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During the second half of the twentieth century, and due to major advances in science and technology, industrial risk assessment studies became a must for any new/running industry. On the contrary, natural and environmental risk assessment studies lagged behind until the last two decades of the twentieth century. This chapter demonstrates a methodological approach for the assessment of natural hazards/risks (specifically landslides and block movements), with an application to the Tomb of Ramsis I at the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. The authors were able to develop this approach using different techniques of mathematical reasoning under certainty, and chose the fuzzy logic as the best applicable one. A comparison has been done with other “classical” methods of reasoning such as the probabilistic approach.
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ElShayeb, Y., Verdel, T. (2005). Geotechnical Landslide Risk Analysis on Historical Monuments: Methodological Approach. In: Sassa, K., Fukuoka, H., Wang, F., Wang, G. (eds) Landslides. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28680-2_28
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