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Hazards Risk Assessment Methodology for Emergency Managers: A Standardized Framework for Application

Ferrier, Norman; Haque, C. - In: Natural Hazards 28 (2003) 2, pp. 271-290

forplanning and coordination of a community's mitigation, preparedness, response and recoveryefforts, are originated from a … communities, but also frequently lacka basic methodology for the assessment of risks. The effective planning of mitigation … priorities for both mitigation efforts and for the acquisition of response needs,within the availability of community resources …

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Analysis of a spatial distribution of landslides triggered by the 2004 Chuetsu earthquakes of Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Wang, H.; Sassa, K.; Xu, W. - In: Natural Hazards 41 (2007) 1, pp. 43-60

On October 23, 2004, a series of powerful earthquakes with a maximum M <Subscript>w</Subscript> = 6.6 located near the western coast of northern Honshu struck parts of northern Japan, particularly Niigata Prefecture; these earthquakes were known as the Chuetsu event. Thousands of landslides, as a secondary...</subscript>

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GIS-Based Probabilistic Mapping of Landslide Hazard Using a Three-Dimensional Deterministic Model

Xie, Mowen; Esaki, Tetsuro; Zhou, Guoyun - In: Natural Hazards 33 (2004) 2, pp. 265-282

Based on a new Geographic Information Systems (GIS) grid-basedthree-dimensional (3-D) deterministic model and taking the slopeunit as the mapping unit, this study maps landslide hazard usingthe 3-D safety factor index and failure probability. Assuming theinitial slip to be the lower part of an...

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Landslide susceptibility mapping using certainty factor, index of entropy and logistic regression models in GIS and their comparison at Mugling–Narayanghat road section in Nepal Hi...

Devkota, Krishna; Regmi, Amar; Pourghasemi, Hamid; … - In: Natural Hazards 65 (2013) 1, pp. 135-165

susceptibility maps can be used for preliminary land use planning and hazard mitigation purpose. Copyright Springer Science …

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Embedding a Geographic Information System in a Decision Support System for Landslide Hazard Monitoring

Lazzari, Marco; Salvaneschi, Paolo - In: Natural Hazards 20 (1999) 2, pp. 185-195

In this paper we present an application that exploitsa geographic information system as a front-end of acomplex information system supporting the managementof landslide hazard in Valtellina, an alpine valley inNorthern Italy. A decision support system (EYDENET, operational sinceOctober 1996),...

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Natech risk and management: an assessment of the state of the art

Steinberg, Laura; Sengul, Hatice; Cruz, Ana - In: Natural Hazards 46 (2008) 2, pp. 143-152

likelihood of simultaneous releases, emergency personnel being preoccupied with response to the natural disaster, mitigation … stricter design criteria, chemical process safeguards, community land use planning, disaster mitigation and response planning …

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Earthquake risk mitigation in Istanbul museums

Erdik, Mustafa; Durukal, Eser; Ertürk, Nevra; Sungay, … - In: Natural Hazards 53 (2010) 1, pp. 97-108

mitigation efforts taken by the museums in Turkey. It summarizes several projects that have been carried out over the past few …

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Seismic risk analysis of urban non-engineered buildings: application to an informal settlement in Mérida, Venezuela

Castillo, A.; López-Almansa, F.; Pujades, L. - In: Natural Hazards 59 (2011) 2, pp. 891-916

Seismic risk scenarios are obtained for an informal settlement in Mérida (Venezuela), which is representative of an important number of urban areas in earthquake-prone regions of the developing world. The vulnerability indices of the buildings range between 0.64 and 0.80 on a scale of 0 to 1....

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Effects of Volcanic Ash on Computers and Electronic Equipment

Gordon, K.; Cole, J.; Rosenberg, M.; Johnston, D. - In: Natural Hazards 34 (2005) 2, pp. 231-262

Computers and electronic equipment are an important component of the infrastructure of our modern environment. It is therefore essential that we know the effects of volcanic ash on such equipment. This paper presents the results of a pilot study to test computers and cooling fans in an...

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Characterization of site effects in Montreal, Canada

Rosset, P.; Chouinard, L. - In: Natural Hazards 48 (2009) 2, pp. 295-308

effective deployment of seismic instrumentation, land-use planning and seismic mitigation. Copyright Springer Science …

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