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 …

Earthquakes can cause significant damage to vulnerable residential buildings and cause
irreversible adverse economic, social, and socioeconomic consequences. Implementing …

Interventions such as seismic retrofits and reconstruction of vulnerable buildings can
minimize the social and economic consequences of future earthquakes. Various policies …

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 …

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 …

Insurance against disasters plays a critical role in community recovery by providing
policyholders with reliable and timely payments for repairing or reconstructing damaged …

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 …

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 …

Typhoons cause severe monetary damage globally. Many global insurance companies and
public agencies are currently developing and utilizing windstorm risk estimation models to …

Understanding the circumstances under which homeowners will purchase insurance is
critical to creating an effective insurance market for hurricane wind and flood loss. This …