The prediction of damage caused by blast waves, generated by large scale explosions or industrial hazards (accidents in industrial systems or storage units) is an important technological and research problem that needs further understanding from disaster prevention point of view. The ERANE project has two main important goals: (1) to understand the complex physical phenomena induced by blast and shock waves that pass through complex media (buildings, industrial plants, topographic reliefs, slopes, river valley, etc.) and (2) to help designing new devices for protection against shock and blast loading in an urban agglomeration.