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On the seismic vulnerability assessment of urban areas using census data: the L...

This paper presents a procedure for the application of an index-based vulnerability assessment method to the seismic risk assessment of 292,978 reinforced concrete and 152,916 unreinforced masonry buildings in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA). A singular innovation of this proposed methodology is that it is tailored to be fed with data from the 2011 national population and housing Census. The vulnerability re...

Integrating GALDIT and GIS for assessing sea water intrusion susceptibility in ...

The Akermoud coastal aquifer, situated in the northern region of Essaouira, Morocco, is an aquifer that has an important productive capacity, mainly used for irrigation. However, uncontrolled exploitation has increased the risk of sea water intrusion, leading to deteriorating water quality and threatening agricultural sustainability. In this research, in order to access susceptibility to sea water intrusion (SW...

Understanding flood risk in urban environments: spatial analysis of building vu...

Climate change has brought about new risks while exacerbating existing ones, with floods now accounting for about 45% of global disasters. This trend indicates that the exposure to floods and resulting damages will continue to rise. This paper aims to contribute to the global efforts to enhance flood resilience in urban areas by introducing a physical vulnerability index for buildings in flood-prone urban areas...

Exposição de edifícios a movimentos de vertente - análise quantitativa à escala...

On the seismic vulnerability assessment of urban areas using census data: The L...

This paper presents a procedure for the application of an index-based vulnerability assessment method to the seismic risk assessment of 292,978 reinforced concrete and 152,916 unreinforced masonry buildings in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA). A singular innovation of this proposed methodology is that it is tailored to be fed with data from the 2011 national population and housing Census. The vulnerability re...

Multi-scale characterization of flood risk components: A case study at the muni...

Floods are complex processes that combine local and global factors, causing recurrent and significant human and material losses worldwide. The presented research consists of a multi-scale flood risk assessment process based on data sources collected at distinct scales, expressing hazard, exposure and physical vulnerability of buildings. Detailed Census-derived parameters are essential in representing exposure a...

Flood susceptibility assessment through statistical models and HEC-RAS analysis...

Floods are natural disasters that often impact communities living in low-lying areas in the northern and central parts of Morocco. In this study, our aim was to create a flood susceptibility map using three methods; the hierarchy process (AHP) frequency ratio model (FR) and the weights of evidence (WoE) model. We extensively examined the area identified by these approaches using a hydraulic analysis software ca...

On the Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Areas Using Census Data: The L...

This paper presents a procedure for the application of an index-based vulnerability assessment method to the seismic risk assessment of 292,978 reinforced concrete and 152,916 unreinforced masonry buildings in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA). A singular innovation of this proposed methodology is that it is tailored to be fed with data from the 2011 national population and housing Census. The vulnerability re...

Assessment of landslide and fluvio-mass-movement susceptibility on the island o...

Numerous studies on landslide susceptibility have been carried out on the island of Madeira where landslides have caused significant economic, social and human losses, such as those associated with the rainfall events of December 2009 and February 2010. On the island of Porto Santo, with a hot semi-arid climate, studies related to landslides, but also to fluvio-mass-movements (FMM) on gully development, are pra...

Assessment of the Socio-Economic Impacts of Extreme Weather Events on the Coast...

Coastal regions in Southwest Europe have experienced major interventions and transformations of the territory with unprecedented urban development, primarily related to growing tourism activity. The coast is the place where marine and terrestrial processes converge, making it highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. However, the lack of information on the frequency of these extreme weather events and...