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Landslide hazard and risk assessment: a case study from the Hlohovec–Sered’ landslide area in south-west Slovakia

Bednarik, Martin; Yilmaz, Işık; Marschalko, Marian - In: Natural Hazards 64 (2012) 1, pp. 547-575

Landslide hazard or susceptibility assessment is based on the selection of relevant factors which play a role on the … evaluated territory with a final product of landslide hazard or susceptibility map. Elements at risk are defined and analyzed in … consists of the landslide susceptibility assessment and papers which attempt to assess and construct the map of the landslide …

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Evaluation Criteria and Model for Risk Between Water Supply and Water Demand and its Application in Beijing

Qian, Longxia; Wang, Hongrui; Zhang, Keni - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 13, pp. 4433-4447

demand, which includes threat, susceptibility, and vulnerability. A new quantitative definition of threat is given based on … fuzzy probability; Susceptibility is proposed for evaluating the inherent state of the water resource systems; Vulnerability …

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Spatial connectivity as a recovery process indicator : the L'Aquila earthquake

Contreras, Diana.; Blaschke, Thomas; Kienberger, Stefan; … - In: Technological forecasting & social change : an … 80 (2013) 9, pp. 1782-1803

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A fast GIS-based risk assessment for tephra fallout: the example of Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador-Part II: vulnerability and risk assessment

Biass, Sebastien; Frischknecht, Corine; Bonadonna, Costanza - In: Natural Hazards 64 (2012) 1, pp. 615-639

GIS-based methodology to produce qualitative to semi-qualitative thematic risk assessments for tephra fallout around …

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Quantitative assessment and spatial characteristics analysis of agricultural drought vulnerability in China

Wu, Jianjun; He, Bin; Lü, Aifeng; Zhou, Lei; Liu, Ming; … - In: Natural Hazards 56 (2011) 3, pp. 785-801

In this study, the spatial characteristics of agricultural drought vulnerability in China were investigated using a GIS …

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Assessing physical vulnerability in large cities exposed to flash floods and debris flows: the case of Arequipa (Peru)

Thouret, Jean-Claude; Ettinger, Susanne; Guitton, Mathieu; … - In: Natural Hazards 73 (2014) 3, pp. 1771-1815

Understanding the physical vulnerability of buildings and infrastructure to natural hazards is an essential step in risk assessment for large cities. We have interpreted high spatial resolution images, conducted field surveys, and utilized numerical simulations, in order to assess vulnerability...

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A multi-criteria evaluation model of earthquake vulnerability in Victoria, British Columbia

Walker, Blake; Taylor-Noonan, Cameron; Tabbernor, Alan; … - In: Natural Hazards 74 (2014) 2, pp. 1209-1222

Researchers have recently examined the geographic variability of the vulnerability of populations to earthquakes. These studies focus mainly on the complex modelling of geophysical processes or identification of socio-economically disadvantaged populations. However, no studies to date have...

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A fast GIS-based risk assessment for tephra fallout: the example of Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador

Biass, Sebastien; Frischknecht, Corine; Bonadonna, Costanza - In: Natural Hazards 65 (2013) 1, pp. 497-521

GIS-based methodology to produce qualitative to semi-qualitative thematic risk assessments for tephra fallout around …

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Preliminary flood risk assessment: the case of Athens

Kandilioti, Georgia; Makropoulos, Christos - In: Natural Hazards 61 (2012) 2, pp. 441-468

interactions. A GIS-based multicriteria flood risk assessment methodology was therefore developed and applied for the mapping of … is applied to the Greater Athens area and validated for its central and most urban part. A GIS database of economic … flood risk map of the area. To implement this methodology, the IDRISI Andes GIS software was customized and used. It is …

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Intrinsic Vulnerability Assessment for the Alluvial Aquifer in the Northern Part of Jordan Valley

Al-Amoush, Hani; Hammouri, Nezar; Zunic, Franz; … - In: Water Resources Management 24 (2010) 13, pp. 3461-3485

with the aid of geographic information system (GIS) techniques. The final results show that about 40% of the investigated …

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