This manuscript presents empirical building fragility functions that were developed based on
data obtained from the 29th September 2009 South Pacific tsunami. A multi-disciplinary …

Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) is a concept of reducing the risk to
natural hazards by avoiding the developments and settlements in disaster-prone areas by …

This book, whose primary aim is to describe liquefaction processes and their implications for
marine structures such as pipelines, sea outfalls, quay walls and caisson breakwaters …

Tsunami science has evolved differently from research on other extreme natural hazards,
primarily because of the unavailability until recently of instrumental recordings of tsunamis in …

A laboratory benchmark test for tsunami inundation through an urban waterfront including
free surface elevation, velocity, and specific momentum flux is presented and compared with …

Abstract The 11 March 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami caused unprecedented
damage to well-engineered buildings and coastal structures. This report presents some …

The 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami has altered our traditional concepts for estimating
loadings on structures. Prior to this event, we generally understood that reinforced concrete …

On December 26, 2004 a great earthquake (MW 9.3) occurred off the western coast of
Sumatra triggering a series of tsunami waves that propagated across the Indian Ocean …

This study presents an exposure model for the residential building stock in the Middle East,
developed for the purpose of multi-hazard risk assessment. The exposure model provides …