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March 2010, Volume 52, Issue 3
- 519-537 Dynamic routing modeling for flash flood forecast in river system
by Wen-Cheng Liu & Wei-Bo Chen & Ming-Hsi Hsu & Jin-Cheng Fu - 539-560 A simplified method for assessing landslide damage indices
by Olga Petrucci & Giovanni Gullà - 561-575 A global landslide catalog for hazard applications: method, results, and limitations
by Dalia Kirschbaum & Robert Adler & Yang Hong & Stephanie Hill & Arthur Lerner-Lam - 577-598 Climate change and increased risk for the insurance sector: a global perspective and an assessment for the Netherlands
by W. Botzen & J. Bergh & L. Bouwer - 599-621 Landslide hazard zonation in high risk areas of Rethymno Prefecture, Crete Island, Greece
by Maria Kouli & Constantinos Loupasakis & Pantelis Soupios & Filippos Vallianatos - 623-638 Tornado warning dissemination and response at a university campus
by Kathleen Sherman-Morris - 639-668 Atlanta’s urban heat island under extreme heat conditions and potential mitigation strategies
by Yan Zhou & J. Shepherd - 669-669 Authors response to comments on article in Natural Hazards (2008) NHAZ 524, Article 9299, DOI 10.1007/s11069-008-9299-2
by Mansi Daga & M. Deo - 671-673 Discussion on “Alternative data-driven methods to estimate wind from waves by inverse modeling” by Mansi Daga, M. C. Deo [Natural Hazards (2008) NHAZ 524, Article 9299, DOI 10.1007/s11069-008-9299-2]
by A. Gandomi & A. Alavi & A. Taghipour
February 2010, Volume 52, Issue 2
- 253-256 Real time monitoring of structures in task force missions: the example of the Mw = 6.3 Central Italy Earthquake, April 6, 2009
by M. Picozzi & R. Ditommaso & S. Parolai & M. Mucciarelli & C. Milkereit & M. Sobiesiak & D. Giacomo & M. Gallipoli & M. Pilz & M. Vona & J. Zschau - 257-275 The effect of reservoir length on seismic performance of gravity dams to near- and far-fault ground motions
by Alemdar Bayraktar & Temel Türker & Mehmet Akköse & Şevket Ateş - 277-297 Putting adaptive capacity into the context of people’s lives: a case study of two flood-prone communities in Puerto Rico
by Tania López-Marrero & Brent Yarnal - 299-317 Expected peak ground acceleration in Uttarakhand Himalaya, India region from a deterministic hazard model
by A. Joshi & K. Mohan - 319-328 Global earthquake casualties due to secondary effects: a quantitative analysis for improving rapid loss analyses
by Kristin Marano & David Wald & Trevor Allen - 329-350 The role of infiltration processes in steep slope stability of pyroclastic granular soils: laboratory and numerical investigation
by Emilia Damiano & Lucio Olivares - 351-368 Earthquake prediction activities and Damavand earthquake precursor test site in Iran
by Mohammad Mokhtari - 369-389 Community variations in social vulnerability to Cascadia-related tsunamis in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
by Nathan Wood & Christopher Burton & Susan Cutter - 391-401 A study on pre- and post-tsunami shallow deposits off SE coast of India from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: a geochemical approach
by S. Srinivasalu & M. Jonathan & N. Thangadurai & V. Ram-Mohan - 403-429 Exploring Taiwanese teachers’ perceptions toward and knowledge of climatic hazard mitigation
by Chun-Yen Chang & Ying-Lin Chen & Chia-Li Chen - 431-451 Source parameters and ground motion of the Suez-Cairo shear zone earthquakes, Eastern Desert, Egypt
by K. Abou Elenean & Adel Mohamed & H. Hussein - 453-479 Estimation of industrial and commercial asset values for hazard risk assessment
by Isabel Seifert & Annegret Thieken & Mirjam Merz & Dietmar Borst & Ute Werner - 481-499 Assessment of lightning-related damage and disruption in Canada
