Natural Hazards Review: Recent submissions
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Effect of Extreme Weather Events on Student Test Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)North Carolina has faced a number of extreme weather systems over the past few years. Although there has been extensive research into the costs associated with these storms, one facet commonly overlooked is the effect on ... -
Errata for “Walkthrough Method for Catastrophe Decision Making,” by Craig E. Taylor, Stuart D. Werner, and Steve Jakubowski
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Market-Focused and Open-Systems Approaches to Earthquake Loss-Reduction: Contextualizing Role of Engineering Research
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)To achieve loss-reduction objectives and to enhance community and societal resilience in the event of earthquakes and other disasters, researchers and practitioners must take into account the broader societal environment ... -
Impact of Low-Intensity Hurricanes on Regional Economic Activity
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Although low-intensity hurricanes cause far less structural damage than high-intensity hurricanes, these weaker hurricanes do impact regional economic activity through “business interruption.” Because the strike frequencies ... -
Riding Out the Storm: Experiences of the Physically Disabled during Hurricanes Bonnie, Dennis, and Floyd
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)The writers examined the experiences during Hurricanes Bonnie, Dennis, and Floyd of households in eastern North Carolina that included a member with a physical disability and contrasted them with those of other households. ... -
Estimating Watershed Level Flood Damage in the Red River Valley of the North
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Flood damage estimates for two subwatersheds of the Red River Valley were found to be deficient in terms of availability, accuracy, and geographic detail. Data manipulation strategies were used to improve the quality of ... -
Catastrophic Risk and Behavior of Residential Real Estate Market Participants
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)We gather home sales data for the Cape Fear region of North Carolina and model residential real estate market activity in this coastal area between 1995 and 2000, a period of unprecedented hurricane activity. We extend ... -
Mapping Extent of Floods: What We Have Learned and How We Can Do Better
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)Much attention has been given to mapping the extent of a flood by using optical, radar, digital elevation model (DEM), and river gauge data. The mapped extent is often supported and verified by ground observations. The ... -
Discussion of “Second Hazards Assessment and Sustainable Hazards Mitigation: Disaster Recovery on Montserrat” by Jack L. Rozdilsky
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Losses from Weather Extremes in the United States
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Historical data on weather extremes and their effects on the nation's economy since the 1940s were assessed to develop annual measures of nationwide losses and to assess their temporal behavior. Trends were upward for ... -
Medical and Public Health Consequences of Natural and Biological Disasters
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Better epidemiologic knowledge of the causes of death and types of injuries and illnesses caused by disasters is clearly essential to determine appropriate relief supplies, equipment, and personnel needed to effectively ... -
Emerging Hurricane Evacuation Issues: Hurricane Floyd and South Carolina
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)A survey of coastal South Carolina residents addressed the role of household decisions in amplifying demand on transportation infrastructure during 1999’s Hurricane Floyd evacuation. The evacuation rate averaged 65% (±4.2%) ... -
Walkthrough Method for Catastrophe Decision Making
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)This paper introduces, defines, and exemplifies a walkthrough method for catastrophe decision making within lifeline organizations and for insurers and reinsurers. To meet the needs of lifeline organizations and insurers ... -
Comparing the Hurricane Disaster Risk of U.S. Coastal Counties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)This paper describes the Hurricane Disaster Risk Index (HDRI), a composite index developed to compare the risk of hurricane disaster in U.S. coastal counties. Analogous to a quality of life index, the HDRI was developed ... -
Lessons from Grand Forks: Planning Nonstructural Flood Control Measures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Even though the flood of 1997 at Grand Forks, North Dakota, did not take a single life, the people suffered enormous economic damage and such large intangible losses that the city considered itself damaged to the “core.” ... -
Discretion without Accountability: Politics, Flood Damage, and Climate
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Federal disaster assistance is one component of U.S. policy for coping with damaging floods. The president ultimately determines whether or not federal relief is provided to states and local communities following a disaster. ... -
Reviewers of the <b><i>Natural Hazards Review</i></b>
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Announcement
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No Adverse Impact: New Direction in Floodplain Management Policy
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Annual flood losses in the United States continue to worsen in spite of 75 years of federal flood control and 30 years of the National Flood Insurance Program. This trend is unnecessary and is due primarily to federal ... -
Socioeconomic Reverberations of Earthquake Prediction: Snapshot in Time, Peru 1979–1981
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Although the scientific capability to predict earthquakes has proven more elusive than was hoped for several decades ago, the concern over the social and economic response to prediction of an earthquake remains high. This ...