, and hazard mitigation, and incorporate sustainable development practices into comprehensive planning. Hazard ... -
Exaggeration of Wind Conditions in Hurricane Floyd and Other Tropical Cyclones
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)In recent years the United States has developed a number of networks of automatic weather stations producing data accessible via the Internet and, in may cases, also by telephone. In September 1999 the passage of Hurricane ... -
Sustainable Cities, a Regional Seismic Scenario, and the 6-23-2001 Arequipa Peru Earthquake
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)From 1998 to early 2001, fifteen Peruvian cities developed and enforced ordinances on land use, channeling urban expansion and population growth into areas that microzonation investigations had determined to be safe. This ... -
Prayer in Disaster: Case Study of Christian Clergy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Prayer for divine intervention at the time of disaster is well-documented. With a general belief in some sectors of the population that God or some external force drives disaster, to appeal to the same for help or direction ... -
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Rural Roads Vulnerability Reduction Assessment, Mitigation Measures, and Training
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Considerable experience has been gained in the assessment of storm damage to rural roads, subsequent repairs, and implementing measures to reduce the vulnerability of the road system to future events both in the western ... -
River Ecology and Flood Hazard Mitigation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)Flooding remains the most common and one of the most costly categories of natural hazards in the United States. Historically, the United States has relied on structural mitigation, insurance, and disaster relief to mitigate ... -
Reviewers
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Impact of River Channelization on Seismic Risk: Shelby County, Tennessee
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003)The lower 35.4 km of the Wolf River, in the city of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, was channelized in 1964 to reduce flooding. Detailed channel surveys conducted in 1959 and 1990 document river and floodplain changes ... -
Closure to “Second Hazards Assessment and Sustainable Hazards Mitigation: Disaster Recovery on Montserrat” by Jack L. Rozdilsky
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Gender and Evacuation: A Closer Look at Why Women Are More Likely to Evacuate for Hurricanes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Studies of hurricane evacuation have often noted that women are more likely than men to evacuate, yet few examined those differences and tried to explain them. This paper undertakes a series of bivariate and multivariate ... -
Impacts of Super Typhoon Paka’s (1997) Winds on Guam: Meteorological and Engineering Perspectives
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) convened a group of experts on Guam soon after Super Typhoon Paka left the island in December 1997. The primary mission of this team, which consisted of two ... -
Disaster Management System for Southwestern Indiana
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The Southwest Indiana Disaster Resistant Community Corporation (SWIDRCC) and Sandia National Laboratories formed a partnership in 1999 with the intent of developing and deploying a system that will significantly lessen the ... -
Making It Work in Berkeley: Investing in Community Sustainability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The city of Berkeley, California, has piloted seismic and fire safety efforts in all sectors of the community. The municipal government, the local school district, and the University of California, Berkeley, campus have ... -
Social Science Aspects of Hurricane Impacts and Mitigation: Introduction to the Special Issue
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)