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Análisis de los posibles flujos de lodos de origen volcánico provenientes del Volcán Galeras en la quebrada Mijitayo usando el software FLO 2D
A procedure for validating landslide susceptibility maps wasapplied in a study area in northern Spain and the results obtained compared. Validationwas used to carry out sensitivity analysis for individual variables and combinationsof... more
This paper presents a broad overview, characterization and visualization of the interaction relationships between 21 natural hazards, drawn from six hazard groups (geophysical, hydrological, shallow Earth, atmospheric, biophysical and... more
The August 2007 earthquake in Peru resulted in the loss of critical health infrastructure and resource capacity. A regionally located United States Military Mobile Surgical Team was deployed and operational within 48 hours. However, a... more
This paper presents an improved method of using threshold of peak rainfall intensity for robust flood/flash flood evaluation and warnings in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The improvements involve the use of two tolerance levels and the... more
The small island areas oriented to coastal tourism are highly vulnerable to marine storms, given the fluctuation of this economic sector and the increase in its exposure due to the increasing anthropogenic presence on the coastline. In... more
This paper introduces a new and general method for change detection based on the normalized difference change detection (NDCD) technique. A case study shows the use of the NDCD technique for flood mapping. Flood maps for the city of New... more
Résumé Le fjord du Saguenay est un laboratoire géoscientifique naturel exceptionnel. Sa physiographie et ses caractéristiques géomorphologiques, révélées par les levés multifaisceaux et de sismique-réflexion ainsi qu’une série de... more
Mountain regions are subject to a variety of hazardous processes. Earthquakes, landslides, snow avalanches, floods, debris flows, epidemics and fires, among other processes, have caused injury, death, damage and destruction. They also... more
This study aims to apply the analytic hierarchy process to the study of susceptibility to landslides in a coastal plain located betwen Figueira da Foz and Nazaré (western central Portugal). This method is an important tool to use in the... more
The availability of global and accurate information is the primary factor affecting the possibility of planning and managing effective disaster response strategies, above all in less developed countries. The second determinant factor that... more
This article estimates the cost effectiveness of tornado shelters using the annual probability of a tornado and new data on fatalities per building struck by a tornado. This approach differs from recent estimates of the cost effectiveness... more