Early Warning System
The Rock Hazard Rating System (RHRS) can help highway owners mitigate the risks of rock slope failure. This system helps owners determine which slopes are most hazardous and should be...
Evaluation of Landslide Hazards with Ground-Penetrating Radar, Lake Michigan Coast
A Leadtime Driven Flood Warning Response Plan Design
(No paper) The paper examines the optimal combination of predictive and detective capabilities in the development of the Wickenburg Flood Response Plan and extrapolates those findings...
Modeling Post-Disaster Urban Lifeline Restoration
Super-Dense Real-Time Disaster Mitigation System
Multi-Hazard Analysis of Utility Lifeline Systems
Catastrophic Risk Financing and Multi-Hazard Study for BC Hydro
Challenges Faced During Construction of a Sewer and Water Line in a Man-Made Island During the America's Cup Races and the Republican National Convention
Predicting with Precision
In many urban areas flood prediction systems are inadequate. Most rely on networks of widely dispersed rain gauges that often fail to provide sufficient geographic coverage to characterize...
Learning from Disaster
After each earthquake, civil engineers learn more about what can be done to minimize the damage to infrastructure from seismic events. The recent large earthquakes that struck Izmit, Turkey,...
Study Recommends New Approach to Natural Hazards
ASCE Web Site Can Aid in Responding to Disasters
ASCE Forms Wind Hazard Reduction Caucus
ASCE Allies with FEMA to Cut Risks to Lifelines from Natural Hazards
ASCE Backs Caucus Aimed at Reducing Damages from Wind-Related Disasters
Floodplain Management
On July 28th, 1997, the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, experienced devastating floods on Spring Creek that resulted in property damage and loss of life. As part of the local floodplain...
Storm Surges of the Korean West and South Coasts
Time-Dependent Reliability and Hazard Function Development for Navigation Structures in the Ohio River Mainstream System Study
Session II: Dam Safety and Risk of Extreme and Catastrophic Events
The Chicagoland Man-Made Waterways
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