by Brian Mills & Dan Unrau & Laurel Pentelow & Kelsey Spring - 501-518 Implementation and integrated numerical modeling of a landslide early warning system: a pilot study in Colombia
by Christian Huggel & Nikolay Khabarov & Michael Obersteiner & Juan Ramírez
January 2010, Volume 52, Issue 1
- 1-29 Landslide failure and runout susceptibility in the upper T. Ceno valley (Northern Apennines, Italy)
by A. Clerici & S. Perego & C. Tellini & P. Vescovi - 31-42 Rainfall thresholds for the initiation of landslide at Lanta Khola in north Sikkim, India
by A. Sengupta & S. Gupta & K. Anbarasu - 43-56 Key techniques for the emergency disposal of Quake lakes
by Xingguo Yang & Zhaohui Yang & Shuyou Cao & Xingji Gao & Shujian Li - 57-78 aiNet- and GIS-based regional prediction system for the spatial and temporal probability of rainfall-triggered landslides
by Changjiang Li & Tuhua Ma & Xinsheng Zhu - 79-95 Disaster vulnerability and evacuation readiness: coastal mobile home residents in Florida
by Margarethe Kusenbach & Jason Simms & Graham Tobin - 97-115 Rapid estimation of ground-shaking maps for seismic emergency management in the Campania Region of southern Italy
by Vincenzo Convertito & Raffaella De Matteis & Luciana Cantore & Aldo Zollo & Giovanni Iannaccone & Mauro Caccavale - 117-142 The simulation of heavy rainfall episode over Mumbai: impact of horizontal resolutions and cumulus parameterization schemes
by Sanjib Deb & C. Kishtawal & V. Bongirwar & P. Pal - 143-166 Large-scale assessment of flood risk and the effects of mitigation measures along the Elbe River
by Jean-Luc Kok & Malte Grossmann - 167-184 Identifying factors influencing flood mitigation at the local level in Texas and Florida: the role of organizational capacity
by Samuel Brody & Jung Kang & Sarah Bernhardt - 185-209 Amateur decision-making in avalanche terrain with and without a decision aid: a stated choice survey
by Pascal Haegeli & Wolfgang Haider & Margo Longland & Ben Beardmore - 211-230 A novel data mining technique of analysis and classification for landslide problems
by S. Wan & T. Lei & T. Chou - 231-247 The catastrophic 1883 earthquake at the island of Ischia (southern Italy): macroseismic data and the role of geological conditions
by S. Carlino & E. Cubellis & A. Marturano
December 2009, Volume 51, Issue 3
- 403-406 Editorial
by Heidi Kreibich & Maria Bostenaru Dan - 407-422 Alternative water management options to reduce vulnerability for climate change in the Netherlands
by Rutger Graaf & Nick Giesen & Frans Ven - 423-436 Coping with floods in the city of Dresden, Germany
by Heidi Kreibich & Annegret Thieken - 437-458 Flood risk curves and uncertainty bounds
by Bruno Merz & Annegret Thieken - 459-475 Snow avalanche hazards in the Făgăraş massif (Southern Carpathians): Romanian Carpathians—Management and perspectives
by Mircea Voiculescu - 477-499 Comparison of risk from pyroclastic density current hazards to critical infrastructure in Mammoth Lakes, California, USA, from a new Inyo craters rhyolite dike eruption versus a dacitic dome eruption on Mammoth Mountain
by Grant Kaye & Jim Cole & Andrew King & David Johnston - 501-524 Vulnerability index and capacity spectrum based methods for urban seismic risk evaluation. A comparison
by Nieves Lantada & Luis Pujades & Alex Barbat - 525-542 Expert and information systems for technical SAR measures and buildings’ state evaluation
by Christine Schweier & Michael Markus
November 2009, Volume 51, Issue 2
- 239-244 Aviation hazards from volcanoes: the state of the science
by A. Prata & A. Tupper - 245-262 Russian eruption warning systems for aviation
by Christina Neal & Olga Girina & Sergey Senyukov & Alexander Rybin & Jeffrey Osiensky & Pavel Izbekov & Gail Ferguson - 263-273 Volcano monitoring in NZ and links to SW Pacific via the Wellington VAAC
