Volume 38, Issue 1-2

May 2006

Special Issue German Research Network Natural Disasters: Towards an Integrated Risk Assessment – Case Studies in Germany

Issue Editors:

Bruno Merz,
Jana Friedrich,
Anselm Smolka,
Johann G. Goldammer,
Markus Disse,
Jochen Schwarz

18 articles in this issue

Preface
Bruno Merz
Jana Friedrich
Anselm Smolka
OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 2
Possibilities and Limitations of Interdisciplinary, User-oriented Research: Experiences from the German Research Network Natural Disasters
Bruno Merz
Jana Friedrich
Jochen Wächter
OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 20
Comparative Risk Assessments for the City of Cologne – Storms, Floods, Earthquakes
G. Grünthal
A. H. Thieken
B. Merz
OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 44
Impact of Climate Change on the Regional Hydrology – Scenario-Based Modelling Studies in the German Rhine Catchment
Lucas Menzel
Annegret H. Thieken
Gerd Bürger
OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 61
Assessment of Discharge through a Dike Breach and Simulation of Flood Wave Propagation
Paul Kamrath
Markus Disse
Jürgen Köngeter
OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 78
A Probabilistic Modelling System for Assessing Flood Risks
Heiko Apel
Annegret H. Thieken
Günter Blöschl
OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 100
People at Risk of Flooding: Why Some Residents Take Precautionary Action While Others Do Not
Torsten Grothmann
Fritz Reusswig
OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 120
Concept for a Web-based Information System for Flood Management
K. -P. Holz
G. Hildebrandt
L. Weber
OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 140
Towards an Open Information Infrastructure for Disaster Research and Management: Data Management and Information Systems Inside DFNK
Petra Köhler
Joachim Wächter
OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 157
New Generation of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for the Area Cologne/Aachen Considering the Uncertainties of the Input Data
G. Grünthal
R. Wahlström
OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 176
Contributions to the Deformation Analysis in Germany Based on Precise and Continuous GPS Measurements
Sibylle Goebell
Hans-Ulrich Wetzel
OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 197
Engineering-Seismological Analysis of Site Effects in the Area of Cologne
Sergey Tyagunov
Dirk Hollnack
Friedemann Wenzel
OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 214
Influence of the Sedimentary Cover in the Cologne Area on the Shape of Response Spectra
J. Röhner
S. A. Savidis
OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 227
Assessing the Vibrational Frequencies of the Cathedral of Cologne (Germany) by Means of Ambient Seismic Noise Analysis
Andreas Fäcke
Stefano Parolai
Lothar Stempniewski
OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 236
Influence of Site and Source Dependent Ground Motion Scenarios on the Seismic Safety of Long-span Bridges in Cologne, Germany
Sandra M. Richwalski
Andreas Fäcke
Lothar Stempniewski
OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 246
Potential of High-Resolution Satellite Data in the Context of Vulnerability of Buildings
Marina Mueller
Karl Segl
Hermann Kaufmann
OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 258
Comparative Seismic Risk Studies for German Earthquake Regions on the Basis of the European Macroseismic Scale EMS-98
Jochen Schwarz
Mathias Raschke
Holger Maiwald
OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 282
Long-term Trends in Vegetation Dynamics and Forest Fires in Brandenburg (Germany) Under a Changing Climate
Kirsten Thonicke
Wolfgang Cramer
OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 300

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