Retrospective assessment of risk from natural hazards

Disaster databases allow analyzing losses produced by previous events and assessing the risk from natural hazard in a similar way the insurance industry does for vehicles, health, etc., if the conditions and trends are maintained. Among the existing disaster databases, we selected DesInventar, whose...

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Autores: Velasquez, Cesar A., Cardona Arboleda, Omar Dario, Carreño Tibaduiza, Martha Liliana|||0000-0003-1914-2992, Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro|||0000-0002-3649-8053
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26666
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26666
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.05.005
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Natural disasters--Risk assessment
Disaster risk
Loss exceedance curve
Retrospective assessment of risk
Catàstrofes naturals
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::Riscos geològics
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Resumo:Disaster databases allow analyzing losses produced by previous events and assessing the risk from natural hazard in a similar way the insurance industry does for vehicles, health, etc., if the conditions and trends are maintained. Among the existing disaster databases, we selected DesInventar, whose vast majority of records corresponds to