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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"natural hazard"”.
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Applications of Bayesian networks in natural hazard assessments
… consequences, from a modeling perspective many natural hazards share similar properties and challenges. Their complex nature as well as lacking knowledge about their driving forces and potential effects make their analysis demanding: uncertainty about the modeling framework, inaccurate or …
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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION, AND INNOVATIVE RESPONSES
… response aimed to adapting to climate change and natural disasters. Specifically, the first two papers seek to understand the drivers and implications of adaptation-related technological innovations. The third paper draws on the policy innovation theory to examine factors that shape the decision …
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Differences In Urban and Rural Natural Hazard Mortality In the United States
… areas. Both areas are considered prone to natural hazards. Two contrary trends have appeared at the same time: 1) property and crop damage from natural hazards has increased; and 2) hazard mortality has decreased. Despite the overall decrease in natural hazard related fatalities, there is …
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Toward a comprehensive natural hazard mitigation framework : the consideration of land use planning in coastal communities
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997.
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Media, Representation, Persistence and Relief: the Role of the Internet in Understanding the Physical and Social Dynamics of Catastrophic Natural Hazards.
The number of recorded natural hazards has increased throughout the past four decades and recent events such as the L’Aquila, Italy earthquake and the Sichuan, China earthquake demonstrate the persistent threat posed by such events. When a natural hazard occurs, the ensuing disruption to society is …
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Natural hazards and environmental assessment in New Zealand
… by uncertain and abnormal circumstances such as natural hazards. Natural hazards (including earthquakes, floods, tsunami, and coastal erosion) can be catastrophic to an environment. If hazards are not avoided or successfully mitigated, they can result in serious consequences to proposed …
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A Hazard Assessment and Proposed Risk Index for Art, Architecture, Archive and Artifact Protection: Case Studies for Assorted International Museums
<p>This study proposes a hazard/risk index for environmental, technological, and social hazards that may threaten a museum or other place of cultural storage and accession. This index can be utilized and implemented to measure the risk at the locations of these storage facilities in relationship to …
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Investigation of the Effects of Spacing between Bolts in a Row in a Single-Shear Timber Connection Subjected to Reverse Cyclic Loading
… single-shear connection subjected to natural hazard loading affects seven strength and serviceability parameters: maximum load, failure load, E.E.P. yield load, 5% offset load, elastic stiffness, E.E.P. energy, and ductility ratio. This research also determines if a statistical …
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Foresight for risk – using scenarios for strategic risk assessment and management of emergent disaster risk
… the likelihood and intensity of several natural hazard types, and as the world’s population and economy grow, and humans increasingly develop in areas exposed to natural hazard (e.g. along rivers, and coastal areas), the values exposed are also rapidly increasing. These multiple factors …
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Assessing vulnerability and multi-hazard risk in the Nepal Himalaya
… and increased social vulnerability to natural hazards. Understanding how physical processes and human vulnerability to natural hazards interact is a primary objective of researchers, policy makers, and disaster risk reduction practitioners in order to combat increases in natural hazard …
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CLIMATE RISK AND CMBS LOAN PRICING
… of climate risk scores. Additionally, natural hazard data was utilized to assess the response of loan pricing to hazards. It was observed that loan prices increased one month after hazards occurred in Arizona and South Carolina, consistent with previous findings.
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Risk Analysis and Damage Assessment For Flood Prone Areas in Washington DC
… useful for planning purposes, such as reducing natural hazard losses and preparing emergency response and recovery. It is predicted that in the projected storm surge flood more than 1500 buildings would be damaged and about ten thousand people would seek temporary refuge in public shelters. The …
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Integration of graphical, physics-based, and machine learning methods for assessment of impact and recovery of the built environment from wind hazards
The interaction between a natural hazard and a community has the potential to result in a natural disaster with substantial socio-economic losses. In order to minimize disaster impacts, researchers have been improving building codes and exploring further concepts of community resilience. Community …
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Physical-socio-economic systems integration for community resilience-informed decision-making and policy selection
Natural hazards are damaging communities with cascading catastrophic economic and social consequences at an increasing rate due to climate change and land use policies. Comprehensive community resilience assessment and improvement requires the analyst to develop a model of interacting physical …
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Ecosystem Management and its Application at the Local Level: APNEP, CAMA and Local Land Use Planning in North Carolina
… planning, development pressure, and recent natural hazard impacts. Key factors steering communities away from ecosystem management included poor economic conditions, a desire to maintain local autonomy, and consultant-driven planning processes. Challenges for all communities include the …
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Pre- and Post-Disaster Remote Sensing with Drones for Supporting Disaster Management
… critical review of drone-based remote sensing in natural hazard-related disasters to highlight research trends, biases, and expose new opportunities. Recommendations for future research include a greater focus on demonstrating and evaluating drone-based support of pre-disaster data acquisition (a …
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Texture-Informed Approach for Hurricane Loss Estimation: How Discounting Neighborhood Texture Leads to Under-Valuing Wind Mitigation
… for this shift is effectively communicating natural hazard risks and the value of mitigating structures (to reduce those risks). Present tools for loss estimation overlook building-level variations in wind loading induced by the configuration of surrounding buildings, called neighborhood …
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