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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"natural risks"”.
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Assessing natural risks for railway infrastructure and transportation in Austria
Natural hazards can have serious societal and economic impacts. Worldwide, around one third of economic losses due to natural hazards are attributable to floods. The majority of natural hazards are triggered by weather-related extremes such as heavy precipitation, rapid snow melt, or extreme …
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GETI: GEological-geoTechnical Index for Natural Risks Assessment with a Multi-Hazard Approach, Applied to Linear Infrastructure [GETI: Indice GEologico-geoTecnico per la Valutazione dei Rischi Naturali con un Approccio Multi-Pericolosità, Applicato alle Infrastrutture Lineari]
Questa tesi introduce l’Indice Geologico-geoTecnico (GETI), un nuovo strumento per la valutazione del rischio in ottica multi-pericolosità applicata alle infrastrutture lineari, in particolare ponti e viadotti stradali e autostradali. GETI utilizza un Modello Grafico Probabilistico (PGM), che …
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Vulnerability to Drought Risk and Famine: Local Responses and External Interventions among the Afar of Ethiopia, a study on the Aghini Pastoral Community
… attributed the recurring famine and hunger to natural events, particularly to droughts. However, though drought triggers famines, it does not necessarily lead to famine disaster in every context. This is the current tone of literature in disaster causation. Each famine has its own specific …