Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards

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Volume 55, issue 3, 2010

Editorial for the special issue: extreme events and vulnerability in environment and society pp. 571-576

Thomas Glade, Carsten Felgentreff and Joern Birkmann

The Upper Middle Rhine Valley as a risk area pp. 577-597

Jörg Grunert and Sigrid Hess

Urban malaria in Africa: an environmental and socio-economic modelling approach for Yaoundé, Cameroon pp. 599-619

Roland Ngom and Alexander Siegmund

Vulnerability, resilience and development discourses in context of climate change pp. 621-635

Terry Cannon and Detlef Müller-Mahn

Extreme events and disasters: a window of opportunity for change? Analysis of organizational, institutional and political changes, formal and informal responses after mega-disasters pp. 637-655

J. Birkmann, P. Buckle, J. Jaeger, M. Pelling, N. Setiadi, M. Garschagen, N. Fernando and J. Kropp

Learning from (small) disasters pp. 657-669

Martin Voss and Klaus Wagner

The dynamics of vulnerability: some preliminary thoughts about the occurrence of ‘radical surprises’ and a case study on the 2002 flood (Germany) pp. 671-688

Christian Kuhlicke

Climate change, environmental degradation and migration pp. 689-715

Koko Warner, Muhammad Hamza, A. Oliver-Smith, F. Renaud and A. Julca

Vulnerabilities and migration in Small Island Developing States in the context of climate change pp. 717-728

Alex Julca and Oliver Paddison

Scales as a challenge for vulnerability assessment pp. 729-747

Alexander Fekete, Marion Damm and Jörn Birkmann

Understanding multiple thresholds of coupled social–ecological systems exposed to natural hazards as external shocks pp. 749-763

Fabrice Renaud, Jörn Birkmann, Marion Damm and Gilberto Gallopín

Volume 55, issue 2, 2010

Rip current misunderstandings pp. 161-162

B. Brewster

Reply to “Rip Current Misunderstandings” pp. 163-165

Victor Gensini and Walker Ashley

Land–ocean tectonics (LOTs) and the associated seismic hazard over the Eastern Continental Margin of India (ECMI) pp. 167-175

K. Murthy, V. Subrahmanyam, A. Subrahmanyam, G. Murty and K. Sarma

Could the Twin Towers collapse teach the interaction of dilute pyroclastic density currents with buildings? pp. 177-179

Domenico Doronzo

Micro-scale flood risk analysis based on detailed 2D hydraulic modelling and high resolution geographic data pp. 181-209

Julien Ernst, Benjamin Dewals, Sylvain Detrembleur, Pierre Archambeau, Sébastien Erpicum and Michel Pirotton

Impact of physical parameterization schemes on numerical simulation of super cyclone Gonu pp. 211-231

Medha Deshpande, S. Pattnaik and P. Salvekar

The economic impact of future increase in tropical cyclones in Japan pp. 233-250

Christian Webersik, Miguel Esteban and Tomoya Shibayama

GIS-based distributed technique for assessing economic loss from flood damage: pre-feasibility study for the Anyang Stream Basin in Korea pp. 251-272

Choong-Sung Yi, Jin-Hee Lee and Myung-Pil Shim

Waterlogging and flood hazards vulnerability and risk assessment in Indo Gangetic plain pp. 273-289

A. Pandey, Suraj Singh and M. Nathawat

Seasonal variability in heat-related mortality across the United States pp. 291-305

Scott Sheridan and Adam Kalkstein

Spatial variation in acid and some heavy metal composition of rainwater harvesting in the oil-producing region of Nigeria pp. 307-319

S. Efe

Satellite monitoring of anomalous effects in the ionosphere related to the great Wenchuan earthquake of May 12, 2008 pp. 321-332

Shivalika Sarkar and A. Gwal

Magnitude conversion problem for the Turkish earthquake data pp. 333-352

Aykut Deniz and M. Yucemen

Pre-landfall evacuee perception of the meteorological hazards associated with Hurricane Gustav pp. 353-369

David Brommer and Jason Senkbeil

Rapid terrain-based mapping of some volcaniclastic flow hazard using Gis-based automated methods: a case study from southern Campania, Italy pp. 371-387

M. Bisson, R. Sulpizio, G. Zanchetta, F. Demi and R. Santacroce

Cyclic behavior of seismogenic sources in India and use of ANN for its prediction pp. 389-404

