Browsing by Author "Cardona, Omar. D."
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A method for the evaluation of the risk management performance
(2006-08-16)
Conference report
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Application and robustness of the holistic approach for the seismic risk evaluation of megacities
(2008)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyRisk has been defined, for management purposes, as the potential economic, social and environmental consequences of hazardous events that may occur in a specified period of time. From the perspective of this paper, risk ... -
Comprehensive approach for probabilistic seismic risk assessment: applications for risk reduction and financing
(2009)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyUnderstanding probable losses and reconstruction costs due to hazard events creates powerful incentives for countries to develop planning options and tools to cope with risk, including allocating the sustained budgetary ... -
Disaster risk since a macroeconomic perspective: a metric for fiscal vulnerability evaluation
(Global Risk Forum GRF, 2008-08-31)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe various planning agencies dealing with the economy, the environment, housing, infrastructure, agriculture, or health, to mention but a few relevant areas, must be made aware of the risks that each sector faces. In ... -
Evaluación "ex-post" del estado de daño en los edificios afectados por un terremoto
(Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2005)
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Evaluación del riesgo sísmico urbano: un enfoque holístico
(2006-05-15)
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Fiscal impact of future earthquakes and country's economic resilience evaluation using the disaster deficit index
(2008)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe Disaster Deficit Index (DDI) measures disaster country risk from a macroeconomic and financial perspective, according to possible future catastrophic events. The DDI captures the relationship between the demand for ... -
Herramienta computacional para la evaluación post-sísmica de daños en edificios
(2007-02-15)
Article
Open AccessEn este artículo se desarrolla un método y una herramienta computacional orientada a apoyar la evaluación de daños y de la seguridad de los edificios después de sismos fuertes. Los datos de entrada del programa de computador ... -
Holistic evaluation of risk in the framework of the urban sustainability
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2009)
Conference report
Open AccessThe risk identification, assessment and reduction are indispensable steps on the way of the sustainable development of the countries. Risk assessment requires a multidisciplinary approach that takes into account not only ... -
Holistic evaluation of the seismic urban risk using fuzzy set theory
(Civil-Comp Press, 2009)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyRisk is defined, for management purposes, as the potential economic, social and environmental consequences of hazardous events that may occur in a specified period of time. From the perspective of this paper, risk requires ... -
Índice para medir el desempeño de la gestión de riesgos
(2006-05-15)
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La gestión financiera del riesgo desde la perspectiva de los desastres: evaluación de la exposición fiscal del estado y alternativas de instrumentos financieros de retención y transferencia del riesgo
(Centro Internacional de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería (CIMNE), 2008)
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La vulnerabilidad en el marco de la sostenibilidad fiscal de los países
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2009)
Conference report
Open AccessEl desastre y el riesgo son problemas sociales, económicos y ambientales ligados a procesos de acumulación de vulnerabilidades, que a su vez son producto de modelos de crecimiento no sostenibles, es decir, los desastres ... -
Midiendo el desempeño de la gestión del riesgo de desastres a nivel urbano
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2009)
Conference report
Open AccessEste artículo presenta un índice, el DRMi (Disaster Risk Managment Index), que tiene como objetivo la medición del desempeño de la gestión del riesgo. Hace una medición cuantitativa de la gestión con base en niveles ... -
Neuro-fuzzy assessment of building damage and safety after an earthquake
(Idea Group Publishing (IGP), 2007-11-15)
Part of book or chapter of book
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis chapter describes the algorithmic basis of a computational intelligence technique, based on a neuro-jilzzy system, developed with the objective ofassisting nonexpert professionals ofbuilding construction to evaluate ... -
Probabilistic seismic risk assessment for comprehensive risk management: modeling for innovative risk transfer and loss financing mechanisms
(2008)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyA specific catastrophic risk model has been developed to evaluate, building by building, the probabilistic losses and pure premiums of different portfolios, taking into account the seismic microzonation of cities. Understanding ... -
Seismic risk evaluation for an urban centre
(2007-09-03)
Conference lecture
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn the past, the concept of risk has been defined in a fragmentary way in many cases, according to each scientific discipline involved in its appraisal. At nowadays, the risk is defined, for management purposes, as the ... -
Small and frequent disasters due to climate variability and change: an accumulative development problem
(Global Risk Forum GRF, 2008-08-31)
Conference lecture
Open AccessSmall disasters contrary to the extreme and extraordinary events are very often not visible at the national level and their effects are not relevant from a macro-economic point of view. They usually affect the livelihoods ... -
The economic and social effects of small disasters: revision of the local disaster index and the case study of Colombia
(2008-10-10)
Article
Open AccessAnalysis of small disasters illustrates how these frequent events, usually as result of the climate variability, increase difficulties for the local development and entail a serious problemfor the development of a country ...
