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International journal of disaster risk reduction

Journal Volume: 31
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 2018
Articles in SafetyLit: 98

A comprehensive framework for seismic risk assessment of urban water transmission networks

A framework for risk reduction for indoor parking facilities under constraints using positioning technologies

A modified ant colony optimization algorithm to increase the speed of the road network recovery process after disasters

A multi-criteria decision approach based on DEMATEL to assess determinants of shelter site selection in disaster response

A prototype seismic loss assessment tool using integrated earthquake simulation

A synthesis of disaster resilience measurement methods and indices

A system dynamics approach to the seismic resilience enhancement of hospitals

Acceptability of debris-flow disasters and influential factors in a hazard prone area of northwestern China

Accessibility of medical services following an earthquake: a case study of traffic and economic aspects affecting the Istanbul roadway

Accumulation of vulnerabilities in the aftermath of the 2015 Nepal earthquake: household displacement, livelihood changes and recovery challenges

Adaptation by the least vulnerable: managing climate and disaster risks in Finland

An analysis of the flood management and mitigation measures in Zimbabwe for a sustainable future

An analysis on transit pick-up points for vulnerable people during hurricane evacuation: a case study of New Orleans

An assessment of international emergency disaster response to the 2015 Nepal earthquakes

An integrated method to extract collapsed buildings from satellite imagery, hazard distribution and fragility curves

An overview of serious games for disaster risk management - prospects and limitations for informing actions to arrest increasing risk

Analysis of evacuation behavior in a wildfire event

Anticipated behavioral response patterns to an earthquake: the role of personal and household characteristics, risk perception, previous experience and preparedness

Applying cultural values to encourage disaster preparedness: lessons from a low-hazard country

Capability assessments - how to make them useful for decision-making

Capacity building measures for chemical accident prevention and preparedness: benchmark of EU neighbourhood countries

Characteristics and development of policy and institutional structures of emergency response in Vietnam

Conceptualizing cold disasters: disaster risk governance at the Arctic edge

Decennial comparison of changes in social vulnerability: a municipal analysis in support of risk management

Dependence, trust, and influence of external actors on municipal urban flood risk mitigation: the case of Lomma Municipality, Sweden

Determinants of household vulnerability and adaptation to floods: empirical evidence from the Indian State of West Bengal

Developing a decision support system for disaster management: case study of an Indonesia volcano eruption

Development and implementation of a DECATASTROPHIZE platform and tool for the management of disasters or multiple hazards

Development of a traffic incident model involving multiple municipalities for inclusion in large microscopic evacuation simulations

Disaster awareness and information seeking behaviour among residents from low socio-economic backgrounds

Disaster diplomacy in Jammu and Kashmir

Disaster preparedness for better response: logistics perspectives

Disaster risk in the urban villages of Delhi

Driving into floodwater: a systematic review of risks, behaviour and mitigation

Emergency evacuation planning policy for carless and vulnerable populations in the United States and United Kingdom

Establishing information seeking pathways in slow and flash floods

Estimating and comparing economic consequences of multiple threats: a reduced-form computable general equilibrium approach

Estimation of exposed population to landslides and floods risk areas in Brazil, on an intra-urban scale

Evacuation and sheltering: modelling, management and policy to promote resilience

Evacuation paths in historic city centres: a holistic methodology for assessing their seismic risk

Evaluation of a reservation-based intersection control algorithm for hurricane evacuation with autonomous vehicles

Evaluation of evacuation methods in underground metro stations

Exploring the determinants of disaster coverage: evidence from coal mine disasters coverage in China

Factors affecting post-evacuation behaviors following an earthquake: a questionnaire-based survey

Factors contributing to a long-term decrease in national lightning fatality rates: case study of the United Kingdom with wider implications

Framework for improving the resilience and recovery of transportation networks under geohazard risks

