- Title
- Regional loss estimation due to hurricane wind and hurricane-induced surge considering climate variability
- Creator
- Bjarnadottir, Sigridur; Li, Yue; Stewart, Mark G.
- Relation
- Structure and Infrastructure Engineering Vol. 10, Issue 11, p. 1369-1384
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2013.816973
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- This paper presents a framework to assess the potential hurricane damage risks to residential construction. Studies show that hurricane wind, frequency and/or hurricane-induced surge may change as a result of climate change; therefore, hurricane risk assessments should be capable of accounting for the impacts climate change. The framework includes a hurricane wind field model, hurricane-induced surge height model and hurricane vulnerability models. Three case study locations (Miami-Dade County, FL; New Hanover County, NC and Galveston County, TX) are presented for two types of analyses: annual regional loss estimation and event-based regional loss estimation. Demographic information, such as median house value and changes in house numbers, and distribution of houses for different exposures, is used to estimate the time-dependent probability of damage with or without possible climate change-induced change in wind speed, frequency and/or surge height. Through both analyses, it was found that climate change may have a significant impact on regional hurricane damage losses.
- Subject
- climate change; hurricane; damage; loss estimation; risk assessment; vulnerability
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1295809
- Identifier
- uon:19127
- Identifier
- ISSN:1573-2479
- Language
- eng
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