Vulnerability is a fundamental component of risk and its understanding is important for
characterising the reliability of infrastructure assets and systems and for mitigating risks. The …

Road networks are considered as one of the most important transport infrastructure systems,
since they attain the economic and social prosperity of modern societies. For this reason, it is …

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assets fixed, 81, 82, 254, 255f, 264 Hong Kong example, 118 market value, 337–339, 338t …

Landslide hazard, vulnerability, and risk-zoning maps are considered in the decision-
making process that involves land use/land cover (LULC) planning in disaster-prone areas …

As the number of reported natural disasters resulting in casualties and damages increases
worldwide, assessing vulnerability of the built environment represents a fundamental step …

Abstract Multi-Temporal Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (MTInSAR) data offer a
valuable support to landslide mapping and to landslide activity estimation in mountain …

Coastal retreat is a non-recoverable phenomenon that—together with a relevant proneness
to landslides—has economic, social and environmental impacts. Quantitative data on …

By considering the integrity of microcosmic and comprehensive geomorphological features,
this article intends to develop a quantitative method for regional risk assessment of debris …

Debris flows are a major geological hazard in mountainous regions. For improving
mitigation, it is important to study the spatial distribution and factors controlling debris flows …

Vulnerability assessment, as a component of the consequence analysis, represents a
fundamental stage in the risk assessment process because it relates the hazard intensity to …