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Analysis of rockfall risk on mountainside roads: evaluation of the effect of protection devices
Mignelli, Claudia; Peila, Daniele; Russo, Stefano Lo; … - In: Natural Hazards 73 (2014) 1, pp. 23-35
management of the problem. In this paper, a rockfall risk management approach has been applied to the road infrastructure network … of the Regione Autonoma Valle D’Aosta, in order to calculate the level of risk and of its reduction using rockfall … been discussed. The road risk assessment was developed taking into account the absence of rockfall protection devices, and …
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Hybrid Causal Logic Methodology for Risk Assessment
Wang, Chengdong - 2007
Probabilistic Risk Assessment is being increasingly used in a number of industries such as nuclear, aerospace, chemical process, to name a few. Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) characterizes risk in terms of three questions: (1) What can go wrong? (2) How likely is it? (3) What are the...
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A survey of challenges in reducing the impact of geological hazards associated with earthquakes in Iran
Hosseini, Kambod Amini; Ghayamghamian, Mohammad - In: Natural Hazards 62 (2012) 3, pp. 901-926
Most of the recent earthquakes in Iran were associated with some types of geological hazards that were the cause of additional damage and casualties in the earthquake-affected areas. In order to reduce the impacts of geo-hazards, several policies and plans were prepared, approved, and...
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Dying in an avalanche : current risks and their valuation
Leiter, Andrea M.; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2008
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Evaluating agricultural catastrophic risk
Xu, Lei; Zhang, Qiao; Zhang, Xi - In: China agricultural economic review : publ. in … 3 (2011) 4, pp. 451-461
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Risk awareness, capital markets and catastrophic risks
2011
"The OECD contributes to the improvement of the financial management of major catastrophes both through the activities of the International Network on the Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes and through the leadership of its High-Level Advisory Board. This publication brings...
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Characteristics of risk in extreme events
Stancu, Stelian; Roşca, Ion Gh.; Prelipcean, Gabriela; … - In: Revista română de economie 33 (2011) 2, pp. 16-29
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Learning from megadisasters : lessons learnt from the Great East Japan earthquake and Tsunami
Ranghieri, Federica - In: Economics and policy of energy and the environment 56 (2014) 3, pp. 5-17
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Managing extreme climate change risks through insurance
Botzen, W. J. Wouter - 2013 - 1. publ.
"In recent years, the damage caused by natural disasters has increased worldwide; this trend will only continue with the impact of climate change. Despite this, the role for the most common mechanism for managing risk - insurance - has received little attention. This book considers the...
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Dying in an avalanche : current risks and their valuation
Leiter, Andrea M.; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2008
This paper examines the influence of implicit information on willingness to pay (WTP) values for prevention of the risk of dying in an avalanche. We present the results of a contingent valuation (CV) study carried out in Austria in two different periods (fall 2004 and winter 2005). The...
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