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Christina Gore, Jennifer Helgeson, Caitlin Grady, Ireland Crowther, Rithika Dulam, Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Kenneth Harrison
This Data Collection Instrument (DCI) publication outlines the development and application of a survey to study the differences between risk preferences of an individual making choices at the individual and community levels. Individuals and communities
Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Kenneth Harrison, Zeinab Farahmandfar
By taking proactive mitigation actions, a community can improve its resilience against natural disasters, which entails reducing vulnerability, minimising social impacts, and facilitating faster recovery. Mitigation planning for the built environment
Juan Fung, Daniel Kofi Stephens, Alden Dima, Michael Majurski
This report presents a novel approach to generating synthetic variations of technical community planning documents using Large Language Models (LLMs). We developed a comprehensive framework for transforming domain-specific resilience, adaptation, and
William Hughes, Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Marc Levitan, Kenneth Harrison
Tornadoes devastate communities, razing buildings and critical infrastructure and claiminghundreds of lives annually. To reduce these catastrophic impacts and inform prioritizedretrofits under resource constraints, an Alternatives for Resilient Communities
Lucy Arendt, Katherine Johnson, Siamak Sattar, Michael Valley, Divya Chandrasekhar, Laurie Johnson, Ryan Kersting
Held in October 2024, the Workshop on Functional Recovery Performance Targets was hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and managed by the Applied Technology Council (ATC-169). The workshop convened 48 interdisciplinary
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
Community resilience planning often requires quantifying and understanding the trade-offs that communities make between the benefits and costs of different potential resilience actions. The Economic Decision Guide (EDG) walks communities through the steps
Donghwan Gu, Maria Dillard, Michael Gerst, Jarrod Loerzel
Assessing community resilience is a long-sought goal in multiple fields of study and practice. Community resilience frameworks have been designed to estimate the level of resilience through varying sets of cross-sectional indicators. However, community
Dylan Sanderson, Therese McAllister, Jennifer Helgeson, Rithika Dulam
Chronic hazards associated with a changing climate may necessitate difficult adaptation decisions in many coastal communities. Computational tools that account for uncertainties in future climate conditions, impacts, and human responses are needed to
Community resilience indicators have been increasingly used in disaster resilience planning and decision making. However, the methods used to validate that indicators measure what they claim to continue to be lacking. Part of the issue is that validation
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most prevalent Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) that provides Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT). GNSS vulnerability is well-known, and the search continues to find another independent system that can
This research brief provides a research summary and research advancement details for the functional recovery post-earthquake performance objective being advanced by NIST's Engineering Laboratory. A current update on the status of functional recovery
During the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent natural disasters, small businesses were hard hit by decreased consumer demand, supply chain interruptions, and increased costs. To understand the impacts of these complex, large-scale events and organizations'
Azin Al Kajbaf, Christina Gore, Jennifer Helgeson, Jarrod Loerzel
Paycheck protection program (PPP) loans were established during the COVID-19 pandemic to help certain businesses continue paying their employees. Paycheck protection program loans were meant to help businesses recover from the disruptions caused by the
Amin Enderami, Elaina Sutley, Jennifer Helgeson, Leonardo Duenas-Osorio, Maria Watson, John van de Lindt
Rapid restoration of access to essential goods and services has long been regarded as paramount for community recovery. Yet, there remains ambiguity in how access should be defined, measured, or operationalized. Defining accessibility as the ability to use
Jennifer Helgeson, Christopher Clavin, Maria Dillard, Juan Fung, Christina Gore, Kenneth Harrison, Terri McAllister, Kelly Anderson, David Butry, Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Michael Gerst, Donghwan Gu, William Hughes, Dylan Sanderson
Michael Gerst, