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Natural Hazards

Tuesday, 17 June 2014: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
146B-C (Washington Convention Center)
Wednesday, 18 June 2014: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
146B-C (Washington Convention Center)
 
URBAN STORMWATER FLOOD MITIGATION – A REQUIREMNT IN INDIA
Suja Nair, Kerala University, Civil Engineering, Trivandrum, India
 
NECESSITY OF FLOOD EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS IN INDIA
Durga Rao K H V, National Remote Sensing center, WATER RESOURCES DIVISION, Hyderabad, India and Usha Natesan, ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI, CENTER FOR WATER RESOURCES, CHENNAI, India
Flood risk evaluation using stochastic, conceptual and empirical models
Mahmoud Zemzami, Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Fes_USMBA, Taza, Morocco, Badr Layan, Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Earth Sciences, Fes, Morocco and Ilias Bouaamlat, Mohammed V University - Mohammadia Engineering School, Rabat, Morocco
 
Design Floods in Taza city by using hydrologic and hydraulic modeling (Taza, Morocco)
Badr Layan, Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Earth Sciences, Fes, Morocco and Mahmoud Zemzami, Mohamed Ben Abdellah University- Faculty of sciences and Technology, Fes, Morocco
A New Method for Accurate Remote Measurement of Tropical Cyclone Intensities
Paul C. Joss1,2, Alva T Stair2 and John G Devore2, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Visidyne Inc., Burlington, MA, United States
Extremes in economic damage from U.S.-landfalling hurricanes: considering hurricane climatology, exposure, and vulnerability effects
Emmi Yonekura, Ning Lin, Daniel R Chavas and Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Ice-shelf deflections modelled with a full 3D elastic model
Yuri Konovalov, National Research Nuclear University, Moscow, Russia
Climatic and Geomorphic Influences on the Spatial Scaling of Floods
Carolyn Plank, University of Maryland College Park, Washington, DC, United States
High Resolution Simulation of Heat Waves in New York City using Weather Research and Forecast Model to Identify Challenges to Potential Mitigation Strategies
Prathap Ramamurthy1 and Elie Bou-Zeid2, (1)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
 
Reducing Hurricane Flood Risk: Quantifying wetlands storm surge attenuation rate in the Chesapeake Bay region
Mithun Deb, Seth Lawler and Celso Ferreira, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
 
The 22 March 2014 Oso, Washington Landslide
Joseph Wartman1, Jeffrey R Keaton2, Anderson Scott3, Jean Benoit4, John delaChapelle5, Robert Gilbert6, David R Montgomery1 and Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Oso Landslide Investigation Team, (1)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)AMEC, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Federal Highway Administration, Denver, United States, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (5)Golder Associates, Inc., Redmond, WA, United States, (6)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Climate Change, Heat Waves, and Adaptation
Paul C Knappenberger, Cato Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States and Patrick J Michaels, Cato Institute, Washington, DC, United States
Errors in Seismic Hazard Assessment are Creating Huge Human Losses
James Bela, Oregon Earthquake Awareness / ISSO, Portland, OR, United States
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