Gauging urban resilience from social media

Impacts of snow disaster on rural livelihoods in southern Tibet-Qinghai Plateau

Improving disaster response through the science of work

Increasing communities' resilience to disasters: an impact-based approach

Integrating travel demand modeling and flood hazard risk analysis for evacuation and sheltering

Language translation during disaster: a comparative analysis of five national approaches

Managing airports in non-aviation related disasters: a systematic literature review

Mapping geohazards in the watersheds above Leh, Ladakh: the use of publicly-available remote sensing to assist risk management

Mapping hypothermia death vulnerability in Korea

Measuring disaster preparedness and response practices in university libraries in Nigeria: the role of disaster equipment

Methodologies and tools of risk management: Hurricane Risk Index (HRi)

Modeling fire spread in cities with non-flammable construction

Modeling the impact of traffic incidents during hurricane evacuations using a large scale microsimulation

Modeling the labor market in the aftermath of a disaster: two perspectives

Motivations and experiences of sheltering in place during floods: implications for policy and practice

Motivations to prepare after the 2013 Cook Strait Earthquake, N.Z

Multi-hazard analysis of earthquake shaking and tsunami impact

Nordic disaster risk reduction: shared spirit, different designs

Participatory early warning and monitoring systems: a Nordic framework for web-based flood risk management

Perceptions of seismic and volcanic risk and preparedness at São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)

Pet- and special needs-friendly shelter planning in south Florida: a spatial capacitated p-median-based approach

Previous hurricane evacuation decisions and future evacuation intentions among residents of southeast Louisiana

Probing problems: dilemmas of conducting an ethnographic study in a disaster-affected area

Progress on integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction for sustainable development pathways in South Asia: evidence from six research projects

Recovering local sociality: learnings from post-disaster community-scale recoveries

Resilience assessment of complex urban systems to natural disasters: a new literature review

Resilience from a lived-experience perspective in the regional context of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Resilience to flash floods in wetland communities of northeastern Bangladesh

Resilience to natural hazards: an analysis of territorial governance in the Nordic countries

Responding to the risk of reducing resources: development of a framework for future change programmes in Environmental Health Services

Risk reduction impact of connected vehicle technology on regional hurricane evacuations: a simulation study

Risk, Reliability, Resilience (R3) and beyond in dam engineering: a state-of-the-art review

Seismic vulnerability assessment at urban scale: case of Algerian buildings

Suitability of the early warning systems and temporary housing for the elderly population in the immediacy and transitional recovery phase of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Survivor-led response: local recommendations to operationalise building back better

Synthetic building damage scenarios using empirical fragility functions: a case study of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

That sinking feeling: the changing price of urban disaster risk following an earthquake

The impact on disaster governance of the intersection of environmental hazards, border conflict and disaster responses in Ladakh, India

The management of spontaneous volunteers: a successful model from a flood emergency in Italy

The persuasive efficacy of real versus salient hazard scenarios in motivating citizen-level hazard preparedness

The relationship between community type and community resilience

The role of external experts in crisis situations: a research synthesis of 114 post-crisis evaluation reports in the Netherlands

The Washington Group Short Set of Questions on disability in disaster risk reduction and humanitarian action: lessons from practice

To support urban emergency planning: a GIS instrument for the choice of optimal routes based on seismic hazards

Towards improved flood disaster governance in Nepal: a case study in Sindhupalchok District

Understanding crowd dynamics at ghat regions during world's largest mass religious gathering, Kumbh Mela

Understanding historical, cultural and religious frameworks of mountain communities and disasters in Nubra valley of Ladakh

University employees' preparedness for natural hazards and incidents of mass violence: an application of the extended parallel process model

Urban resilience patterns after an external shock: an exploratory study

Vulnerability in Bahía Blanca. Estimating technology-related risks

Weighting critical infrastructure dependencies to facilitate evacuations

Wisdom of (using) the crowds: enhancing disasters preparedness through public training in light search and rescue