Applying probabilistic methods to infrequent but devastating natural events is intrinsically
challenging. For tsunami analyses, a suite of geophysical assessments should be in …

Disaster robotics has become a research area in its own right, with several reported cases of
successful robot deployment in actual disaster scenarios. Most of these disaster …

This paper reviews the potential applications of satellite remote sensing to regional science
research in urban settings. Regional science is the study of social problems that have a …

Natural hazard terminologies with existing models of vulnerability, hazard, and risk are
presented in this chapter. A conceptual framework has been developed based on hazard …

Arguably one of the most important effects of climate change is the potential impact on
human health. While this is likely to take many forms, the implications for future transmission …

This study focuses on drivers for changing urban flood risk. We suggest a framework for
guiding climate change adaptation action concerning flood risk and manageability in cities …

Tropical cyclones and their often devastating impacts are common in many coastal areas
across the world. Many techniques and dataset have been designed to gather information …

As a consequence of change in global climate, an increased frequency of natural hazards
such as storm surges, tsunamis and cyclones, is predicted to have dramatic affects on the …

Resilience is widely used from a variety of research perspectives; however, community
resilience in particular is applied to a number of natural hazards and disasters-related …

Regularly occurring flood events do have a history in Santiago de Chile, the capital city of
Chile and study area for this research. The analysis of flood events, the resulting damage …