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In the Netherlands the current dike design policy is to design flood defence structures corresponding to an agreed flooding probability with an extra safety board of at least 0.5 m. For river dikes a return period of 1,250 years is used to determine the design water levels. A problem with this...
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This study provides a procedure for assessing seismic hazardand uncertainties in regions that are characterised by a … seismic hazard results. Finally uncertainties increase with the decreaseof the annual probability of exceedence and in sites …
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In this study it is investigated how uncertainties in the magnitude of the drag coefficient translate into … uncertainties in storm surge forecasts in the case of severe weather. A storm surge model is used with wind stress data from a …
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EWS is complex and has not been achieved in many cases. Critical problems are uncertainties related to landslide …) and related uncertainties represent a difficult complication. To be able to better assess the influence of the different …
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Natural hazard assessments are always subject to uncertainties due to missing knowledge about the complexity of … understand the concept, components, sources, and implications of existing uncertainties in order to reach informed and … uncertainty visualizations. However, in order to visualize the spatial characteristics of uncertainty, existing uncertainties need …
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emissions could lead to partly tremendous impacts on environmental goods. Identified uncertainties associated with considered …
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uncertainties are those obtained via macroseismic information using magnitude-intensity relationships with Ambraseys' methodology … degree of the isoseismal area used. Magnitude assignments via epicentral intensity have the highest uncertainties. Geographic …
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uncertainties involved in the problem. The models also take into consideration the spatial variabilities and correlations of soil …
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Heat waves have taken place more and more frequently in Beijing due to the rapid urban expansion since the mid-1970s … which can be employed to accurately forecast the heat waves of Beijing in 2014, and the results can be used to guide us to … take measures against the heat waves in advance. Based on the available samples from Beijing Statistical Yearbook and China …
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due to rainstorm, using Beijing as an example. The article has constructed a regional storm disaster CGE model to measure … corresponding to the four most affected sectors. The evaluation results show that the torrential rain on July 21 of 2012 in Beijing …
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