Coastal vulnerability is a spatial concept that identifies people and places that are
susceptible to disturbances resulting from coastal hazards. Hazards in the coastal …

The disproportionate impact of risk, hazards, and disasters on socially differentiated groups
has been part of the broader disasters research field for over half a century now. As a …

The Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI), created by Cutter et al.(2003), examined the spatial
patterns of social vulnerability to natural hazards at the county level in the United States in …

Tsunamis generated by Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes pose significant threats to
coastal communities in the US Pacific Northwest. Impacts of future tsunamis to individuals …

The US government spends billions of dollars to secure strategic and tactical assets at home
and abroad against enemy attack. However, as" hard targets" such as military installations …

Data integration plays a crucial role in business intelligence, aiding decision-makers by
consolidating data from heterogeneous sources to provide deep insights into business …

Our society is fascinated with risk in many different areas and disciplines. One of the main
ways to describe and communicate the level of risk is through risk indices, which summarize …

The urban vulnerability poses a serious challenge to achieving sustainable development.
With the concentration of the population and the economy, cities must manage the higher …

The article reviews ways to improve measurements of lifeline vulnerability, defining lifeline
vulnerability as aspects of social vulnerability to natural hazards influenced by lifeline failure …

Statistical Data Analytics Statistical Data Analytics Foundations for Data Mining, Informatics,
and Knowledge Discovery A comprehensive introduction to statistical methods for data …