by Bradley Scott & James Travers - 275-285 The United States national volcanic ash operations plan for aviation
by Steven Albersheim & Marianne Guffanti - 287-302 Volcanic hazards to airports
by Marianne Guffanti & Gari Mayberry & Thomas Casadevall & Richard Wunderman - 303-324 Satellite detection of hazardous volcanic clouds and the risk to global air traffic
by A. Prata - 325-343 Tracking volcanic sulfur dioxide clouds for aviation hazard mitigation
by Simon Carn & Arlin Krueger & Nickolay Krotkov & Kai Yang & Keith Evans - 345-361 Automated forecasting of volcanic ash dispersion utilizing Virtual Globes
by Peter Webley & Kenneson Dean & John Bailey & Jon Dehn & Rorik Peterson - 363-374 El Chichón volcano, April 4, 1982: volcanic cloud history and fine ash fallout
by William Rose & Adam Durant - 375-401 Tall clouds from small eruptions: the sensitivity of eruption height and fine ash content to tropospheric instability
by Andrew Tupper & Christiane Textor & Michael Herzog & Hans-F. Graf & Michael Richards
October 2009, Volume 51, Issue 1
- 1-2 Guest editorial
by Val Swail & Paula Etala & Shishir Dube & Kevin Horsburgh - 3-27 Storm surge modelling for the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea
by S. Dube & Indu Jain & A. Rao & T. Murty - 29-47 Tropical cyclone wind field forcing for surge models: critical issues and sensitivities
by V. Cardone & A. Cox - 49-61 On the accuracy of atmospheric forcing for extra-tropical storm surge prediction
by Paula Etala - 63-77 Sensitivity of MM5 and WRF mesoscale model predictions of surface winds in a typhoon to planetary boundary layer parameterizations
by Ji Kwun & You-Keun Kim & Jang-Won Seo & Ju Jeong & Sung You - 79-95 Dynamic issues in the SE South America storm surge modeling
by Paula Etala - 97-114 Storm surge prediction using an artificial neural network model and cluster analysis
by Sung You & Jang-Won Seo - 115-137 A modelling approach for estimating the frequency of sea level extremes and the impact of climate change in southeast Australia
by K. McInnes & I. Macadam & G. Hubbert & J. O’Grady - 139-150 Extreme sea levels, coastal flooding and climate change with a focus on Atlantic Canada
by Keith Thompson & Natacha Bernier & Paul Chan - 151-162 Simulation of atmospheric states for a storm surge on the west coast of Korea: model comparison between MM5, WRF and COAMPS
by Ki-Young Heo & Jeong-Wook Lee & Kyung-Ja Ha & Ki-Cheon Jun & Kwang-Soon Park & Jae-Il Kwon - 163-182 A surge response function approach to coastal hazard assessment – part 1: basic concepts
by Donald Resio & Jennifer Irish & Mary Cialone - 183-205 A surge response function approach to coastal hazard assessment. Part 2: Quantification of spatial attributes of response functions
by Jennifer Irish & Donald Resio & Mary Cialone - 207-224 Influence of landscape restoration and degradation on storm surge and waves in southern Louisiana
by Ty Wamsley & Mary Cialone & Jane Smith & Bruce Ebersole & Alison Grzegorzewski - 225-238 Developments in storm tide modelling and risk assessment in the Australian region
by Bruce Harper & Thomas Hardy & Luciano Mason & Ross Fryar
September 2009, Volume 50, Issue 3
- 409-411 Special Issue 2007 in Natural Hazards on “Modelling and simulation of dangerous phenomena, and innovative techniques for hazard mapping and mitigation”
by Giulio Iovine & Michael Sheridan - 413-431 Numerical simulation of typhoon surges along the coast of Taiwan
by Hsien-Wen Li & Cheng-Han Tsai & Yao-Tsai Lo - 433-460 Modelling flash flood propagation in urban areas using a two-dimensional numerical model
by Kamal El Kadi Abderrezzak & André Paquier & Emmanuel Mignot - 461-477 Real-time flood forecasting of the Tiber river in Rome
