Since 1990, natural hazards have led to over 1.6 million fatalities globally, and economic
losses are estimated at an average of around USD 260–310 billion per year. The scientific …

The residential building typology of Stone in Mud Mortar (SMM) masonry contributed
significantly to the seismic losses caused by the 2015 Nepalese seismic sequence, also …

Assessing the adverse impacts caused by tropical cyclones has become increasingly
important, as both climate change and human coastal development increase the damage …

The probabilistic seismic risk assessment in terms of economic losses for building portfolios
aims to the estimation of the probability distribution functions (PDF) of economic losses for a …

Tropical cyclone (TC) risk assessments are critical for disaster preparedness and response.
Alongside hazard and exposure, accurate TC risk assessment requires understanding the …

The aim of the Global Risk Assessment, GRA, for the UN-ISDR׳ s Global Assessment Report
on Disaster Risk Reduction, GAR 2013, has been to obtain disaster risk figures for all …

Amongst all natural disasters, floods have the greatest economic and social impacts
worldwide, and their frequency is expected to increase due to climate change. Therefore …

Severe windstorms pose threats to people, human-made structures, and the environment.
An investigation of insured losses caused by windstorms is a multipurpose study that serves …

This paper presents a methodology to develop incremental seismic retrofitting alternatives
for essential buildings through a nonlinear analysis. The retrofitting levels are defined in …

Several earthquakes have affected school infrastructure, compromising the safety of
students and all the educational community. These damages are not caused solely by the …