M. Sharma and Abhinav Tyagi

A digitized global flood inventory (1998–2008): compilation and preliminary results pp. 405-422

Pradeep Adhikari, Yang Hong, Kimberly Douglas, Dalia Kirschbaum, Jonathan Gourley, Robert Adler and G. Robert Brakenridge

Enhancing the capacities of natural hazard mitigation: a study on a typhoon curriculum module in high school earth science pp. 423-440

Chun-Yen Chang and Yueh-Hsia Chang

Natural and man-made hazards in the Cayman Islands pp. 441-466

D. Novelo-Casanova and Gerardo Suárez

Landuse change in upper Kansas river floodplain: following the 1993 flood pp. 467-479

Mahnaz Gumrukcuoglu, Douglas Goodin and Charles Martin

Hazards and mechanism of sinkholes on Kabudar Ahang and Famenin plains of Hamadan, Iran pp. 481-499

Haji Karimi and Kamal Taheri

Monitoring systems for warning impending failures in slopes and open pit mines pp. 501-512

Ashkan Vaziri, Larry Moore and Hosam Ali

Ostracoda as an aid in identifying 2004 tsunami sediments: a report from SE coast of India pp. 513-522

Syed Hussain, S. Mohan and M. Jonathan

Recent catastrophic debris flows in Luding county, SW China: geological hazards, rainfall analysis and dynamic characteristics pp. 523-542

Huayong Ni, Wanmo Zheng, Zongliang Li and Renji Ba

Map of seismic hazard of India using Bayesian approach pp. 543-556

Alexey Lyubushin and Imtiyaz Parvez

Iso-flood severity mapping: a new tool for distributed flood source identification pp. 557-570

B. Saghafian, B. Ghermezcheshmeh and M. Kheirkhah

Volume 55, issue 1, 2010

Guest editorial to the special issue modelling of river hazards pp. 1-1

Tew-Fik Mahdi and Samir Hamdi

Automated numerical analysis tool for assessing potential bank failures during flooding pp. 3-14

Tew-Fik Mahdi and Tarek Merabtene

Impact and analysis of geotechnical processes on earthfill dam breaching pp. 15-27

Mahmoud Al-Riffai and Ioan Nistor

The inclusive and simplified forms of Bayesian interpolation for general and monotonic models using Gaussian and Generalized Beta distributions with application to Monte Carlo simulations pp. 29-49

Mohammadreza Rajabalinejad and Tew-Fik Mahdi

Numerical simulation of the influence of a Red River flood on circulation and contaminant dispersion in Lake Winnipeg pp. 51-62

Yerubandi Rao and Jun Zhao

Numerical modeling of the Rideau Valley Watershed pp. 63-84

Ferdous Ahmed

A hydrodynamic model for the Lower Rideau River pp. 85-94

Ferdous Ahmed

Determination of failure probabilities of flood defence systems with improved dynamic bounds method pp. 95-109

Mohammadreza Rajabalinejad, Zeki Demirbilek and Tewfik Mahdi

Modelling river-floodplain interaction during flood propagation pp. 111-121

D. Meire, L. Doncker, F. Declercq, K. Buis, P. Troch and R. Verhoeven

Stochastic methods for safety assessment of the flood defense system in the Scheldt Estuary of the Netherlands pp. 123-144

Mohammadreza Rajabalinejad, Tewfik Mahdi and Pieter Gelder

Quantitative technique for assessing the geomorphic thresholds for floodplain instability and braiding in the semi-arid environment pp. 145-160

David Dust and Ellen Wohl

Volume 54, issue 3, 2010

Numerical and field study of ship-induced waves along the St. Lawrence Waterway, Canada pp. 605-621

Samir Gharbi, Georgi Valkov, Samir Hamdi and Ioan Nistor

Landslide hazard and risk assessment and their application in risk management and landuse planning in eastern flank of Menoreh Mountains, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia pp. 623-642

Danang Hadmoko, Franck Lavigne, Junun Sartohadi, Pramono Hadi and Winaryo

Application of meteorological and vegetation indices for evaluation of drought impact: a case study for Rajasthan, India pp. 643-656

Sanjay Jain, Ravish Keshri, Ajanta Goswami and Archana Sarkar

Landslides in the Rumphi District of Northern Malawi: characteristics and mechanisms of generation pp. 657-677

