Natural Disasters

Laércio M. Namikawa - laercio@dpi.inpe.br

“The word 'vulnerability' comes from the Latin verb vulnerare,'to wound', and signifies exposure to physical or moral harm. Thus it is a hypothetical concept that only assumes a tangible reality when impact transforms it into damage.” Alexander,D.E., 2005 (p.175-176)

Any natural process that poses threat to human life or property.

International Disaster Database

• TerraMA2

• CST-308
  Link to Desastres Naturais

• INPE divulga imagens que mostram detalhes da destruição na região serrana do RJ
  Imagens do evento Rio/2011
• International Charter "Space and Major Disasters"
• Rio vai comprar dois radares de alerta de tempestade
• NASA - Earth Observatory
• 2011 the most expensive year for natural disasters in history
• Santa Catarina registra ventos de até 155 km/h durante passagem de frente fria

• Natural Disasters and NASA—What Is The Agency’s Role?

• Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazard. Eds. Alberto Carrara and Fausto Guzzetti. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995.
• Landslide hazard and risk. Glade, T., Anderson, M., Crozier, M.J. Vulnerability to landslides (Chapter 5) Alexander, D.E., 2005
  Google Books

• Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards
• Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences: An Open Access Journal of the European Geosciences Union
  Special Issue - Methods and strategies to evaluate landslide hazard and risk
• Disasters
• Natural Hazards Review
• Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk
• Landslides
• Earth and Environmental Science
• Environmental Geology
• Hydrological Processes
• Geomorphology
• Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C
  Special Issue - Modelling and simulation of dangerous phenomena, and innovative techniques for hazard mapping and mitigation

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• 10- van Westen, C. J. , Enrique Castellanos, Sekhar L. Kuriakose. 2008. Spatial data for landslide susceptibility, hazard, and vulnerability assessment: An overview. Engineering Geology, Volume 102, Issues 3-4, 1 December 2008, Pages 112-131. Available via Capes
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• Fiorucci, F., M. Cardinali, et al. (2011). “Seasonal landslide mapping and estimation of landslide mobilization rates using aerial and satellite images.” Geomorphology 129(1-2): 59-70. Link

• Caine, N. (1980). “The Rainfall Intensity: Duration Control of Shallow Landslides and Debris Flows.” Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography 62(1-2): 23-27. Link&Abstract
• Guzzetti, F., S. Peruccacci, et al. (2008). “The rainfall intensity–duration control of shallow landslides and debris flows: an update.” Landslides 5(1): 3-17. Link

• Guzzetti, F., S. Peruccacci, et al. (2007). “Rainfall thresholds for the initiation of landslides in central and southern Europe.” Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 98(3): 239-267. Link

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• Santi, P., K. Hewitt, et al. (2011). “Debris-flow impact, vulnerability, and response.” Natural Hazards 56(1): 371-402.Link

• Marcelino, E.V. 2004. LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING IN CARAGUATATUBA (SP) MUNICIPALITY USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES. pdf & Abstract