Site-Specific Vulnerability Assessment of Buildings Exposed to Rockfalls

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditi Singh ◽  
Shilpa Pal ◽  
D. P. Kanungo
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Specific Vulnerability

scholarly journals The Challenge of Social Vulnerability Assessment in the Context of Land Use Changes for Sustainable Urban Planning—Case Studies: Developing Cities in Romania

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Camelia Sabina Botezan ◽  
Andrei Radovici ◽  
Iulia Ajtai
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Social Vulnerability ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Specific Vulnerability ◽  
Agricultural Areas

Urban growth triggers massive changes in land use cover, exacerbating extreme natural and technological events. In order for land use planning to be efficient, it requires the integration of comprehensive risk and vulnerability assessment. This paper aims to create a bridge between the existing vulnerability theories and their implementation in land use planning policies and proposes an innovative approach to determine whether the changes in the territorial dynamics of cities draw considerable changes in communities’ social vulnerability. The methodology identifies and selects three case studies from the Urban Atlas inventory, representative of the dynamics of large Romanian cities, taking into consideration the following hazards: earthquakes, floods, and technological hazards. Vulnerability was then assessed by assigning each land use class a specific vulnerability level. The methodology involved assessing the level of vulnerability specific to the situation in 2018 compared to 2006. The results showed that major changes in land use are related to the transition of areas with a low level of vulnerability to areas with a higher level of vulnerability as a result of the urban areas expansion to the detriment of natural and agricultural areas. This is generally translated into a higher degree of vulnerability due to an increased density of artificial elements and of population in the residential areas. The findings of the study of territorial dynamics in the proximity of large industrial operators did not reveal a tendency that differed from the general trend. Although many territorial changes have been observed in the period 2006–2018, it is necessary to extend the analysis, with the issue of the new versions of the Urban Atlas, to confirm the identified trends and to express the up-to-date situation.

Updating of a DRASTIC-based Method for Specific Vulnerability Assessment in Carbonate Aquifers

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fulvio Celico ◽  
Emma Petrella ◽  
Gino Naclerio
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Carbonate Aquifers ◽  
Specific Vulnerability

scholarly journals Tailored climate projections to assess site-specific vulnerability of tea production

2021 ◽  
pp. 100367
Author(s):  
Neha Mittal ◽  
David P Rowell ◽  
Andrew J Dougill ◽  
Bernd Becker ◽  
John H Marsham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Projections ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Specific Vulnerability ◽  
Tea Production

Specific vulnerability assessment of nitrate in shallow groundwater with an improved DRSTIC-LE model

2019 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 649-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Liang ◽  
Zijun Li ◽  
Qingchun Yang ◽  
Xiaohui Lei ◽  
Aiqing Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Shallow Groundwater ◽  
Specific Vulnerability

scholarly journals Intrinsic and specific groundwater vulnerability using the GOD method as a pre-operational baseline assessment of an unconventional hydrocarbon industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Filemon Costa Lima ◽  
Vinícius Gonçalves Ferreira ◽  
Jussara da Silva Diniz Lima ◽  
Joyce Castro de Menezes Duarte ◽  
Ana Cecília Dufilho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Groundwater Vulnerability ◽  
Hydrocarbon Exploration ◽  
Anthropogenic Activity ◽  
Anthropogenic Stress ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Intrinsic Vulnerability ◽  
Specific Vulnerability ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Overlying Strata

Abstract In the middle of the São Francisco basin, the sub-basins of Indaiá and Borrachudo river highlight the considerable potential for unconventional hydrocarbon exploration. The present study seeks to evaluate the groundwater resource's intrinsic and specific vulnerability in the Indaiá and Borrachudo basins as an environmental baseline study for further development in the shale gas industry. The overlay and index GOD method was applied to assess the aquifer's intrinsic susceptibility regarding the Groundwater confinement (G), the Overlying Strata (O), and the Depth of the groundwater table (D). The specific vulnerability assessment considered the intrinsic vulnerability and the land cover/use of the area, concerning the diversity and the toxicity of pollutants inherent in each anthropogenic activity. The results indicate that 52.69%, 25.12%, and 17.57% of the aquifer area have Medium, High, and Extreme intrinsic vulnerability, respectively. The specific vulnerability assessment suggests an overall vulnerability reduction due to the low anthropogenic stress on the basin. Three gas research wells overlay moderate intrinsic vulnerability. One well is above the high vulnerability area, which concerns how the unconventional industry could develop regarding groundwater susceptibility in this ecosystem.

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