Tsunami vulnerability assessment of Casablanca-Morocco using numerical modelling and GIS tools

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-95

  Omira, R ^a,c   Baptista, M A ^b,c   Miranda, J M ^c   Toto, E ^a   Catita, C ^d   Catalao J ^d  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Casablanca; GIS; Inundation; Numerical modelling; Tsunami; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; TSUNAMI; VULNERABILITY;

CASABLANCA [MOROCCO]; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; MOROCCO; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77955097099     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9454-4     Document Type: Article

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