The increased availability of post-tsunami damage data over the past decade has led to a
growing inventory of empirical vulnerability functions that model the damage response of …

This manuscript presents empirical building fragility functions that were developed based on
data obtained from the 29th September 2009 South Pacific tsunami. A multi-disciplinary …

Globally, many built-up areas are threatened by multiple hazards which pose significant
threat to humans, buildings and infrastructure. However, the analysis of the physical …

A large amount of buildings was damaged or destroyed by the 2011 Great East Japan
tsunami. Numerous field surveys were conducted in order to collect the tsunami inundation …

Decision makers in the field of disaster management have many tools at their disposal to
assist them in making informed decisions. They make use of the available information to set …

We provide evidence suggesting that exposure to the Indian Ocean Earthquake tsunami
increased patience in a sample of Sri Lankan wage workers. We develop a framework to …

An evaluation of the risk to an exposed element from a hazardous event requires a
consideration of the element's vulnerability, which expresses its propensity to suffer damage …

Tsunamis are infrequent events with the power to cause massive loss of life, large economic
losses, and cascading effects such as destruction of critical facilities. The recurrence of truly …

The assessment of the physical vulnerability of elements at risk as part of the risk analysis is
an essential aspect for the development of strategies and structural measures for risk …

This study presents an exposure model for the residential building stock in the Middle East,
developed for the purpose of multi-hazard risk assessment. The exposure model provides …