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Quantitative physical model of vulnerability of buildings to urban flow slides in construction solid waste landfills: a case study of the 2015 Shenzhen flow slide
A new type of artificial slope, namely the construction solid waste (CSW) landfill, is being built around cities to dispose of waste. These...
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Physical vulnerability assessment of damaged buildings to the Shenzhen catastrophic CSW landslide
An increasing number of dumpsites have been built to stockpile a large amount of construction solid waste (CSW) during urbanization. Physical...
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A comprehensive approach to assess the seismic vulnerability of archaeological sites: the Wupatki Pueblo in Arizona
The proposed research work presents a comprehensive approach to assessing the seismic vulnerability of archaeological sites. This approach aims to be...
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Road Network Exposure to Deep-Seated and Shallow Slides at the Basin-Scale (Grande da Pipa River Basin, Portugal)
Landslides are well-known for their destructive capacity; however, risk only exists if an interaction with people, activities, structures and...
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Vulnerability assessment of road networks to landslide hazards in a dry-mountainous region
Landslides are natural hazards that can cause catastrophic life losses and damage to infrastructures and communities. In Iran, landslide exposure has...
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Physical vulnerability of reinforced concrete buildings under debris avalanche impact based on GF-discrepancy and DEM-FEM
Debris avalanches caused by landslides often lead to building damage, and insufficient research has been conducted on the vulnerability of buildings,...
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A new mountain flood vulnerability index (MFVI) for the assessment of flood vulnerability
The floods are among the most dangerous extreme events. They have affected a large part of the world population. Studies on this topic are needed to...
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Social Vulnerability and Geohazards: Review and Implications
Vulnerability assessment associated with natural hazards is a complex process that needs to account for multiple dimensions of vulnerability,...
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Assessment of Landslide Vulnerability Using Statistical and Machine Learning Methods in Bageshwar District of Uttarakhand, India
In the Bageshwar district, much of its rainfall comes from convectional thunderstorms, which trigger landslides and affect the physical as well as...
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Landslide Vulnerability Analysis of Tourist Spots Through Shannon Entropy Model: A Case Study on Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
Landslides are very common phenomena along the full stretch of Himalayan Mountain belt of northern India. Every year the foothill states like...
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Empirical seismic vulnerability analysis of infrastructure systems in Nepal
Infrastructure systems are one of the most important attributes of modern society. Earthquake induced damage to infrastructure not only results in...
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Association of Climate Change to Landslide Vulnerability and Occurrences in Bhutan
Bhutan exhibits diverse climatic belts with seasonal unpredictable climatic events such as rainfall, varying temperature, hailstorm and snow. The...
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Displacement Predictive Relationships for Earthquake-Triggered Landslides and Structural Vulnerability Models for Buildings Exposed to Co-seismic Ground Movements
Seismically-induced permanent slope displacement is an essential threat for buildings that are situated close to potentially unstable slopes. The...
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Vulnerability and Exposures to Landslides in the Chittagong Hill Region, Bangladesh: A Case Study of Rangamati Town for Building Resilience
Landslide is a major significant natural disaster in the hilly regions of Bangladesh. Over the last three decades, the Chittagong Hilly Region (CHR)...
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Understanding the cause and effect relationship of debris slides in Papum Pare district, Arunachal Himalaya, India
Slope failures are recurrent phenomena during the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) season in the mountainous regions of Arunachal Himalaya, NE India, with...
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Fatal landslides in China from 1940 to 2020: occurrences and vulnerabilities
Landslides result in severe casualties every year in China. However, few historical fatal landslide databases are available for quantitatively...
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The Role of Institutional Vulnerability in the Adoption of ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER) at Local Level
International agreements on disaster risk reduction (DRR) are a significant reference for disaster-prone countries to ameliorate their DRR programmes...
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Susceptibility and Management of River Bank Materials to Erosion - A Case Study of Ganga-Bhagirathi River, West Bengal, India
It is very much fundamental to identify the susceptibility of river bank materials to erosion for implementing management strategies. The present...
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Comparative Assessment of FR and AHP Models for Landslide Susceptibility Map** for Sikkim, India and Preparation of Suitable Mitigation Techniques
The Gangtok subdivision in east Sikkim district was developed under different geographical, lithological, and historical conditions. This research...
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Landslide Hazard in the Marly Context of Moulay Yacoub Territory, Northern Morocco
In the Rif Mountain belt, landslides affecting the slopes constitute a major obstacle for the development of urban and sub-urban extensions and...