Validation of flood risk models: Current practice and possible improvements

D Molinari, KM De Bruijn, JT Castillo-Rodríguez… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although often neglected, model validation is a key topic in flood risk analysis, as flood risk
estimates are used to underpin large investments and important decisions. In this paper, we …

A Systematic Review of Forensic Approaches to Disasters: Gaps and Challenges

AM Ferreira, V Marchezini, TSG Mendes… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Disaster forensic approaches aim to identify the causes of disasters to support disaster risk
management. However, few studies have conducted a systematic literature review of …

Unravelling the influence of human behaviour on reducing casualties during flood evacuation

S Alonso Vicario, M Mazzoleni… - Hydrological …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Floods are the natural hazards that are causing the most deaths worldwide. Flood early
warning systems are one of the most cost-efficient methods to reduce death rates, triggering …

A model taxonomy for flood fragility and vulnerability assessment of buildings

C Galasso, M Pregnolato, F Parisi - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, probabilistic approaches to flood risk modeling have emerged, often
as an extension of more consolidated methods used in probabilistic seismic risk …

Building-scale flood loss estimation through vulnerability pattern characterization: application to an urban flood in Milan, Italy

A Taramelli, M Righini, E Valentini… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
The vulnerability of flood-prone areas is determined by the susceptibility of the exposed
assets to the hazard. It is a crucial component in risk assessment studies, both for climate …

The object-specific flood damage database HOWAS 21

P Kellermann, K Schröter, AH Thieken… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2020 - nhess.copernicus.org
The Flood Damage Database HOWAS 21 contains object-specific flood damage data
resulting from fluvial, pluvial and groundwater flooding. The datasets incorporate various …

Crowdsourcing for forensic disaster investigations: Hurricane Harvey case study

F Yuan, R Liu - Natural Hazards, 2018 - Springer
A critical prerequisite of risk prevention measures for natural hazards is from the results of
forensic disaster investigations (FDIs). The current studies of the FDIs are limited by data …

Integrating optimization and damage estimation to increase economic benefit and ensure food security under seasonal land variability

G Talukdar, AK Sarma, RK Bhattacharjya - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapidly increasing population and rising food demand necessitates expansion of
agricultural mainland. However, with accelerated urbanization, agricultural land resources …

AGRIDE-c, a conceptual model for the estimation of flood damage to crops: development and implementation

D Molinari, AR Scorzini, A Gallazzi… - Natural Hazards and …, 2019 - nhess.copernicus.org
This paper presents AGRIDE-c, a conceptual model for the assessment of flood damage to
crops, in favour of more comprehensive flood damage assessments. Available knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] LAND-deFeND–An innovative database structure for landslides and floods and their consequences

E Napolitano, I Marchesini, P Salvati, M Donnini… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on historical landslides and floods–collectively called “geo-hydrological
hazards–is key to understand the complex dynamics of the events, to estimate the temporal …