Probabilistic winter storm risk assessment for residential buildings in Germany
Losses resulting from winter storms contribute a significant part to the overall losses among all natural hazards in most mid-latitude European countries. A realistic assessment of storm risk is therefore essential for prevention and coping measures. The paper presents a framework for probabilistic storm risk assessment for residential buildings which is exemplarily performed for Germany. Two different approaches are described, and results are presented. The hazard-based approach brings together hazard, vulnerability and building assets to calculate risk curves for each community. The storm-based approach uses loss information from past storm events to calculate statistical return periods of severe storms. As a result, a return period of 83 years to the most severe storm series in 1990 is calculated. Average annual losses of €170 million to residential buildings are calculated for all over Germany. The study demonstrates how the approaches complement each other and how validation is performed. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
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2011
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Authors: | Heneka, Patrick ; Hofherr, Thomas |
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Natural Hazards. - International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards. - Vol. 56.2011, 3, p. 815-831
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International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards |
Subject: | Winter storm | Risk | Hazard | Vulnerability | Storm damage | Residential buildings | Germany |
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