G. Msilimba and P. Holmes

Land-use planning for natural hazards in New Zealand: the setting, barriers, ‘burning issues’ and priority actions pp. 679-706

B. Glavovic, W. Saunders and J. Becker

A severe sea-effect snow episode over the city of Istanbul pp. 707-723

Tayfun Kindap

Seismicity of Eastern Algeria: a revised and extended earthquake catalogue pp. 725-747

Assia Harbi, Antonella Peresan and Giuliano Panza

Experimental investigation into embankment external suffusion pp. 749-763

Maryam Maknoon and Tew-Fik Mahdi

Predicting community earthquake preparedness: a cross-cultural comparison of Japan and New Zealand pp. 765-781

Douglas Paton, Robert Bajek, Norio Okada and David McIvor

Site response studies in Mumbai using (H/V) Nakamura technique pp. 783-795

G. Surve and G. Mohan

Hydrologic characteristics of floods in Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) delta pp. 797-811

Akm Islam, Anisul Haque and Sujit Bala

Integrated geophysical methods for determining geometry of the Kahrizak Fault, Tehran, Iran pp. 813-825

Asghar Azadi, Khaled Hessami and Gholam Javan-Doloei

Characteristics of tropical cyclones in China and their impacts analysis pp. 827-837

Xiao Fengjin and Xiao Ziniu

Field-observed phenomena of seismic liquefaction and subsidence during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China pp. 839-850

Yu Huang and Ximiao Jiang

Evaluating the vegetation destruction and recovery of Wenchuan earthquake using MODIS data pp. 851-862

Yang Liu, Ronggao Liu and Quansheng Ge

Historical seismicity in Mexico during 1568–1837: intensity evaluation and data reliability pp. 863-878

Marco-Antonio Torres-Vera

Automatic calibration tool for river models based on the MHYSER software pp. 879-899

Justin McKibbon and Tew-Fik Mahdi

Driving factors for social vulnerability to coastal hazards in Southeast Asia: results from the meta-analysis pp. 901-929

Le-Le Zou and Yi-Ming Wei

Predicting the geotechnical performance of Lisan Marl using finite element analysis, Dead Sea area pp. 931-947

Ziad Mansour, Zamri Chik and Mohd Taha

Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Lake Van basin, Turkey pp. 949-965

Levent Selcuk, Azad Selcuk and Turgay Beyaz

Rainfall infiltration: infinite slope model for landslides triggering by rainstorm pp. 967-984

Agus Muntohar and Hung-Jiun Liao

An application of regional time and magnitude predictable model for long-term earthquake prediction in the vicinity of October 8, 2005 Kashmir Himalaya earthquake pp. 985-1014

R. Yadav, D. Shanker, S. Chopra and A. Singh

Spatially explicit mapping of hurricane risk in New England, USA using ArcGIS pp. 1015-1023

H. Poulos

Volume 54, issue 2, 2010

Development of a palaeotsunami database for New Zealand pp. 193-208

James Goff, Scott Nichol and David Kennedy

Rheological characteristics of debris-flow material in South-Gargano watersheds pp. 209-223

Tiziana Bisantino, Peter Fischer and Francesco Gentile

Overwash vulnerability assessment based on long-term washover evolution pp. 225-244

Tiago Garcia, Óscar Ferreira, Ana Matias and João Dias

A combined hydrologic and hydraulic modeling approach for testing efficiency of structural flood control measures pp. 245-260

Gülay Gül, Nilgün Harmancıoğlu and Ali Gül

The Laalam (Algeria) damaging landslide triggered by a moderate earthquake (M w = 5.2) pp. 261-272

Y. Bouhadad, A. Benhamouche, H. Bourenane, A. Ait Ouali, M. Chikh and N. Guessoum

On a damaging earthquake-induced landslide in the Algerian Alps: the March 20, 2006 Laâlam landslide (Babors chain, northeast Algeria), triggered by the Kherrata earthquake (M w = 5.3) pp. 273-288

Mehdi Guemache, Djamel Machane, Hamoud Beldjoudi, Sofiane Gharbi, Leila Djadia, Sihem Benahmed and Hayet Ymmel

Reconstruction management policies in residential and commercial sectors after the 2003 bam earthquake in Iran pp. 289-306