by Benedetto Calvo & Fabrizio Savi - 479-496 Probability-weighted hazard maps for comparing different flood risk management strategies: a case study
by Giuliano Di Baldassarre & Attilio Castellarin & Alberto Montanari & Armando Brath - 497-518 Data-driven topo-climatic mapping with machine learning methods
by A. Pozdnoukhov & L. Foresti & M. Kanevski - 519-537 On-chip earthquake simulation model using potentials
by I. Georgoudas & G. Sirakoulis & E. Scordilis & I. Andreadis - 539-550 Lava flow simulations using discharge rates from thermal infrared satellite imagery during the 2006 Etna eruption
by Annamaria Vicari & Alessia Ciraudo & Ciro Negro & Alexis Herault & Luigi Fortuna - 551-569 Logistic regression versus artificial neural networks: landslide susceptibility evaluation in a sample area of the Serchio River valley, Italy
by F. Falaschi & F. Giacomelli & P. Federici & A. Puccinelli & G. D’Amato Avanzi & A. Pochini & A. Ribolini - 571-590 Building models for automatic landslide-susceptibility analysis, mapping and validation in ArcGIS
by J. Jiménez-Perálvarez & C. Irigaray & R. El Hamdouni & J. Chacón - 591-603 Soil slip susceptibility assessment using mechanical–hydrological approach and GIS techniques: an application in the Apuan Alps (Italy)
by Giacomo D’Amato Avanzi & Francesco Falaschi & Roberto Giannecchini & Alberto Puccinelli - 605-622 Some observations on the prediction of the dynamic parameters of debris flows in pyroclastic deposits in the Campania region of Italy
by Anna Scotto di Santolo & Aldo Evangelista - 623-650 Numerical simulations of flow motion and deposition characteristics of granular debris flows
by Der-Guey Lin & Sen-Yen Hsu & Kuang-Tsung Chang
August 2009, Volume 50, Issue 2
- 211-233 IUPA: a tool for the evaluation of the general usefulness of practices for adaptation to climate change and variability
by P. Debels & C. Szlafsztein & P. Aldunce & C. Neri & Y. Carvajal & M. Quintero-Angel & A. Celis & A. Bezanilla & D. Martínez - 235-248 Analysis of non climatic origins of floods in the downstream part of the Kura River, Azerbaijan
by R. Abbasov & R. Mahmudov - 249-267 Numerical issues in computing inundation areas over natural terrains using Savage-Hutter theory
by Bin Yu & Keith Dalbey & Amy Webb & Marcus Bursik & Abani Patra & E. Pitman & Camil Nichita - 269-287 Perception of flood risk in Danube Delta, Romania
by Iuliana Armaş & Eugen Avram - 289-304 Why relatively fewer people died? The case of Bangladesh’s Cyclone Sidr
by Bimal Paul - 305-320 Evolution of a debris-rock slide causing a natural dam: the flash flood of Río Santa Cruz, Province of San Juan—November 12, 2005
by Laura Perucca & M. Esper Angillieri - 321-334 LiDAR-based digital terrain analysis of an area exposed to the risk of lava flow invasion: the Zafferana Etnea territory, Mt. Etna (Italy)
by Marina Bisson & Boris Behncke & Alessandro Fornaciai & Marco Neri - 335-359 The 2nd century AD earthquake in central Italy: archaeoseismological data and seismotectonic implications
by Emanuela Ceccaroni & Gabriele Ameri & Antonio Gómez Capera & Fabrizio Galadini - 361-377 Post-disaster assessment of hazard mitigation for small and medium-magnitude debris flow disasters in Bali, Indonesia and Jimani, Dominican Republic
by Brent Doberstein - 379-387 Delay times of worldwide global earthquake alerts
by Max Wyss & Marine Zibzibadze - 389-402 Analysis of cyclogenesis parameter for developing and nondeveloping low-pressure systems over the Indian Sea
by S. Kotal & P. Kundu & S. Roy Bhowmik - 403-408 Short communication: collection of isoseismal maps for South Africa
by Mayshree Singh & Erna Hattingh
July 2009, Volume 50, Issue 1
- 1-3 Reply to Bayrak’s comments on “An investigation of seismicity for western anatolia” by Sayil and Osmanşahin (2008)
