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Tsunami risk reduction for densely populated Southeast Asian cities: analysis of vehicular and pedestrian evacuation for the city of Padang, Indonesia, and assessment of interventi...

Mauro, Manuela Di; Megawati, Kusnowidjaia; Cedillos, … - In: Natural Hazards 68 (2013) 2, pp. 373-404

A major tsunamigenic earthquake is expected in the near future along the coast of West Sumatra Province of Indonesia. In the city of Padang, the arrival time of the tsunami is expected to be ~30 min. Currently, there are approximately 400,000 people in the city living within the potential...

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Assessing building vulnerability to earthquake and tsunami hazard using remotely sensed data

Mück, M.; Taubenböck, H.; Post, J.; Wegscheider, S.; … - In: Natural Hazards 68 (2013) 1, pp. 97-114

a result, potential vertical evacuation shelters in the study area are detected and a realistic vulnerability assessment …

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Method to determine the locations of tsunami vertical evacuation shelters

Park, Sangki; Lindt, John van de; Gupta, Rakesh; Cox, Daniel - In: Natural Hazards 63 (2012) 2, pp. 891-908

short warning times for near-field tsunamis. Thus, sheltering-in-place or “sheltering-near-place” using vertical evacuation …. The method can provide decision-support for the determination of locations for tsunami vertical evacuation shelters. The …

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