post-disaster reconstruction and coastal resilience building efforts as well as climate change adaptation strategies. Our …

main disaster data sources available, discusses the determinants of the direct effects of disasters, and distinguishes …

In this paper, we introduce a new applicable tool to evaluate any post-natural disaster and its impact on people losses … and damage, the new applicable tool is entitled “the post-natural disaster people losses and damage simulator (Ḧ …-Simulator).” Subsequently, the Ḧ-Simulator works under the application of five indicators such as (i) the post-natural disaster people losses …

Flood damage assessments are often based on Stage-Damage Curve (SDC) models that estimate economic damage as a function … of flood characteristics, typically flood depths, and land use. SDCs are developed through site-specific analysis but … developed elsewhere, even if empirical damage reports are collected after every major flood event. In this paper we tested …

economic growth and additional damages from climate change due to increases in flood frequency, based on two sea level rise … scenarios. Data and methodological issues are discussed, and a comparison with the results of a metro New York City flood damage …

This paper proposes an application of the analytical path assembled within my PhD research on Disaster Risk Creation … (DRC) in humanitarian contexts, to Flood Risk Management (FRM) planning in Italy. The investigation concerns some key … challenges, for spatial planning and disaster risk management, in understanding, evaluating, and addressing Disaster Risk (DR …

This chapter describes tools and a methodology to model wind and flood risks from tropical storms under present and … used in risk assessments to estimate extent of and damages from flooding and erosion. Further, such flood risk models can … datasetsto provide recommendations for assessing flood attenuation of mangroves. The results and data developed in these …

Combining a rich database on natural hazards, granular flood risk maps and detailed information on firm geolocalisation … damages significantly and persistently worsen firm performance, and may endanger their survival. An average flood deteriorates … destruction' hypothesis proposed by the natural disaster literature. …