Aging dams, political instability, poor human decisions and climate change: recipe for human disaster
npj natural hazards.,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
2(1)
Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2025
In
Derna,
Libya,
a
record-breaking
storm
and
subsequent
dam
failures
on
September
10,
2023,
caused
over
11,000
deaths.
Analyzing
satellite
data
from
2016–2023,
we
found
1.8
mm/yr
of
differential
settlement
in
dams
contributed
to
their
failure,
flooding
damaged
~8570
buildings.
We
argue
that
the
interplay
aging
infrastructure,
political
instability,
climate
change,
human
decisions
drove
this
disaster,
stressing
need
for
holistic
'healthcare'
management
approach
prevent
future
catastrophes.
Язык: Английский
EQ-DIRECTION Procedure towards an Improved Urban Seismic Resilience: Application to the Pilot Case Study of Sanremo Municipality
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
16(6), С. 2501 - 2501
Опубликована: Март 18, 2024
This
paper
discusses
the
critical
importance
of
effective
mitigation
policies
to
enhance
earthquake
resilience
in
urban
systems,
especially
light
recent
seismic
events
Italy.
The
Italian
Civil
Protection
Department
(ICPD)
has
delineated
specific
Limit
Conditions
(LCs)
for
settlements,
serving
as
benchmarks
targeted
policies,
and
akin
States
buildings
Codes.
While
ICPD
already
developed
operational
procedures
some
LCs,
concentrating
on
evaluating
structural
efficiency
strategic
functions
during
emergency
management,
only
a
conceptual
outline
exists
other
LCs
involving
preparedness
recovery/reconstruction
phases.
To
address
this
gap,
introduces
EQ-DIRECTION
(EarthQuake
Disaster-REsilient
City
acTIOn
plan)
procedure.
method
aims
analyze
assess
“Limit
Condition
Safeguarding
Existence
Settlement”
(referred
SLC).
procedure
entails
identifying
“minimum
system”
required
recovery
performance
system
terms
damage
economic
losses
against
SLC
requirement.
practical
application
methodology
real-world
case
study
Sanremo
municipality
western
coast
Liguria
(Italy)
demonstrates
feasibility
potential
effectiveness
planning
management.
Язык: Английский
Towards Integrated Multi-Risk Reduction Strategies: A Catalog of Flood and Earthquake Risk Mitigation Measures at the Building and Neighborhood Scales
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
113, С. 104884 - 104884
Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
Modelling and assessing lifetime resilience of underground infrastructure to multiple hazards: Toward a unified approach
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
156, С. 106212 - 106212
Опубликована: Ноя. 22, 2024
Язык: Английский
An impact-chain-based exploration of multi-hazard vulnerability dynamics: the multi-hazard of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
Natural hazards and earth system sciences,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
24(8), С. 2895 - 2922
Опубликована: Авг. 29, 2024
Abstract.
In
light
of
the
increased
frequency
multi-hazards,
dynamics
vulnerability
across
time,
space,
and
different
hazards
emerges
as
an
intriguing
but
challenging
research
topic.
Within
multi-hazard
contexts,
both
impacts
mitigation
strategies
can
augment
vulnerabilities,
adding
layers
to
complexity
multi-risk
assessments.
Delving
into
these
interactions,
this
study
aims
analyse
new
connections
in
rising
that
result
from
adaptation
options,
well
their
implications,
putting
co-occurrent
powerful
river
flood
events
COVID-19
pandemic
Romania
under
magnifying
glass,
taking
2020
2021
references.
The
proposed
framework
relies
on
impact
chain
was
enhanced
include
elements
(i.e.
augmented
vulnerabilities
derived
impacts)
links
describe
augmentation
vulnerability),
which
were
also
used
rank
based
augmentation.
draws
various
data
information
sources,
including
scientific
literature,
feedback
first
responders,
reports,
legislative
documents,
official
press
releases,
news
reports.
This
work
makes
a
significant
contribution
field
disaster
risk
reduction
(DRR)
by
broadening
purpose
chain,
transforming
it
first-hand,
semi-qualitative
tool
for
analysing
dynamics.
Язык: Английский