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Autor:
Gonzalo L. Pita
Publikováno v:
Natural Hazards Review. 23
Publikováno v:
Earthquake Spectra. 37:180-203
The number of seismic events induced by the exploitation of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs has escalated considerably in the last decade. This has raised concerns in several sectors of society, and in consequence, research efforts have been la
Publikováno v:
Journal of Hydrology. 603:126982
Depth-damage relationships of residential typologies have an important bearing on the reliability of flood risk assessments. Yet, the information for creating adequate functions is frequently missing in places where they are needed the most: developi
Autor:
Luiz C.M. Vieira, Gonzalo L. Pita, Gustavo Henrique Siqueira, Andréia H.A. da Silva, Eduardo M. Pereira
Publikováno v:
Engineering Structures. 234:111904
Large reserves of unexploited shale gas in Brazil have recently been reported, some of them located near densely populated cities. Obviously, the possibility for commercial exploitation of these resources has suddenly arisen, although such activities
Publikováno v:
Wind and Structures. 23:449-464
Catastrophe models appraise the natural risk of the built-infrastructure simulating the interaction of its exposure and vulnerability with a hazard. Because of unique configurations and reduced number, mid/high-rise buildings present singular challen
Publikováno v:
Natural Hazards. 83:445-463
This paper presents a study of the damage pattern caused by a severe storm consisting of a downburst, a type of gustnado, and a tornado on Bell Ville, Argentina. Two damage surveys were conducted, one involving around 4000 questionnaires, which affor
Publikováno v:
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 114:96-105
Catastrophe models help to evaluate the vulnerability of the building stock exposed to a hazard. This paper presents a history of the hurricane risk models in Florida, and discusses their relationship to the building codes. The first models were econ
Autor:
Shahid Hamid, Kurtis R. Gurley, Gonzalo L. Pita, Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Steven Cocke, Jean-Paul Pinelli, J Weekes
Publikováno v:
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. :76-87
Interior damage is a significant portion of overall building damage caused by hurricanes. Most of the vulnerability models in the literature assess interior damage by expert opinion or with empirical functions of the envelope damage. Interior damage
Autor:
Chelakara Subramanian, Shahid Hamid, Gonzalo L. Pita, Boback Bob Torkian, K Gurley, Jean-Paul Pinelli
Publikováno v:
Natural Hazards Review. 12:190-195
Florida’s population growth in recent decades has produced a steady increase in the concentration of population and infrastructure along its coastline. During this growth period, the vulnerability of the Florida coastline to hurricane impact has be
Publikováno v:
Natural Hazards Review. 16
This paper presents a comprehensive review of methods to assess building vulnerability for hurricane catastrophe models. The review identified five main types of assessment approaches judging by the underlying methodology: past-loss data, enhanced da