A comprehensive review of geospatial technology applications in earthquake preparedness, emergency management, and damage assessment

M Shafapourtehrany, M Batur, F Shabani, B Pradhan… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The level of destruction caused by an earthquake depends on a variety of factors, such as
magnitude, duration, intensity, time of occurrence, and underlying geological features, which …

Space-based earth observations for disaster risk management

G Le Cozannet, M Kervyn, S Russo… - Surveys in …, 2020 - Springer
As space-based Earth observations are delivering a growing amount and variety of data, the
potential of this information to better support disaster risk management is coming into …

Flood vulnerability assessment of urban buildings based on integrating high-resolution remote sensing and street view images

Z Xing, S Yang, X Zan, X Dong, Y Yao, Z Liu… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban flood risk management requires an extensive investigation of the vulnerability
characteristics of buildings. Large-scale field surveys usually cost a lot of time and money …

Modeling of urban growth in tsunami-prone city using logistic regression: Analysis of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

A Achmad, S Hasyim, B Dahlan, DN Aulia - Applied geography, 2015 - Elsevier
The urban development of Banda Aceh, Indonesia was very rapid after the tsunami in 2004,
posing critical challenges in planning for its future sustainable development. Scientifically …

Measuring resilience and recovery

S Platt, D Brown, M Hughes - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reports systematic attempts to measure and assess recovery after recent major
earthquakes. The aim is to compare different methods, both quantitative and qualitative, and …

Remote sensing-based proxies for urban disaster risk management and resilience: A review

S Ghaffarian, N Kerle, T Filatova - Remote sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Rapid increase in population and growing concentration of capital in urban areas has
escalated both the severity and longer-term impact of natural disasters. As a result, Disaster …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic vulnerability assessment at urban scale using data mining and GIScience technology: application to Urumqi (China)

Y Liu, Z Li, B Wei, X Li, B Fu - Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Seismic vulnerability assessments play a significant role in comprehensive risk mitigation
efforts and seismic emergency planning, especially for urban areas with a high population …

The asynergies of structural disaster risk reduction measures: Comparing floods and earthquakes

MC de Ruiter, JA de Bruijn, J Englhardt… - Earth's …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Traditionally, building‐level disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures are aimed at a single
natural hazard. However, in many countries the society faces the threat of multiple hazards …

Vulnerability index: A new approach for preventive conservation of monuments

R Ortiz, P Ortiz - International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new approach is developed for vulnerability analysis of monuments based on
a matrix model and the relationships with static and structural factors, climatic conditions, air …

Multi-hazard analysis and design of structures: Status and research trends

T Roy, V Matsagar - Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple hazards, such as, earthquake, strong wind, snow, flood-induced scour, tsunami,
landslide, rain, blast, explosion, fire outbreak, etc. have caused extensive global …