Community Resilience Systems Modeling: Research Overview

Published

September 25, 2025

Author(s)

Kenneth Harrison, Tasnim Faiz, William Hughes

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) manages the Community Resilience Program (CRP), which assists communities and other interested and affected parties on developing solutions for resilience and recovery at the nexus of buildings and built infrastructure systems and the socioeconomic functions they support. The CRP, part of NIST's broader disaster resilience work, complements efforts by others in the public and private sectors. By providing science-based tools, guidance, and metrics, NIST seeks to empower communities to better prepare for, withstand, and recover from acute shocks, chronic stressors, and compound impacts. The Community Resilience Systems Modeling project develops tools designed to assist communities in identifying viable community-scale resilience plans. The tools address specific challenges related to the breadth, large scale, and interdependencies of the community resilience planning system—those elements of our physical, social, and economic systems that determine a community's resilience.

Citation

NIST Research Brief (RB) - 10

Report Number

10

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.RB.10

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Keywords

community resilience, modeling, disasters

Citation

Harrison, K. , Faiz, T. and Hughes, W. (2025), Community Resilience Systems Modeling: Research Overview, NIST Research Brief (RB), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.RB.10, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=960833 (Accessed September 26, 2025)