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Environmental Sciences
Isabella Lapietra, Angela Rizzo, Rosa Colacicco, Pierfrancesco Dellino, Domenico Capolongo
Summary: Floods, as the most common natural hazards, can cause damage to properties and loss of life worldwide. While preventing floods is not possible, vulnerability assessments, hazard mitigation, and effective emergency management plans can help mitigate their impacts and facilitate recovery. The impact of floods can vary depending on local physical conditions and social context. The analysis of social vulnerability is crucial in understanding the capacity of a community to anticipate, cope with, and recover from floods. This research explores the correlation between flood hazard and socio-economic factors in the Basilicata Region of southern Italy, using a GIS approach to evaluate flood hazard and social vulnerability index.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Benicio Emanoel Omena Monte, Joel Avruch Goldenfum, Gean Paulo Michel, Jose Rafael de Albuquerque Cavalcanti
Summary: This paper analyzes the use and development of terms in disaster risk management, with a regional focus on Brazil. The increasing prevalence of climate change studies and technological diffusion have significantly increased the use of disaster-related terms. The USA, Canada, and Europe are the main references for these terms, while other countries have fewer dedicated works on defining them, potentially leading to more damaging disasters.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Timothy Fraser
Summary: This study developed new social capital and social vulnerability indices for 1741 municipalities in Japan using publicly available data, allowing scholars and policymakers to evaluate specific communities, compare across multiple communities, model their effect on outcomes, and better prepare for future disasters.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2021)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Daniel F. Lorenz, Cordula Dittmer
Summary: The "Himalayan Tsunami" in June 2013 resulted in heavy casualties, mainly around the Hindu temple in Kedarnath. The tourist infrastructure between four Hindu temples was massively destroyed, impacting the livelihoods of the local population.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2021)
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Development Studies
Timothy Fraser, Nicole Naquin
Summary: This study examines the impact of residents' social capital on vulnerability levels in different communities, using Japan as a case study. The research finds that higher levels of bonding social capital can reduce vulnerability, while other types of social capital require government support.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
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Engineering, Civil
Tommaso Lazzarin, Daniele P. Viero, Daniela Molinari, Francesco Ballio, Andrea Defina
Summary: In this paper, a physics-based method for assessing flood damage is proposed. A non-dimensional impact parameter is introduced to combine water depth and flow velocity, which allows for evaluating relative damage functions for items of different nature. This method provides an understandable assessment of flood hazard even with limited data.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Francesca Trizio, Francisco Javier Torrijo, Camilla Mileto, Fernando Vegas
Summary: This study aims to analyze the vulnerability to floods of the architectural heritage in Alzira, Spain, particularly earthen architecture. By evaluating and weighting extrinsic and intrinsic parameters, the methodology identifies the building characteristics and material weathering that worsen performance during floods. The importance of developing suitable strategies for risk prevention and mitigation is highlighted for future research.
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Environmental Sciences
Arjan Wardekker, Sanchayan Nath, Tri Utami Handayaningsih
Summary: This study analyzed how cultural heritage can contribute positively to community disaster resilience, particularly in terms of disaster preparedness and institutional aspects. The results showed that connecting regular disaster management and planning to local cultural heritage can provide valuable synergies for community resilience.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Tommaso Lazzarin, Albert S. Chen, Daniele P. Viero
Summary: The effective communication of flood hazard and risk is crucial in reducing the detrimental impacts of flooding events. Traditional flood maps are often difficult to understand, leading to the use of color maps for better communication. However, these hazard indexes have inherent limitations. Therefore, the use of a physics-based and data-consistent risk index, such as the loss probability (LP) map, is proposed for a more accurate estimation and communication of flood risk.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
