Impact forecasting to support emergency management of natural hazards

B Merz, C Kuhlicke, M Kunz, M Pittore… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasting and early warning systems are important investments to protect lives, properties,
and livelihood. While early warning systems are frequently used to predict the magnitude …

Challenges of analyzing multi-hazard risk: a review

MS Kappes, M Keiler, K von Elverfeldt, T Glade - Natural hazards, 2012 - Springer
Many areas of the world are prone to several natural hazards, and effective risk reduction is
only possible if all relevant threats are considered and analyzed. However, in contrast to …

Machine-learning based vulnerability analysis of existing buildings

S Ruggieri, A Cardellicchio, V Leggieri, G Uva - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
The paper presents a machine-learning based framework, named VULMA (VULnerability
analysis using MAchine-learning), for vulnerability analysis of existing buildings. The …

Efficient analytical fragility function fitting using dynamic structural analysis

JW Baker - Earthquake Spectra, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Estimation of fragility functions using dynamic structural analysis is an important step in a
number of seismic assessment procedures. This paper discusses the applicability of …

[HTML][HTML] State of the art of simplified analytical methods for seismic vulnerability assessment of unreinforced masonry buildings

A Shabani, M Kioumarsi, M Zucconi - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities in the developing world are facing outstanding economic and human losses caused
by natural hazards such as earthquakes, and the amount of losses is affected by the quality …

SYNER-G: typology definition and fragility functions for physical elements at seismic risk

K Pitilakis, H Crowley, AM Kaynia - Geotechnical, Geological and …, 2014 - Springer
Modern societies and economies become more complex and at the same time more
sophisticated. Still, the experience from earthquakes reveals that even the developed …

[PDF][PDF] Remote sensing and GIS for natural hazards assessment and disaster risk management

CJ Van Westen - Treatise on geomorphology, 2013 - itc.nl
The world has experienced an increasing impact of disasters in the past decades. Many
regions are exposed to natural hazards, each with unique characteristics. The main causes …

[HTML][HTML] Scoring, selecting, and developing physical impact models for multi-hazard risk assessment

R Gentile, G Cremen, C Galasso, LT Jenkins… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study focuses on scoring, selecting, and developing physical fragility (ie, the probability
of reaching or exceeding a certain damage state given a specific hazard intensity) and/or …

Towards the updated Italian seismic risk assessment: exposure and vulnerability modelling

A Masi, S Lagomarsino, M Dolce, V Manfredi… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
Within the 2019–2021 research agreement between the Civil Protection Department (DPC)
and the Network of University Laboratories for Earthquake Engineering (ReLUIS), the work …

Selection and spectral matching of recorded ground motions for seismic fragility analyses

V Manfredi, A Masi, AG Özcebe, R Paolucci… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2022 - Springer
Ground motion selection is one of the most important phases in the derivation of fragility
curves through non-linear dynamic analyses. In this context, an easy-to-use software …