by Nilgun Sayil & Ilhan Osmansahin - 5-12 Assessment of a method used to time adjust past storm losses
by Stanley Changnon & David Changnon - 13-25 Human fatalities from wind-related tree failures in the United States, 1995–2007
by Thomas Schmidlin - 27-43 Estimating location and size of historical earthquake by combining archaeology and geology in Umm-El-Qanatir, Dead Sea Transform
by Neta Wechsler & Oded Katz & Yehoshua Dray & Ilana Gonen & Shmuel Marco - 45-71 Seismic behaviour of the North Anatolian Fault beneath the Sea of Marmara (NW Turkey): implications for earthquake recurrence times and future seismic hazard
by Murat Utkucu & Zakir Kanbur & Ömer Alptekin & Fatih Sünbül - 73-82 Sea surface temperature trends in Kuwait Bay, Arabian Gulf
by Thamer Al-Rashidi & Hamdy El-Gamily & Carl Amos & Karim Rakha - 83-96 The evolution of Petrov lake and moraine dam rupture risk (Tien-Shan, Kyrgyzstan)
by Bohumír Janský & Zbyněk Engel & Miroslav Šobr & Vojtěch Beneš & Karel Špaček & Serguei Yerokhin - 97-108 Characteristics of wet-snow avalanche activity: 20 years of observations from a high alpine valley (Dischma, Switzerland)
by Stefano Baggi & Jürg Schweizer - 109-123 Evaluation of the real-time TRMM-based multi-satellite precipitation analysis for an operational flood prediction system in Nzoia Basin, Lake Victoria, Africa
by Li Li & Yang Hong & Jiahu Wang & Robert Adler & Frederick Policelli & Shahid Habib & Daniel Irwn & Tesfaye Korme & Lawrence Okello - 125-143 Identifying wildland fire ignition factors through sensitivity analysis of a neural network
by Christos Vasilakos & Kostas Kalabokidis & John Hatzopoulos & Ioannis Matsinos - 145-160 Trends in heat-related mortality in the United States, 1975–2004
by Scott Sheridan & Adam Kalkstein & Laurence Kalkstein - 161-178 Parametrical landslide modeling for the hydrogeological susceptibility assessment: from the Crati Valley to the Cavallerizzo landslide (Southern Italy)
by Paola Gattinoni - 179-191 Lightning fatalities in Swaziland: 2000–2007
by Wisdom Dlamini - 193-209 Implications of geomorphological research for recent and prehistoric avalanches and related hazards at Huascaran, Peru
by Jan Klimeš & Vít Vilímek & Marek Omelka
June 2009, Volume 49, Issue 3
- 421-436 Typhoon disaster in China: prediction, prevention, and mitigation
by Defu Liu & Liang Pang & Botao Xie - 437-458 Vulnerability of the Atlantic Patagonian coast to tsunamis generated by submarine earthquakes located in the Scotia Arc region. Some numerical experiments
by Walter Dragani & Enrique D’Onofrio & Walter Grismeyer & Monica Fiore & Roberto Violante & Elizabeth Rovere - 459-467 Dendrochronological reconstruction of snow avalanche activity in the Lahul Himalaya, Northern India
by Sarah Laxton & Dan Smith - 469-477 Annual risk assessment on high-frequency debris-flow fans
by Kaiheng Hu & Yong Li & Fangqiang Wei - 479-500 Geo-hazards with characteristics and prevention measures along the coastal regions of China
by Ye-Shuang Xu & De-Xuan Zhang & Shui-Long Shen & Long-Zhu Chen - 501-516 Robustness of the holistic seismic risk evaluation in urban centers using the USRi
by Mabel-Cristina Marulanda & Omar Cardona & Alex Barbat - 517-539 A debris-flow alarm system for the Alpine Illgraben catchment: design and performance
by Alexandre Badoux & Christoph Graf & Jakob Rhyner & Richard Kuntner & Brian McArdell - 541-563 Comparison of risk from pyroclastic density current hazards to critical infrastructure in Mammoth Lakes, California, USA, from a new Inyo craters rhyolite dike eruption versus a dacitic dome eruption on Mammoth Mountain
by Grant Kaye & Jim Cole & Andrew King & David Johnston - 565-603 Semi-two-dimensional numerical model for river morphological change prediction: theory and concepts
