Earthquakes are one of the most catastrophic natural phenomena. After an earthquake,
earthquake reconnaissance enables effective recovery by collecting data on building …

Rapid increase in population and growing concentration of capital in urban areas has
escalated both the severity and longer-term impact of natural disasters. As a result, Disaster …

Memorial days of disasters represent an opportunity to evaluate the progress of recovery.
This article uses sentiment analysis (SA) to assess post-disaster recovery on the 10th …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical examination of the aftermath of the
L'Aquila earthquake of 6 April 2009. It considers the elements of the recovery process that …

The lack of coordination between government agencies, involvement of the collaboration
networks existing in the community, and incorporation of spatial planning in the location of …

After the earthquake in 2009, L'Aquila (Italy) began a recovery process characterized by a
delay in the reconstruction of the city center. Between 2010 and 2014 a recovery index was …

A framework is proposed to assess the impact of safety cordons on the recovery of
community functions after an earthquake, using high-resolution geospatial information to …

A number of indices have been developed for measuring vulnerability to disasters, but little
attention has been paid to recovery indices. Post-disaster periods are usually divided into …

This paper presents a procedure for the extension of the Vulnerability Index Method (VIM) to
the seismic assessment of hybrid timber–masonry buildings. The research is based on the …

The usefulness of remote sensing (RS), geographical information systems, and ground
observations for monitoring changes in urban areas has been demonstrated through many …