This research considered the use of friction surface analysis as a means of modelling the vulnerability of an urban … after Hurricane Wilma in 2005. These results represent a simplistic GIS approximation of the phenomena in a specific urban …, indicates that the vulnerability surface produced by the friction surface analysis has potential as a tool to assess hurricane …

vulnerability of the groundwater was mapped using the DRASTIC model. The relative value of the groundwater was mapped according to … oil-related industries were ranked the most hazardous activities in Kuwait. The patterns of the intrinsic vulnerability … produced by combining the above maps as follows: (1) vulnerability and hazard maps to produce the risk map, (2) risk and value …

susceptible to decrease or increase coastal vulnerability to tsunami. The results indicate that the width of flooded land strip …

Prioritization of disaster risk was carried out for a community in Toronto, Canada. Geographic information systems (GIS … related to people’s vulnerability, critical infrastructure and landuse. In order to determine disaster risk, the overall … community vulnerability was evaluated by combining social, economic, physical and environmental vulnerabilities. This paper uses …

System (GIS) to construct andto overlay thematic maps. The risk map has beenderived from the vulnerability map, the hazard … shows interesting results and stressesthe need for the GIS to test and improve on thegroundwater contamination risk …

must be included in coastal risk studies. This study focuses on the tsunami impact and vulnerability assessment of the … corresponding to the largest tsunamigenic area in the North Atlantic. The proposed vulnerability model attempts to provide an … insight into the tsunami vulnerability of building stock. Results in the form of a vulnerability map will be useful for …

. Second, given the characteristics of residences in waterlogging, the vulnerability of residences was expressed as the … East Road, Laoximen, Zhapu Road, North Station, and Tilanqiao are the most vulnerable ones, while there is no vulnerability … was quantified by multiplying the exposure value with vulnerability value of residences. The results reveal that Laoximen …

it is for flooding. Vulnerability of economic activities is then visualized in a GIS. Kernel density estimation is … basis of a bi-regional input output table.We broaden this damage estimation to the concept of vulnerability. Vulnerability … vulnerability of a densely populated delta. Copyright Springer 2005 …

conceptual framework, which emphasizes the combined role of hazard and vulnerability in defining risk, is used for the study …. Standardized precipitation index method in a GIS environment is used to map the spatial extents of drought hazards in different … time steps. The key social and physical factors that define drought vulnerability in the context of Bangladesh are …