by Tew-Fik Mahdi - 605-605 Comments on “An investigation of seismicity for western Anatolia” by Sayıl and Osmanşahin (2008)
by Yusuf Bayrak - 607-608 The catastrophic 1883 earthquake at the island of Ischia (southern Italy): macroseismic data and the role of geological conditions
by S. Carlino & E. Cubellis & A. Marturano
May 2009, Volume 49, Issue 2
- 163-164 Wind waves: modeling and observations
by A. Rao & J. Vries - 165-186 Estimation of wave period statistics using numerical coastal wave model
by G. Muraleedharan & Mourani Sinha & A. Rao & N. Nair & P. Kurup - 187-197 Parameterization of sea surface drag under varying sea state and its dependence on wave age
by R. Rajesh Kumar & B. Prasad Kumar & A. Satyanarayana & D. Bala Subrahamanyam & A. Rao & S. Dube - 199-211 Modified Weibull-derived spectrum for deep water significant wave height estimation
by G. Muraleedharan & Mourani Sinha & A. Rao & G. Latha & S. Dube - 213-224 Effect of varied atmospheric stability on sea surface drag in shallow seas and its impact on wind-wave growth
by R. Rajesh Kumar & B. Prasad Kumar & A. Satyanarayana & D. Bala Subrahamanyam & A. Rao & S. Dube - 225-239 Impact of cyclonic wind field on interaction of surge–wave computations using finite-element and finite-difference models
by A. Rao & Indu Jain & M. Murthy & T. Murty & S. Dube - 241-260 Coastal flooding: impacts of coupled wave–surge–tide models
by Judith Wolf - 261-274 Optimal interpolation of buoy data into a deterministic wind–wave model
by S. Sannasiraj & M. Goldstein - 275-291 Improvement in predictability of waves over the Indian Ocean
by Raj Kumar & Suchandra Bhowmick & Sulagna Ray & Vihang Bhatt & Suhe Surendran & Sujit Basu & Abhijit Sarkar & Vijay Agarwal - 293-310 Alternative data-driven methods to estimate wind from waves by inverse modeling
by Mansi Daga & M. Deo - 311-323 Spectral characteristics of the nearshore waves off Paradip, India during monsoon and extreme events
by V. Aboobacker & P. Vethamony & K. Sudheesh & S. Rupali - 325-345 Wind waves and sediment transport regime off the south-central Kerala coast, India
by N. Kurian & K. Rajith & T. Shahul Hameed & L. Sheela Nair & M. Ramana Murthy & S. Arjun & V. Shamji - 347-360 Significance of nearshore wave parameters in identifying vulnerable zones during storm and normal conditions along Visakhapatnam coast, India
by K. Prasad & S. Arun Kumar & Ch. Venkata Ramu & P. Sreenivas - 361-370 High swell warnings in the Caribbean Islands during March 2008
by Jean-Michel Lefèvre - 371-385 Application of wave transformation models for estimation of morphological changes at Vellar estuary, southeast coast of India
by M. Ramana Murthy & Y. Pari - 387-399 Operational wave prediction of extreme storms in Northern Europe
by Arno Behrens & Heinz Günther - 401-409 Experimental and numerical investigations on zigzag porous screen breakwater
by J. Mani - 411-420 Demarcation of inland vessels’ limit off Mormugao port region, India: a pilot study for the safety of inland vessels using wave modelling
by P. Vethamony & V. Aboobacker & K. Sudheesh & M. Babu & K. Ashok Kumar
April 2009, Volume 49, Issue 1
- 1-24 Spatial and temporal pattern of precipitation and drought in Gansu Province, Northwest China
by Luxin Zhai & Qi Feng - 25-51 Failure process of masonry buildings during earthquake and associated casualty risk evaluation
by Aiko Furukawa & Yutaka Ohta - 53-77 An archaeo-seismological study of the Nîmes Roman aqueduct, France: indirect evidence for an M > 6 seismic event?
by Philippe Volant & Agnès Levret & David Carbon & Oona Scotti & Didier Combescure & Thierry Verdel & Anne Piant & Philippe Laurent - 79-98 Flood risk analyses—how detailed do we need to be?
