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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Tingting Ji, Hsi-Hsien Wei, Igal M. Shohet, Feng Xiong
Summary: Risk and resilience assessments are commonly used separately to guide policymakers in disaster-risk reduction policies, however, an integrated approach accounting for both seems to be lacking in current research due to the challenge of integrating their distinct measurement metrics. Risk assessment estimates disaster risk in terms of operational metrics such as monetary or casualties' loss, while most resilience analysis represents community resilience as an index without specific unit metric.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Vittorio Nicolosi, Maria Augeri, Mauro D'Apuzzo, Azzurra Evangelisti, Daniela Santilli
Summary: Road networks are critical infrastructure systems, and their loss of functionality can hinder various activities and emergency response. Recent research has focused on understanding and designing strategies for the resilience of highway transportation networks. A new innovative methodology is proposed for assessing the economic resources needed to restore damaged infrastructures.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Taiyba Tasmen, Mrinal Kanti Sen, Niamat Ullah Ibne Hossain, Golam Kabir
Summary: This study uses Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN) to quantify the time-varying seismic resilience of urban housing infrastructure. It applies the methodology to real-world case studies in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, and highlights the dynamic nature of resilience and the impact of geographic location on resilience planning.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Niranjan Borah, Abhishek Kumar
Summary: The North East India is highly seismically active and classified as zone V in the Seismic zonation map of India. However, there are significant variations in seismic activity and hazard values across the region. This study aims to deaggregate seismic hazard in order to identify controlling seismic sources in the North East.
GEOMATICS NATURAL HAZARDS & RISK
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jennifer Dargin, Ali Mostafavi
Summary: This study empirically and systematically evaluates the factors influencing hardship experienced by households during disasters. The results reveal differences in pathways and intervention points across vulnerable population groups, contributing to the theory of human-centric infrastructure resilience. Recommendations for improving infrastructure system resilience are provided to emergency and infrastructure managers for better resource allocation and mitigation efforts.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qiong Chen, Liang Emlyn Yang, Jing Luo, Fenggui Liu, Yili Zhang, Qiang Zhou, Rong Guo, Xijing Gu
Summary: This study analyzed cropland changes in a typical agro-pastoral transition zone in northwestern China, revealing fluctuations in cropland areas due to regional climate, natural disasters, agriculture activities, and socio-economic development. Despite worsening conditions, three major coping strategies helped maintain and develop the local socio-agriculture system.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yuki Iwachido, Minori Kaneko, Takehiro Sasaki
Summary: This study compares the damage caused by tsunamis to monoculture and mixed coastal forests, as well as the impact of different tree planting patterns. The findings show that mixed coastal forests are more resilient to tsunamis compared to monoculture forests, and that forests with a complex spatial structure are more resistant than forests with a simple structure. The functional complementarity of mixed coastal forests contributes to enhanced tree growth and stability, reducing their vulnerability to tsunami impacts.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Amanullah Mengal, Katsuichiro Goda, Muhammad Ashraf, Ghulam Murtaza
Summary: This study examines the social vulnerability of the Gwadar District in Pakistan to earthquake-tsunami hazards, showing disparities in vulnerability among villages and reflecting variations in vulnerability at local to regional scales. The research findings can assist emergency managers in identifying community sub-groups that are more susceptible to disaster risks and in developing tailored risk reduction strategies.
Article
Mechanics
Zhiyuan Ren, Jingming Hou, Peitao Wang, Yuchen Wang
Summary: Research shows that earthquakes occurring in the Ryukyu Trench, Nankai Trough, and Japan Trench can trigger tsunamis, affecting Hangzhou Bay in China, especially the prolonged oscillations caused by the 2011 Tohoku tsunami. Spectral and modal analyses revealed that resonant oscillations with longer periods had the highest energy amplification, providing important implications for tsunami hazard assessments in coastal communities.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Hiroki Ishibashi, Mitsuyoshi Akiyama, Takayuki Kojima, Koki Aoki, Shunichi Koshimura, Dan M. Frangopol
Summary: The amount of disaster waste is a key indicator of community resilience, which can have negative impacts on the environment. Effective waste management should be implemented in Japan before the Nankai Trough earthquake. Utilizing Monte Carlo simulation and hazard fragility curves can help estimate the risk of disaster waste.
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Giulia Cere, Yacine Rezgui, Wanqing Zhao, Ioan Petri
Summary: This paper demonstrates how structural resilience can be assessed using artificial neural networks and evolutionary computation, and presents a case study showing that increasing the structural design cost can significantly reduce earthquake damage and mortality risk.
