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Risk Times in Mission‐Oriented Systems
Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 1380-1398, April 2026.ABSTRACT This article assesses risk times in mission‐oriented systems with high safety standards. We examine critical times under two safety policies. The first requires that the system's reliability function, known the first failure of the components, must exceed a reliability level throughout the mission.
Antonio Arriaza +2 more
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EFFECTS OF MEDU AND COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY ON THE DAMAGE PATTERN DURING THE RECENT INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI ALONG THE COAST OF TAMILNADU [PDF]
Science of Tsunami Hazards, 2005 Effects of Medu (naturally elevated landmass very close to the seashore and elongated parallel to the coast) and coastal topography on the damage pattern during the deadliest Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 is reported.
J.P. Narayan +2 more
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British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Understanding community resilience to disasters is fundamentally important in a world characterized by increasing political and environmental instability. The Social Identity Model of Collective Resilience has examined how the shared identity that emerges among neighbourhood residents affected by disasters can facilitate and coordinate ...
Helen Hart +2 more
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Bonding social capital, disaster experience, and post‐disaster giving in Japan
Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract When are people willing to donate their time or money after a disaster? We investigate the psychological and socio‐economic determinants of post‐disaster giving in Japan, using a nationally representative panel survey of more than 7,000 respondents, conducted repeatedly from early 2020, including after the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake.
Toshihiro Okubo, Ilan Noy
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Basic Study on Overflow Phenomena via Underground Drainage Channels and Pits caused by Tsunami
, 2010 Kazunori Ito +3 more
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From Hurricane Irma to the Grindavík eruptions: volatility premiums in disaster governance
Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Environmental volatility can inflate property values even as it destroys them. To show how, this article pairs a postcolonial micro‐state in the Caribbean (Sint Maarten after Hurricane Irma) with a Nordic welfare town (Grindavík in Iceland following volcanic eruptions) because they occupy the opposite ends of the governance capacity spectrum ...
Thor Björnsson
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Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract This study explores how disaster‐impacted communities in New South Wales, Australia, mobilised during and after the bushfire crisis of 2019–20 and multiple catastrophic floods between 2020 and 2022. Interviews were conducted across three regions: Northern Rivers; Blue Mountains; and Hawkesbury. Our findings illuminate how community‐led actions
Scott Webster +15 more
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