by H. Apel & G. Aronica & H. Kreibich & A. Thieken - 99-111 Quantifying the protective function of a forest against rockfall for past, present and future scenarios using two modelling approaches
by Christophe Bigot & Luuk Dorren & Frédéric Berger - 113-136 A geotechnical investigation of the retrogressive Yaka Landslide and the debris flow threatening the town of Yaka (Isparta, SW Turkey)
by Adnan Özdemir & Mehmet Delikanli - 137-161 Debris flow hazard assessment with numerical simulation
by Ko-Fei Liu & Hsin-Chi Li & Yu-Charn Hsu
March 2009, Volume 48, Issue 3
- 317-327 SARS in Singapore—challenges of a global health threat to local institutions
by Giok Ooi & Kai Phua - 329-337 Characteristics of severe Atlantic hurricanes in the United States: 1949–2006
by Stanley Changnon - 339-354 What is responsible for increasing flood risks? The case of Gangwon Province, Korea
by Heejun Chang & Jon Franczyk & Changhwan Kim - 355-364 Social memory and resilience in New Orleans
by Craig Colten & Amy Sumpter - 365-382 Tropical cyclone risk perceptions in Darwin, Australia: a comparison of different residential groups
by Geraldine Li - 383-398 Tropical cyclone hazard assessment using model-based track simulation
by Jonas Rumpf & Helga Weindl & Peter Höppe & Ernst Rauch & Volker Schmidt - 399-424 Avalanche cycles in Austria: an analysis of the major events in the last 50 years
by Peter Höller - 425-438 On probabilities of avalanches triggered by alpine skiers. An empirically driven decision strategy for backcountry skiers based on these probabilities
by Christian Pfeifer - 439-456 A comparison of selected global disaster risk assessment results
by Silvia Mosquera-Machado & Maxx Dilley
February 2009, Volume 48, Issue 2
- 145-166 Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Bangalore
by P. Anbazhagan & J. Vinod & T. Sitharam - 167-189 Impact assessment using DEA of coastal hazards on social-economy in Southeast Asia
by Le-Le Zou & Yi-Ming Wei - 191-201 Tornado shelter-seeking behavior and tornado shelter options among mobile home residents in the United States
by Thomas Schmidlin & Barbara Hammer & Yuichi Ono & Paul King - 203-227 Damage field and site effects: multidisciplinary studies of the 1964 earthquake series in Central Switzerland
by Stefan Fritsche & Donat Fäh & Brian Steiner & Domenico Giardini - 229-243 Preliminary estimation of the tsunami hazards associated with the Makran subduction zone at the northwestern Indian Ocean
by Mohammad Heidarzadeh & Moharram Pirooz & Nasser Zaker & Ahmet Yalciner - 245-258 Simulation of the Arabian Sea Tsunami propagation generated due to 1945 Makran Earthquake and its effect on western parts of Gujarat (India)
by R. Jaiswal & A. Singh & B. Rastogi - 259-273 Coastal flooding due to synoptic scale, meso-scale and remote forcings
by N. Kurian & N. Nirupama & M. Baba & K. Thomas - 275-294 Urban social vulnerability assessment with physical proxies and spatial metrics derived from air- and spaceborne imagery and GIS data
by Annemarie Ebert & Norman Kerle & Alfred Stein - 295-308 Characterization of site effects in Montreal, Canada
by P. Rosset & L. Chouinard - 309-312 Book Reviews
by Heriberta Castaños & Cinna Lomnitz - 313-314 Ortwin Renn, Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World
by Heriberta Castaños & Cinna Lomnitz - 315-316 Forests Source Book Practical Guidance for Sustaining Forests in Development Cooperation World Bank—WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use
by Tad Murty
January 2009, Volume 48, Issue 1
- 1-9 Socio-economic implications based on interviews with fishermen following the Indian Ocean tsunami
by N. Nirupama - 11-16 Analysis of the global tsunami data for vulnerability and risk assessment
by N. Nirupama - 17-39 A multicriteria approach for flood risk mapping exemplified at the Mulde river, Germany
by Volker Meyer & Sebastian Scheuer & Dagmar Haase - 41-57 Watershed urbanization and changing flood behavior across the Los Angeles metropolitan region
by Jingfen Sheng & John Wilson - 59-72 Landslides impacting linear infrastructure in west central British Columbia
by M. Geertsema & J. Schwab & A. Blais-Stevens & M. Sakals - 73-82 Indigenous knowledge and the near field population response during the 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami
