[HTML][HTML] Multi-criteria location model of emergency shelters in humanitarian logistics

S Geng, H Hou, S Zhang - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Natural disasters can cause serious casualties and economic losses, and emergency
shelters are effective measures to reduce disaster risks and protect lives. At present, the …

Assessment of vulnerability reduction policies: Integration of economic and cognitive models of decision-making

MA Morshedi, H Kashani - Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Earthquakes can cause significant damage to vulnerable residential buildings and cause
irreversible adverse economic, social, and socioeconomic consequences. Implementing …

A system dynamics model to evaluate the housing market response to vulnerability reduction promotion policies

MA Morshedi, H Kashani - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2020 - Elsevier
Interventions such as seismic retrofits and reconstruction of vulnerable buildings can
minimize the social and economic consequences of future earthquakes. Various policies …

Measuring heterogeneous price effects for home acquisition programs in at‐risk regions

E Frimpong, J Kruse, G Howard… - Southern Economic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Any entity offering flood insurance, whether it is private or government‐administered such as
the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), faces the challenge of solvency. This is …

[HTML][HTML] Planning emergency shelters for urban disasters: A multi-level location–allocation modeling approach

Y Shi, G Zhai, L Xu, Q Zhu, J Deng - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, cities are threatened by various natural hazards. Planning emergency
shelters in advance is an effective approach to reducing the damage caused by disasters …

Quantifying the role of insurance in tornado-impacted community recovery: a survey and simulation-based approach

J Zhao, JY Lee, G Yan, F Ma - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
Insurance against disasters plays a critical role in community recovery by providing
policyholders with reliable and timely payments for repairing or reconstructing damaged …

[HTML][HTML] The use of UAVs for performing safety-related tasks at post-disaster and non-critical construction sites

A Calantropio - Safety, 2019 - mdpi.com
Thanks to the wide diffusion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), geomatics solutions have
actively contributed to the field of safety enhancement and disaster risk reduction, supporting …

[HTML][HTML] Economic analysis of disaster management investment effectiveness in Korea

BY Heo, WH Heo - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Governments have been investing in extensive operations to minimize economic losses and
casualties from natural disasters such as floods and storms. A suitable verification process is …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring vulnerability of typhoon in residential facilities: Focusing on typhoon Maemi in South Korea

JM Kim, T Kim, K Son, SG Yum, S Ahn - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Typhoons cause severe monetary damage globally. Many global insurance companies and
public agencies are currently developing and utilizing windstorm risk estimation models to …

Homeowner purchase of insurance for hurricane-induced wind and flood damage

D Wang, RA Davidson, JE Trainor, LK Nozick, J Kruse - Natural Hazards, 2017 - Springer
Understanding the circumstances under which homeowners will purchase insurance is
critical to creating an effective insurance market for hurricane wind and flood loss. This …