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Human-centered design of risk communication for flooded home remediation. 以人为本的洪水家庭修复风险沟通设计。

IF 3.3 3区工程技术

Natural Hazards Review Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-13 DOI: 10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-2689

Keely B Maxwell, Chandler Milhollin

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Social Capital Theory and Quantitative Approaches in Measurements: Disaster Literature Focus. 社会资本理论与计量的定量方法：灾害文献焦点。

IF 2.2 3区工程技术

Natural Hazards Review Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1061/nhrefo.nheng-2009

Seonju Jang, Galen Newman, Michelle Meyer, Shannon Van Zandt

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Benefit-Cost Analysis for Earthquake-Resilient Building Design and Retrofit: State of the Art and Future Research Needs. 抗震建筑设计和改造的效益成本分析：技术现状与未来研究需求》。

IF 1.8 3区工程技术

Natural Hazards Review Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1061/nhrefo.nheng-1910

Yating Zhang, Juan F Fung, Dustin Cook, Katherine J Johnson, Siamak Sattar

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What Improves Evacuations: Exploring the Hurricane-Forecast-Evacuation System Dynamics Using an Agent-Based Framework 改进疏散的方法：使用基于Agent的框架探索飓风预报疏散系统动力学

IF 2.7 3区工程技术

Natural Hazards Review Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.1061/nhrefo.nheng-1671

Austin Harris, R. Morss, Paul Roebber