by Brian McAdoo & Andrew Moore & Jennifer Baumwoll - 83-99 Exposure of US counties to Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes, 1851–2003
by Paul Zandbergen - 101-113 Characteristics of the top ten snowstorms at First-Order Stations in the U.S
by Tamara Houston & Stanley Changnon - 115-135 Climatology of landfalling tropical cyclones in Bangladesh 1877–2003
by Tanveerul Islam & Richard Peterson - 137-143 Comments on “An investigation of seismicity for western Anatolia” by Sayıl and Osmanşahin (2008)
by Yusuf Bayrak
December 2008, Volume 47, Issue 3
- 281-296 Using value engineering to optimize flood forecasting and flood warning systems: Golestan and Golabdare watersheds in Iran as case studies
by Babak Omidvar & Hanieh Khodaei - 297-315 Implementing low-cost landslide risk reduction: a pilot study in unplanned housing areas of the Caribbean
by Malcolm Anderson & Liz Holcombe & Rob Flory & Jean-Philippe Renaud - 317-330 Spatial dependencies in wind-related housing damage
by Dakshina Silva & Jamie Kruse & Yongsheng Wang - 331-347 Earthquake-induced landslide hazard and vegetation recovery assessment using remotely sensed data and a neural network-based classifier: a case study in central Taiwan
by Wen-Tzu Lin & Wen-Chieh Chou & Chao-Yuan Lin - 349-368 Impacts of September 21, 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake on the characteristics of gully-type debris flows in central Taiwan
by Chia-Nan Liu & Hsiao-Fung Huang & Jia-Jyun Dong - 369-395 A geographical information system managing geotechnical data for Athens (Greece) and its use for automated seismic microzonation
by A. Antoniou & A. Papadimitriou & G. Tsiambaos - 397-410 Social vulnerability and seismic risk perception. Case study: the historic center of the Bucharest Municipality/Romania
by Iuliana Armaş - 411-435 Geomorphology and landslide susceptibility assessment using GIS and bivariate statistics: a case study in southern Italy
by Paolo Magliulo & Antonio Di Lisio & Filippo Russo & Antonio Zelano - 437-463 Impact of various synthetic vortices on cyclone track prediction
by Geeta Agnihotri & Y. Rama Rao & S. Dash - 465-470 Losses from sleet storms in the United States
by Stanley Changnon - 471-495 A quantitative appraisal of earthquake hazard parameters computed from Gumbel I method for different regions in and around Turkey
by Serkan Öztürk & Yusuf Bayrak & Hakan Çınar & George Koravos & Theodoros Tsapanos - 497-508 Reducing hazard vulnerability through local government engagement and action
by David King - 509-523 Behavior of expansive soils stabilized with fly ash
by Fusheng Zha & Songyu Liu & Yanjun Du & Kerui Cui - 525-546 Integration and magnitude homogenization of the Egyptian earthquake catalogue
by H. Hussein & K. Abou Elenean & I. Marzouk & A. Peresan & I. Korrat & E. Abu El-Nader & G. Panza & M. El-Gabry - 547-568 Evaluation of parameters affecting earthquake damage by decision tree techniques
by Betül Şengezer & Atilla Ansal & Ömer Bilen - 569-576 The great 1787 Mexican tsunami
by Francisco Núñez-Cornú & Modesto Ortiz & John Sánchez - 577-591 A multiple scale modeling system for coastal hurricane wind damage mitigation
by Ping Zhu
November 2008, Volume 47, Issue 2
- 143-155 Large-scale vulnerability assessments for natural hazards
by David Simpson & R. Human - 157-183 Assessment of lightning-related fatality and injury risk in Canada
by Brian Mills & Dan Unrau & Carla Parkinson & Brenda Jones & Jennifer Yessis & Kelsey Spring & Laurel Pentelow - 185-199 Structural elements of the Makran region, Oman sea and their potential relevance to tsunamigenisis
by Mohammad Mokhtari & Iraj Abdollahie Fard & Khaled Hessami - 201-215 Rain-induced debris and mudflow triggering factors assessment in the Santiago cordilleran foothills, Central Chile
by Sergio Sepúlveda & Cristóbal Padilla - 217-228 Adapting to climate change: a comparison of two strategies for dike heightening
by Arjen Hoekstra & Jean-Luc Kok - 229-243 The evaluation of “social risk” due to volcanic eruptions of Vesuvius
by C. Pesaresi & M. Marta & C. Palagiano & R. Scandone - 245-261 Characteristics analysis for the flash flood-induced debris flows
by Chen Chien-Yuan & Chen Lien-Kuang & Yu Fan-Chieh & Lin Sheng-Chi & Lin Yu-Ching & Lee Chou-Lung & Wang Yu-Ting & Cheung Kei-Wai - 263-279 Evaluating cut slope failure by numerical analysis—a case study
by T. Singh & A. Gulati & L. Dontha & V. Bhardwaj