In the aftermath of natural disasters, temporary housing (TH) needs to be provided for displaced people to mitigate human suffering. In the numerous cases in which a chosen TH strategy is unsuitable for the case-specific ...

Countries prone to seismic hazard need to assess the expected risk as a permanent activity in their financial plan; otherwise, they will experience a lack in the information required for the application of disaster risk ...

Els temporals són fenòmens climatològics contra els quals la humanitat hi ha estat lluitant des de sempre. Els efectes d’aquests poden ser molt variats dependent de diferents factors, tal com la direcció d’on provenen, la ...

Induced seismicity due to gas extraction in the province of Groningen in the Nether- lands has a noticeable impact on building structures. Historic masonry structures in the area, which are non-engineered and lacking ...

Natural disasters cannot be predicted well in advance, but it is still possible to decrease the loss of life and mitigate the damages, exploiting some peculiarities that distinguish them. Smart collection, integration, and ...

Satellite imagery has been used for decades to study changes on Earth’s surface and understand the mechanisms that have shaped it as we know it today. Moreover, substantial improvements in computing power and the increase ...