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Elizabeth G. Westby, Andrew Meigs, Chris Goldfinger
Summary: Subduction zones are responsible for some of the most devastating geological events on Earth, including large earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. The Cascadia subduction zone has experienced these hazards in the past and is predicted to do so in the future. Therefore, it is crucial to have a detailed scientific understanding of the geological forces and processes involved in order to mitigate risks and protect the growing population and infrastructure in the region.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Wen Hua, Jihong Ye, Jian Ye
Summary: In response to the shortcomings of the Chinese code GB/T 38591-2020, a seismic resilience assessment system for reticulated shell structures considering multiple uncertainties is established. The study introduces the square-root-sum-of-squares (SRSS) method and proposes a seismic risk assessment method based on seismic resilience. Through examples and testing, the study demonstrates the effectiveness of the seismic resilience assessment system in considering multiple uncertainties and highlights the potential risk of underestimating seismic risk if uncertainties are not fully considered.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Jie Hu, Weiping Wen, Changhai Zhai, Shunshun Pei, Duofa Ji
Summary: Seismic resilience assessment is important for evaluating the recovery of structures after earthquakes. However, the current assessment methods often overlook the impact of aftershocks, which can significantly increase functionality loss and recovery time. This study proposes a method to quantify the resilience of structures under mainshocks and multiple aftershocks, taking into account the effects of aftershocks and infill walls. The results show that multiple aftershocks increase economic loss and the exclusion of infill walls leads to biased resilience assessment results.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Rashad Sawires, Jose A. Pelaez, Miguel A. Santoyo
Summary: This study presents a deaggregation appraisal for 15 significant cities in Western Mexico, considering different oscillation periods, soil conditions, and return periods. The results show that nearby seismic sources contribute most to the seismic hazard for most cities, especially at lower periods. However, for cities far from the Middle America Trench, distant large-magnitude earthquakes contribute more to the seismic hazard, especially at larger spectral periods. Additionally, the study finds that soil conditions have little influence on the deaggregation results.
GEORISK-ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF RISK FOR ENGINEERED SYSTEMS AND GEOHAZARDS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dylan R. Sanderson, Mark B. Gravens, Rusty L. Permenter
JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Dylan Sanderson, Daniel Cox, Gowtham Naraharisetty
Summary: A spatially explicit decision support framework was developed using Bayesian networks to quantify parcel- and community-level resilience against natural hazards. Applying this framework to Seaside, Oregon, the study showed overall low resilience for a 1,000-yr event under status quo conditions, improvement of resilience with mitigation options, and the least resilience to mid-magnitude events.
SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Dylan Sanderson, Daniel Cox, Andre R. Barbosa, John Bolte
Summary: This paper presents a framework to evaluate the resilience of infrastructure networks after natural hazards. A case study of a road and highway transportation network disrupted by an earthquake and tsunami scenario is used to demonstrate the framework's application. The results highlight the factors influencing regional and local resilience and emphasize the importance of considering local networks within larger regional networks.
JOURNAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dylan R. Sanderson, Daniel T. Cox, Mehrshad Amini, Andre R. Barbosa
Summary: This paper presents a new coupled urban change and hazard consequence model that considers population growth, a changing built environment, natural hazard mitigation planning, and future acute hazards. The model is applied to Seaside, Oregon, and shows that the most effective policies are those that incorporate elements of both urban planning and enforced building codes.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mehrshad Amini, Dylan R. Sanderson, Daniel T. Cox, Andre R. Barbosa, Nathanael Rosenheim
Summary: This paper presents a methodology to evaluate the life safety risk of coastal communities vulnerable to seismic and tsunami hazards by incorporating the effects of earthquake-induced damage to buildings and debris on evacuation time. The study focuses on the city of Seaside, Oregon, and uses fragility analysis to estimate seismic damage and resulting debris. The results indicate a significant increase in fatality and life safety risk when building egress and earthquake-induced debris are considered, and implementing mitigation strategies can reduce fatalities by 90%.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Dylan Sanderson, Daniel Cox
Summary: This paper compares the National Structure Inventory with a local tax assessor building inventory in modeling seismic-tsunami hazards. The study focuses on the city of Seaside, Oregon, and finds significant differences in input attributes at the parcel level, but more consistent results when aggregated at larger spatial scales. The National Structure Inventory consistently underestimates structure value and number of stories compared to the tax assessor data, and is more accurate when aggregated at increased spatial scales.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
