The Risk-Informed Asset-Centric (RIACT) Urban Resilience Enhancement Process: An Outline and Pilot-Case Demonstrator for Earthquake Risk Mitigation in Portuguese Municipalities

Applied Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(2), С. 634 - 634

Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2024

This study introduces the Risk-Informed Asset-Centric (RIACT) process, a novel approach aimed at enhancing safety and resilience of urban infrastructures against natural man-made disasters. The RIACT method stands out for its comprehensive analysis potential disruptions to areas, encompassing their susceptibility disasters, vulnerability factors, recovery capabilities. study’s primary focus is on Portugal’s 308 municipalities, assessing preparedness ability recover from earthquake events. Methodologically, involved employing geographic information system (GIS) mapping evaluate risks, combining data regional risk demographic economic profiles, capacities. provides detailed understanding each municipality’s strengths areas in need improvement, encouraging collaborative framework sharing implementing best practices. results reveal significant variations across different regions, highlighting tailored strategies. Conclusively, not only enhances individual municipalities but also contributes broader national strategy resilience, offering valuable insights effective disaster management planning.

Язык: Английский

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Reframing Natural in Flood Management

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 12(2)

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Natural Flood Management (NFM) has become a popular branch of research in contemporary flood risk management as policymakers and practitioners all around the world look for novel, holistic solutions to problems. As increasing river flows place additional pressure on conventional raised defenses, upstream catchment offers opportunities mitigate through flow attenuation potential securing wider environmental social benefits not typically associated with defenses. The science underpinning these catchment‐based approaches advanced rapidly over last two decades, terminology is now commonplace within policy practice, but there been little discussion what “natural” actually means context management. This paper explores definition framing NFM global anglophone scientific literature industry guidance, critically evaluate robustness concept, both theory practice. analysis reveals complex philosophical narrative physical implementation that does always sit easily an entirely framing. In order advance paradigm ensure long‐term success mainstream approach management, case made moving away from dichotomy natural vs. engineered, reframing nature based, solutions. A conceptualization trade‐offs between maximization optimization toward reduction explored, which relevance nature‐based initiatives gaining increased traction globe.

Язык: Английский

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A bibliometric analysis and overview of the effectiveness of Nature-based Solutions in catchment scale flood mitigation

Nature-Based Solutions, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100235 - 100235

Опубликована: Май 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Technologies and Approaches to Support Community Flood Initiatives—A Bibliometric Analysis Around the Theme

Springer geography, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 51 - 70

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Alteration of Catchments and Rivers, and the Effect on Floods: An Overview of Processes and Restoration Actions

Water, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(8), С. 1177 - 1177

Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2025

Flooding is a prevalent and growing problem involving significant economic losses worldwide. Traditional flood mitigation measures are based on the use of levees, dams, dredging, river channelization, which can distort perception risk, leading to false sense security that induce an increase in occupation flood-prone areas. An undisturbed watershed its fluvial system provide regulating services contribute mitigation. However, anthropogenic activities degrade diminish such services, impacting magnitude floods by changing runoff patterns, erosion, sedimentation, channel conveyance capacity, floodplain connectivity. Restoration natural management (NFM) seek recover improve their regulation services. The bibliographic review performed here aimed assess degradation watersheds, allowed us identify alterations streamflow. Also, studies NMF restoration actions oriented or enhance flow capacity catchments systems. A current challenge accumulate more empirical evidence for effectiveness solutions. Currently, results large have been obtained mainly application hydrologic hydraulic models. adequacy different NFM with physiographic climatological settings needs be addressed.

Язык: Английский

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Optimal configuration of a hybrid defense system for hill torrents: an experimental investigation for effective management

Natural Hazards, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Май 9, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Re-meandering attenuates frequent high-flows and diversifies physical habitat in a gravel-bed river

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 388, С. 125672 - 125672

Опубликована: Май 30, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Smart Hotspot Detection Using Geospatial Artificial Intelligence: A Machine Learning Approach to Reduce Flood Risk

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 115, С. 105873 - 105873

Опубликована: Окт. 2, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Effects analysis and probability forecast (EAPF) of real-time management on urban flooding: A novel bidirectional verification framework

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 906, С. 166908 - 166908

Опубликована: Сен. 7, 2023

Язык: Английский

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A Comprehensive Review of Remote Sensing Technologies for Improved Geological Disaster Management

Geological Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Окт. 21, 2024

ABSTRACT Over the past two decades, frequency of natural hazard incidents has steadily risen, leading to substantial human casualties, infrastructure destruction, societal and economic disruption. The occurrence disasters, both origin, exhibited an upward trend in over few decades on a global scale, posing significant threat diverse populations. time, remote sensing technologies have proven be effective analysing monitoring including but not limited droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides cyclones. extent its coverage capacity ability repeat observations make application economically efficient. This paper aims elucidate fundamental contributions role disaster management applications. In comprehensive analysis, this study explores recent practical applications context events. utilisation methodologies functions control is further expanded encompass domain risk management, employing cutting‐edge sensors satellites from emerging technological advancements. also addresses challenges related monitoring, detection management. Emergencies, particularly during typical catastrophe scenarios, often witness partial disruptions communication networks. Consequently, alternative networks becomes paramount enabling strategies. Emerging issues are highlighted, potential directions for future research outlined support sustainable development goal 13 (climate action).

Язык: Английский

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