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Engineering, Marine
Masoud Banan-Dallalian, Mehrdad Shokatian-Beiragh, Aliasghar Golshani, Amin Abdi
Summary: A Bayesian Network approach is used to predict onshore hazards and assess disaster risk reduction measures for Port of Sur using synthetic datasets. The MIKE21 model is utilized to simulate flood hazard characteristics and the effectiveness of mangrove forests as an ecosystem-based DRR measure. The implementation of ecosystem-based DRR reduces damage to residential buildings and decreases the extreme risk to life in the west part of the port. The outcomes demonstrate the usefulness of BN as a simulation tool for decision support in coastal management.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Heidi Kreibich, Anne F. Van Loon, Kai Schroeter, Philip J. Ward, Maurizio Mazzoleni, Nivedita Sairam, Guta Wakbulcho Abeshu, Svetlana Agafonova, Amir AghaKouchak, Hafzullah Aksoy, Camila Alvarez-Garreton, Blanca Aznar, Laila Balkhi, Marlies H. Barendrecht, Sylvain Biancamaria, Liduin Bos-Burgering, Chris Bradley, Yus Budiyono, Wouter Buytaert, Lucinda Capewell, Hayley Carlson, Yonca Cavus, Anais Couasnon, Gemma Coxon, Ioannis Daliakopoulos, Marleen C. de Ruiter, Claire Delus, Mathilde Erfurt, Giuseppe Esposito, Didier Francois, Frederic Frappart, Jim Freer, Natalia Frolova, Animesh K. Gain, Manolis Grillakis, Jordi Oriol Grima, Diego A. Guzman, Laurie S. Huning, Monica Ionita, Maxim Kharlamov, Dao Nguyen Khoi, Natalie Kieboom, Maria Kireeva, Aristeidis Koutroulis, Waldo Lavado-Casimiro, Hong-Yi Li, Maria Carmen LLasat, David Macdonald, Johanna Mard, Hannah Mathew-Richards, Andrew McKenzie, Alfonso Mejia, Eduardo Mario Mendiondo, Marjolein Mens, Shifteh Mobini, Guilherme Samprogna Mohor, Viorica Nagavciuc, Thanh Ngo-Duc, Thi Thao Nguyen Huynh, Pham Thi Thao Nhi, Olga Petrucci, Hong Quan Nguyen, Pere Quintana-Segui, Saman Razavi, Elena Ridolfi, Jannik Riegel, Md Shibly Sadik, Elisa Savelli, Alexey Sazonov, Sanjib Sharma, Johanna Sorensen, Felipe Augusto Arguello Souza, Kerstin Stahl, Max Steinhausen, Michael Stoelzle, Wiwiana Szalinska, Qiuhong Tang, Fuqiang Tian, Tamara Tokarczyk, Carolina Tovar, Thi Van Thu Tran, Marjolein H. J. Van Huijgevoort, Michelle T. H. van Vliet, Sergiy Vorogushyn, Thorsten Wagener, Yueling Wang, Doris E. Wendt, Elliot Wickham, Long Yang, Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, Gunter Bloschl, Giuliano Di Baldassarre
Summary: Risk management can reduce the impacts of floods and droughts, but faces difficulties in managing unprecedented events of a greater magnitude. Improved risk management and integrated management can help lower the impacts of more hazardous events.
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Engineering, Civil
Tommaso Lazzarin, Daniele P. Viero, Daniela Molinari, Francesco Ballio, Andrea Defina
Summary: Commonly adopted procedures for flood damage assessment have limitations in describing the time evolution of hazard and exposure during the flood event. This study proposes a new framework that considers how flood damage evolves in time, showing potential for flood risk assessment and management.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Mohammadtaghi Avand, Majid Khazaei, Bagher Ghermezcheshmeh
Summary: This study evaluates the resilience of flood-prone sub-watersheds in the Beshar basin in Iran using machine learning models. The results show that the random forest model is the most accurate and the area with very low flood risk is the largest. The resilience has decreased after 2006 compared to before.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Nur Zainul Arifin Norizan, Norhaslina Hassan, Mariney Mohd Yusoff
Summary: The study found that although all studied plans have integrated most measures to avoid risk and reduce vulnerability, measures on disaster preparedness were inadequate. Therefore, there is a need to further strengthen disaster resilience measures in local development plans to ingrain preparedness and adaptation with more inclusive participatory civil societies and stakeholders.
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Engineering, Civil
Timothy Fraser, Daniel P. Aldrich, Andrew Small
Summary: This study used network analysis to visualize citation patterns, schools of thought, and influential authors in disaster research. It found strong synergies between social capital and vulnerability research, despite a gap between the two fields. Social capital plays a crucial role in helping vulnerable populations mitigate disaster outcomes.
NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW
(2021)