Babak Omidvar, Hossein Zafari and Sahar Derakhshan

The elliptic stress thermal field prior to M S 7.3 Yutian, and M S 8.0 Wenchuan earthquakes in China in 2008 pp. 307-322

Qing-Lin Yao and Zu-Ji Qiang

Observations of volcanic emissions from space: current and future perspectives pp. 323-354

H. Thomas and I. Watson

Nontornadic convective wind fatalities in the United States pp. 355-366

Alan Black and Walker Ashley

Simultaneous declines in radon and methane precursory to 2008 M W 5.0 Antung earthquake: corroboration of in-situ volatilization pp. 367-372

T. Kuo, W. Cheng, C. Lin, K. Fan, G. Chang and T. Yang

Relationships between typhoon types and debris flow disasters in Taiwan pp. 373-394

Jieh-Jiuh Wang and Hoe Ling

Earthquake vulnerability and seismic risk assessment of urban areas in high seismic regions: application to Chania City, Crete Island, Greece pp. 395-412

A. Sarris, C. Loupasakis, P. Soupios, V. Trigkas and F. Vallianatos

Damage to residential buildings due to flooding of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina pp. 413-434

Aimilia Pistrika and Sebastiaan Jonkman

Using tree-ring signals and numerical model to identify the snow avalanche tracks in Kastamonu, Turkey pp. 435-449

Nesibe Köse, Abdurrahim Aydın, Ünal Akkemik, Hüseyin Yurtseven and Tuncay Güner

Prediction of snowmelt floods with a distributed hydrological model using a physical snow mass and energy balance approach pp. 451-468

H. Zeinivand and F. De Smedt

Repeated glacial-lake outburst floods in Patagonia: an increasing hazard? pp. 469-481

Alejandro Dussaillant, Gerardo Benito, Wouter Buytaert, Paul Carling, Claudio Meier and Fabián Espinoza

Human injuries caused by Bangladesh’s cyclone sidr: an empirical study pp. 483-495

Bimal Paul

News coverage of drought impacts and vulnerability in the US Carolinas, 1998–2007 pp. 497-518

Kirstin Dow

Hurricane Katrina storm surge delineation: implications for future storm surge forecasts and warnings pp. 519-536

Ginni Melton, Melanie Gall, Jerry Mitchell and Susan Cutter

Changes of the susceptibility to lava flow invasion induced by morphological modifications of an active volcano: the case of Mount Etna, Italy pp. 537-546

Simone Tarquini and Massimiliano Favalli

Submarine landslides at the eastern Sunda margin: observations and tsunami impact assessment pp. 547-562

Sascha Brune, Stefan Ladage, Andrey Babeyko, Christian Müller, Heidrun Kopp and Stephan Sobolev

Web-based macroseismic survey in Italy: method validation and results pp. 563-581

Paola Sbarra, Patrizia Tosi and Valerio De Rubeis

Geohazards rooted from the northern margin of the Sea of Marmara since the late Pleistocene: a review of recent results pp. 583-603

Naci Görür and M. Çağatay

Volume 54, issue 1, 2010

Back analysis of landslide susceptibility zonation mapping for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake: an assessment of the reliability of susceptibility zoning maps pp. 1-25

Ulrich Kamp, Lewis Owen, Benjamin Growley and Ghazanfar Khattak

Confidence levels for tsunami-inundation limits in northern Oregon inferred from a 10,000-year history of great earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone pp. 27-73

George Priest, Chris Goldfinger, Kelin Wang, Robert Witter, Yinglong Zhang and António Baptista

Tsunami vulnerability assessment of Casablanca-Morocco using numerical modelling and GIS tools pp. 75-95

R. Omira, M. Baptista, J. Miranda, E. Toto, C. Catita and J. Catalão

Seismic risk assessment of buildings in Izmir, Turkey pp. 97-119

Kasım Korkmaz, Ayhan Irfanoglu and Ali Kayhan

Analysis of the relationship between the stream regulations and the geomorphologic effects of floods pp. 121-139

Jakub Langhammer

The perceived landfall location of evacuees from Hurricane Gustav pp. 141-158

J. Senkbeil, D. Brommer, P. Dixon, M. Brown and K. Sherman-Morris

An examination of rip current fatalities in the United States pp. 159-175

Victor Gensini and Walker Ashley

Numerical simulation and field survey of inundation due to 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka pp. 177-192

J. Wijetunge