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Risk Assessment Applying Logistic Variables at Urban Scale: Case of Gamarra (Peru)
(2020-01-01)
This study evaluates the risks that could result in a disaster in Gamarra (Peru). The baseline focuses on the last mile logistics characteristics such as population density, commercial activities, and infrastructures in ...
Natural Hazards in Chile: assessing risk perception and social trust
(2014)
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An assessment of drought severity on the vegetation health in the Jaguari-Jacareí watershed
(2018-10-31)
Droughts are natural events that can cause water scarcity and can consequently have undesired political, social and environmental impacts. Since the end of 2013 the southeastern Brazil has suffered the worst drought in 55 ...
An assessment of drought severity on the vegetation health in the Jaguari-Jacarei watershed
(Ieee, 2018-01-01)
Droughts are natural events that can cause water scarcity and can consequently have undesired political, social and environmental impacts. Since the end of 2013 the southeastern Brazil has suffered the worst drought in 55 ...
Identifying elements at risk from openstreetmap: the case of flooding
(The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvania, 2014-05-18)
The identification of elements at risk is an essential part in hazard risk assessment. Especially for recurring natural hazards like floods, an updated database with information about elements exposed to such hazards is ...
Challenges in assessing exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards in large cities: the case study of Arequipa near the Misti volcano, south Peru
(Instituto Geológico, Minero y Metalúrgico - INGEMMETPE, 2015)
Assessing risk of potential natural catastrophes in cities remains challenging, in particular as we need to elaborate quantitative criteria for exposure and vulnerability. Statistical and probabilistic methods have been ...
Hydrodynamic Modeling of Flash Floods in an Andean Stream: Challenges for Assessing Flood Hazards in Mountain Rivers
(2015)
Raininduced
flash floods are common events in regions close to the southern Andes, in north and
central Chile. Rapid urban development combined to the changing climate and ENSO effects have
resulted in an alarming ...
Specialist tool for monitoring the measurement degradation process of induction active energy meters
(2011-12-01)
This paper presents a methodology and a specialist tool for failure probability analysis of induction type watt-hour meters, considering the main variables related to their measurement degradation processes. The database ...
Preparation of updated volcanic hazards map for el Misti volcano, Peru
(International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's InteriorPE, 2006)
The city centre of Arequipa -second largest city in Peru (about one million people)- is located 17 km away from Misti Volcano (5822 a.s.l.) and about 3.5 km vertically below it. During the last 50,000 years, vulcanian and ...