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

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Volume 49, issue 3, 2009

Typhoon disaster in China: prediction, prevention, and mitigation pp. 421-436

Defu Liu, Liang Pang and Botao Xie

Vulnerability of the Atlantic Patagonian coast to tsunamis generated by submarine earthquakes located in the Scotia Arc region. Some numerical experiments pp. 437-458

Walter Dragani, Enrique D’Onofrio, Walter Grismeyer, Monica Fiore, Roberto Violante and Elizabeth Rovere

Dendrochronological reconstruction of snow avalanche activity in the Lahul Himalaya, Northern India pp. 459-467

Sarah Laxton and Dan Smith

Annual risk assessment on high-frequency debris-flow fans pp. 469-477

Kaiheng Hu, Yong Li and Fangqiang Wei

Geo-hazards with characteristics and prevention measures along the coastal regions of China pp. 479-500

Ye-Shuang Xu, Zhang De-Xuan, Shui-Long Shen and Long-Zhu Chen

Robustness of the holistic seismic risk evaluation in urban centers using the USRi pp. 501-516

Mabel-Cristina Marulanda, Omar Cardona and Alex Barbat

A debris-flow alarm system for the Alpine Illgraben catchment: design and performance pp. 517-539

Alexandre Badoux, Christoph Graf, Jakob Rhyner, Richard Kuntner and Brian McArdell

Comparison of risk from pyroclastic density current hazards to critical infrastructure in Mammoth Lakes, California, USA, from a new Inyo craters rhyolite dike eruption versus a dacitic dome eruption on Mammoth Mountain pp. 541-563

Grant Kaye, Jim Cole, Andrew King and David Johnston

Semi-two-dimensional numerical model for river morphological change prediction: theory and concepts pp. 565-603

Tew-Fik Mahdi

Comments on “An investigation of seismicity for western Anatolia” by Sayıl and Osmanşahin (2008) pp. 605-605

Yusuf Bayrak

The catastrophic 1883 earthquake at the island of Ischia (southern Italy): macroseismic data and the role of geological conditions pp. 607-608

S. Carlino, E. Cubellis and A. Marturano

Volume 49, issue 2, 2009

Wind waves: modeling and observations pp. 163-164

A. Rao and J. Vries

Estimation of wave period statistics using numerical coastal wave model pp. 165-186

G. Muraleedharan, Mourani Sinha, A. Rao, N. Nair and P. Kurup

Parameterization of sea surface drag under varying sea state and its dependence on wave age pp. 187-197

R. Rajesh Kumar, B. Prasad Kumar, A. Satyanarayana, D. Bala Subrahamanyam, A. Rao and S. Dube

Modified Weibull-derived spectrum for deep water significant wave height estimation pp. 199-211

G. Muraleedharan, Mourani Sinha, A. Rao, G. Latha and S. Dube

Effect of varied atmospheric stability on sea surface drag in shallow seas and its impact on wind-wave growth pp. 213-224

R. Rajesh Kumar, B. Prasad Kumar, A. Satyanarayana, D. Bala Subrahamanyam, A. Rao and S. Dube

Impact of cyclonic wind field on interaction of surge–wave computations using finite-element and finite-difference models pp. 225-239

A. Rao, Indu Jain, M. Murthy, T. Murty and S. Dube

Coastal flooding: impacts of coupled wave–surge–tide models pp. 241-260

Judith Wolf

Optimal interpolation of buoy data into a deterministic wind–wave model pp. 261-274

S. Sannasiraj and M. Goldstein

Improvement in predictability of waves over the Indian Ocean pp. 275-291

Raj Kumar, Suchandra Bhowmick, Sulagna Ray, Vihang Bhatt, Suhe Surendran, Sujit Basu, Abhijit Sarkar and Vijay Agarwal

Alternative data-driven methods to estimate wind from waves by inverse modeling pp. 293-310

Mansi Daga and M. Deo

Spectral characteristics of the nearshore waves off Paradip, India during monsoon and extreme events pp. 311-323

V. Aboobacker, P. Vethamony, K. Sudheesh and S. Rupali

Wind waves and sediment transport regime off the south-central Kerala coast, India pp. 325-345

N. Kurian, K. Rajith, T. Shahul Hameed, L. Sheela Nair, M. Ramana Murthy, S. Arjun and V. Shamji

Significance of nearshore wave parameters in identifying vulnerable zones during storm and normal conditions along Visakhapatnam coast, India pp. 347-360

K. Prasad, S. Arun Kumar, Ch. Venkata Ramu and P. Sreenivas

High swell warnings in the Caribbean Islands during March 2008 pp. 361-370

Jean-Michel Lefèvre

Application of wave transformation models for estimation of morphological changes at Vellar estuary, southeast coast of India pp. 371-385

M. Ramana Murthy and Y. Pari

Operational wave prediction of extreme storms in Northern Europe pp. 387-399

Arno Behrens and Heinz Günther

Experimental and numerical investigations on zigzag porous screen breakwater pp. 401-409

J. Mani

Demarcation of inland vessels’ limit off Mormugao port region, India: a pilot study for the safety of inland vessels using wave modelling pp. 411-420

P. Vethamony, V. Aboobacker, K. Sudheesh, M. Babu and K. Ashok Kumar

Volume 49, issue 1, 2009

Spatial and temporal pattern of precipitation and drought in Gansu Province, Northwest China pp. 1-24

Luxin Zhai and Qi Feng

Failure process of masonry buildings during earthquake and associated casualty risk evaluation pp. 25-51

