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Stephen A. Cauffman, Long T. Phan, Fahim Sadek, William P. Fritz, Dat Duthinh, Walter J. Rossiter Jr
This is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) led-reconnaissance to assess the performance of physical structures during Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. The report describes the environmental conditions (wind
John van de Lindt, Daniel Cox, Paolo Gardoni, Jong Lee, Jamie Padgett, Therese P. McAllister, Andre Barbosa, Harvey Cutler, Shannon van Zandt
ABSTRACT: Community resilience is the ability of a community to plan for, withstand, and recover from a natural hazard such as an earthquake or flood. Advancing community (or urban) resilience requires: (1) an understanding of how the physical