Articles | Volume 16, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1771-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1771-2016
Research article
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03 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 03 Aug 2016

Vulnerability curves vs. vulnerability indicators: application of an indicator-based methodology for debris-flow hazards

Maria Papathoma-Köhle

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Two established methods for assessing the physical vulnerability of buildings to natural hazards (vulnerability indicators and vulnerability curves) are compared after beind applied at the same case study. The case study area is located in South Tyrol (Italy) and it is subject to debris flow hazard. The results indicate that both methods have advantages and disadvantages and should be used in combination rather than in isolation by practitioners.
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