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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"FEMA"”.
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Built environment system resiliency subject to extreme events with fema ihp
… Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Individual and Households Program and determining its impact upon residential built environment resiliency. While resiliency is hazard specific, spatially dependent, and a complex amalgamation of many socioeconomic factors, a regional …
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An analysis of outcomes for FEMA individual assistance recipients in the context of social vulnerability
… The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has recently significantly expanded its efforts to individualize the survivor experience, and especially consider the survivor's social vulnerability. We received a large dataset with outcomes for Individual Assistance (IA) programs for …
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Influence of Social and Environmental Factors on FEMA Claims During Flood Disasters in St. Louis, MO.
… and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood claims with damage in St. Louis, Missouri. It also explores the use of Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) for variable selection, finding its limitations. Using publicly available ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA)-level data, the analysis …
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Investigation of Applicable Seismic Response Modification Factor For Three-Hinge Glulam Tudor Arches Using FEMA P-695
… the methods and procedures outlined in FEMA technical document P-695 were implemented on the provided arch designs. Computational models were created using finite elements within OpenSees to accurately depict the behavior of the arch. Incremental dynamic analyses were conducted on each …
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Comparison of models to mitigate flood hazard to transportation alignments on alluvial fans
… stochastic Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) model; A modified version of the one-dimensional, stochastic FEMA model (French, 1992), and the one- and two-dimensional, deterministic models, DAMBRK (Fread, 1984) and FLO-2D (O'Brien, 1995), respectively, are used to estimate peak discharges …
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Calculation of wind borne debris impact in tornado event
… provided by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA-P-320, 2014; FEMA-P-361, 2015) and International Code Council (ICC-500, 2014) that need to be met when designing safe rooms or storm shelters. The national wind institute at Texas Tech University has done extensive impact testing on different …
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Running on Fumes: Preventable Public Health Failures and Mishaps Post-Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
… prevented, including verifying the legitimacy of FEMA contractors, replenishing FEMA warehouses speedily, establishing specific local procedures for disaster relief, and treating hurricane survivors across the nation equally, regardless of their ethnicity or socio-economic status. I also highlight …
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Data-driven resource allocation decisions : FEMA's disaster recovery centers
… to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) program for establishing and managing Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) after a disaster. A detailed case study of one disaster response and relevant historical data provide the basis for DRC decision making thresholds, relationships, and …
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Performance Assessment of Seismic Resistant Steel Structures
… counterparts using a combination of the FEMA P-695 and FEMA P-58 methodologies. Additionally, an innovative modeling assumption is investigated, where moment frames are evaluated with and without the lateral influence of the gravity system. Each system has a unique purpose from the …
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Το Ομοσπονδιακό Πρόγραμμα Ασφάλισης Πλημμυρών: Προκλήσεις και Προοπτικές Μεταρρύθμισης
… κινδύνου πλημμύρας» και «χαρτογράφηση πλημμυρών FEMA». Αποτελέσματα: Ως αποτέλεσμα της εφαρμογής του Risk Rating 2.0, το NFIP έχει συσσωρεύσει χρέος περίπου 20,5 δισεκατομμυρίων δολαρίων, με τις νέες πολιτικές να μειώνονται κατά 11-39%. Τα νοικοκυριά με χαμηλότερο εισόδημα έχουν επηρεαστεί …
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Validating the Quality of Crowdsourced Data for Flood Modeling of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas
… model (i.e. HEC-RAS), authorized reference (i.e. FEMA) and crowdsourced data (i.e. U-Flood data)? (2) Are there any significant differences in the inundated areas between the HEC-RAS modeled floodplain and U-Flood data observations? To answer these research questions, this study used HEC-RAS to …
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Retrofitting unreinforced concrete masonry to resist tornado loading
… of a Tornado Safe Room as dictated by FEMA. By adapting current design guidelines and extrapolating evidence on the performance of URM walls strengthened with FRP, a design guide is created which provides the tool necessary to use this innovative retrofitting technique to strengthen URM …
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Sensitivity Study on Modification of Vertical Distribution of Strength and Stiffness in Wood Shear Wall Building Models
… wood-frame shear wall buildings. In the prior FEMA P695 studies of these buildings, the non-simulated collapse limit-state was exceeded primarily in the first story. This observation raised interest in quantifying the influence of varying strength from story to story on seismic response. In …
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Floodplain and Flood Probability Mapping Using Geodatabases
… stored in a digital format ready for use in a FEMA flood hazard project, allowing for better archival methods and reproducibility.
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Seismic loss assessment of sequential rupture of New Madrid Seismic Zone on the Central US
… essential to generate an efficient response from FEMA and its associates and to educate and prepare the general population. The objective of this project is to provide scientifically defensible earthquake impact assessments with the most improved hazard, inventory, and fragility data to save lives …
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Algorithm for Spectral Matching of Earthquake Ground Motions using Wavelets and Broyden Updating
… using ten different ground motions, taken from FEMA P-695 (FEMA, 2009), which represent far field, near field-pulse and near field-no pulse earthquake ground motions. A study of compatible wavelet functions was carried out to determine the appropriate wavelet function for the proposed method. …
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La revolución de la estrella polar. La evolución del ideal de feminidad ante el cambio de la mentalidad española en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX
… of 'The Angel in the House' model and female identity in the Spanish mentality of the second half of the 19th century. With this purpose in mind, it examines the changes in the perception of educational, political, occupational and prívate countermodels and the dialogue established in …
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Computational Modeling of Glass Curtain Wall Systems to Support Fragility Curve Development
… an established derivation method within the FEMA P-58 seismic fragility guidelines. Fragility curves were then generated and compared to the single panel fragility curves derived experimentally within the FEMA P-58 study. The fragility curves within the seismic guidelines were determined to …
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Multi-Objective Optimization for Temporary Housing Arrangements After Natural Disasters
… Housing Pilot Program (AHHP) proposed by FEMA and aims at developing innovative alternative housing projects to serve both as temporary and permanent housing. To this end, the study developed (1) a set of sustainability metrics to quantify the social, environmental, economic, and public …
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