A comprehensive review of geospatial technology applications in earthquake preparedness, emergency management, and damage assessment

M Shafapourtehrany, M Batur, F Shabani, B Pradhan… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The level of destruction caused by an earthquake depends on a variety of factors, such as
magnitude, duration, intensity, time of occurrence, and underlying geological features, which …

[HTML][HTML] The application of frameworks for measuring social vulnerability and resilience to geophysical hazards within develo** countries: A systematic review and …

J Ran, BH MacGillivray, Y Gong, TC Hales - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Quantifying and map** resilience and social vulnerability is a widely used technique to
support risk management, with recent years seeing a proliferation of applications across the …

Earthquake risk assessment using an integrated Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process with Artificial Neural Networks based on GIS: A case study of Sanandaj in Iran

P Yariyan, H Zabihi, ID Wolf, M Karami… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Earthquakes are natural phenomena, which induce natural hazard that seriously threatens
urban areas, despite significant advances in retrofitting urban buildings and enhancing the …

Vulnerability map** and risk analysis of sand and dust storms in Ahvaz, IRAN

AD Boloorani, SN Shorabeh, NN Samany… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a sand and dust storm vulnerability map** (SDS-VM) approach is developed
to model the vulnerability of urban blocks to SDS using GIS spatial analysis and a range of …

Evaluating the application of K-mean clustering in Earthquake vulnerability map** of Istanbul, Turkey

M Shafapourtehrany, P Yariyan, H Özener… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Performing the most up-to-date and accurate vulnerability assessment is key to an effective
earthquake disaster management. In cities like Istanbul (Turkey) with a high rate of urban …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of earthquake vulnerability by using analytical hierarchy process

S Shadmaan, AI Islam - Natural Hazards Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Earthquake is one of the most damaging disasters in Bangladesh and vulnerability
assessment is the precondition for evaluating the risk of earthquake. The main goal of this …

Using artificial neural networks to assess earthquake vulnerability in urban blocks of Tehran

R Afsari, S Nadizadeh Shorabeh, AR Bakhshi Lomer… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study is to assess the vulnerability of urban blocks to earthquakes for
Tehran as a city built on geological faults using an artificial neural network—multi-layer …

Seismic hazard and risk assessment: a review of state-of-the-art traditional and GIS models

R Jena, B Pradhan, G Beydoun, A Al-Amri… - Arabian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The historical records of earthquakes play a vital role in seismic hazard and risk
assessment. During the last decade, geophysical, geotechnical, geochemical …

Towards a “behavioural design” approach for seismic risk reduction strategies of buildings and their environment

G Bernardini, M D'Orazio, E Quagliarini - Safety science, 2016 - Elsevier
Earthquake safety paradigms in urban scenarios can be represented by the following:
buildings response to ground shaking; possibility to evacuate urban areas; rescuers' …

Seismic vulnerability and risk assessment at the urban scale using support vector machine and GIScience technology: a case study of the Lixia District in **an City …

Y Liu, X Zhang, W Liu, Y Lin, F Su, J Cui… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The increase in the number and severity of seismic disasters has put communities in danger,
especially in rapidly develo** and densely populated areas. Traditional seismic …