Aiko Furukawa and Yutaka Ohta

An archaeo-seismological study of the Nîmes Roman aqueduct, France: indirect evidence for an M > 6 seismic event? pp. 53-77

Philippe Volant, Agnès Levret, David Carbon, Oona Scotti, Didier Combescure, Thierry Verdel, Anne Piant and Philippe Laurent

Flood risk analyses—how detailed do we need to be? pp. 79-98

H. Apel, G. Aronica, H. Kreibich and A. Thieken

Quantifying the protective function of a forest against rockfall for past, present and future scenarios using two modelling approaches pp. 99-111

Christophe Bigot, Luuk Dorren and Frédéric Berger

A geotechnical investigation of the retrogressive Yaka Landslide and the debris flow threatening the town of Yaka (Isparta, SW Turkey) pp. 113-136

Adnan Özdemir and Mehmet Delikanli

Debris flow hazard assessment with numerical simulation pp. 137-161

Ko-Fei Liu, Hsin-Chi Li and Yu-Charn Hsu

Volume 48, issue 3, 2009

SARS in Singapore—challenges of a global health threat to local institutions pp. 317-327

Giok Ooi and Kai Phua

Characteristics of severe Atlantic hurricanes in the United States: 1949–2006 pp. 329-337

Stanley Changnon

What is responsible for increasing flood risks? The case of Gangwon Province, Korea pp. 339-354

Heejun Chang, Jon Franczyk and Changhwan Kim

Social memory and resilience in New Orleans pp. 355-364

Craig Colten and Amy Sumpter

Tropical cyclone risk perceptions in Darwin, Australia: a comparison of different residential groups pp. 365-382

Geraldine Li

Tropical cyclone hazard assessment using model-based track simulation pp. 383-398

Jonas Rumpf, Helga Weindl, Peter Höppe, Ernst Rauch and Volker Schmidt

Avalanche cycles in Austria: an analysis of the major events in the last 50 years pp. 399-424

Peter Höller

On probabilities of avalanches triggered by alpine skiers. An empirically driven decision strategy for backcountry skiers based on these probabilities pp. 425-438

Christian Pfeifer

A comparison of selected global disaster risk assessment results pp. 439-456

Silvia Mosquera-Machado and Maxx Dilley

Volume 48, issue 2, 2009

Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Bangalore pp. 145-166

P. Anbazhagan, J. Vinod and T. Sitharam

Impact assessment using DEA of coastal hazards on social-economy in Southeast Asia pp. 167-189

Le-Le Zou and Yi-Ming Wei

Tornado shelter-seeking behavior and tornado shelter options among mobile home residents in the United States pp. 191-201

Thomas Schmidlin, Barbara Hammer, Yuichi Ono and Paul King

Damage field and site effects: multidisciplinary studies of the 1964 earthquake series in Central Switzerland pp. 203-227

Stefan Fritsche, Donat Fäh, Brian Steiner and Domenico Giardini

Preliminary estimation of the tsunami hazards associated with the Makran subduction zone at the northwestern Indian Ocean pp. 229-243

Mohammad Heidarzadeh, Moharram Pirooz, Nasser Zaker and Ahmet Yalciner

Simulation of the Arabian Sea Tsunami propagation generated due to 1945 Makran Earthquake and its effect on western parts of Gujarat (India) pp. 245-258

R. Jaiswal, A. Singh and B. Rastogi

Coastal flooding due to synoptic scale, meso-scale and remote forcings pp. 259-273

N. Kurian, N. Nirupama, M. Baba and K. Thomas

Urban social vulnerability assessment with physical proxies and spatial metrics derived from air- and spaceborne imagery and GIS data pp. 275-294

Annemarie Ebert, Norman Kerle and Alfred Stein

Characterization of site effects in Montreal, Canada pp. 295-308

P. Rosset and L. Chouinard

Book Reviews pp. 309-312

Heriberta Castaños and Cinna Lomnitz

Ortwin Renn, Risk Governance: Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World pp. 313-314

Heriberta Castaños and Cinna Lomnitz

Forests Source Book Practical Guidance for Sustaining Forests in Development Cooperation World Bank—WWF Alliance for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use pp. 315-316

Tad Murty

Volume 48, issue 1, 2009

Socio-economic implications based on interviews with fishermen following the Indian Ocean tsunami pp. 1-9

N. Nirupama

Analysis of the global tsunami data for vulnerability and risk assessment pp. 11-16

N. Nirupama

A multicriteria approach for flood risk mapping exemplified at the Mulde river, Germany pp. 17-39

Volker Meyer, Sebastian Scheuer and Dagmar Haase

Watershed urbanization and changing flood behavior across the Los Angeles metropolitan region pp. 41-57

Jingfen Sheng and John Wilson

Landslides impacting linear infrastructure in west central British Columbia pp. 59-72

M. Geertsema, J. Schwab, A. Blais-Stevens and M. Sakals

Indigenous knowledge and the near field population response during the 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami pp. 73-82

Brian McAdoo, Andrew Moore and Jennifer Baumwoll

Exposure of US counties to Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes, 1851–2003 pp. 83-99

Paul Zandbergen

Characteristics of the top ten snowstorms at First-Order Stations in the U.S pp. 101-113

Tamara Houston and Stanley Changnon

Climatology of landfalling tropical cyclones in Bangladesh 1877–2003 pp. 115-135

Tanveerul Islam and Richard Peterson

Comments on “An investigation of seismicity for western Anatolia” by Sayıl and Osmanşahin (2008) pp. 137-143

Yusuf Bayrak