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Multi-vulnerability analysis for seismic risk management in historic city centres: an application to the historic city centre of La Serena, Chile
(2023)
A comprehensive understanding of the elements at risk, through the identification of the main hazards, level of exposure and different dimensions of the vulnerability of the communities, is an essential step toward the ...
Mapping human vulnerability to climate change in the Brazilian Amazon: The construction of a municipal vulnerability index
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
Study on the vulnerability and resilience of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2011-12-07)
Caribbean Small Island Developing States are considered to be particularly vulnerable to external shocks
that stem from changes in climate and the increase in frequency and magnitude of natural disasters.
Quantification ...
Public spaces leisure in Rio Claro - SP (Brazil): Quality, distribution, and social vulnerability
(2021-01-01)
Aim: Describe public leisure spaces in a city in the state of São Paulo, associating distribution, quantity, and quality of attributes to the São Paulo Index of Social Vulnerability (IPVS). Methods: Descriptive observational ...
A seismic vulnerability index for confined masonry shear wall buildings and a relationship with the damage
(ELSEVIER, 2008-10)
In this paper the Italian CNR-GNDT vulnerability index for masonry buildings was modified to apply in confined masonry buildings and to obtain a reasonable relationship with the wall density per unit floor index. With this ...
Temporal evolution in social vulnerability to natural hazards in Chile
(2021)
One of the main challenges for studying social vulnerability to natural hazards is to capture their dynamic nature. In this study, we explore the spatial and temporal variations in social vulnerability in Chile for the ...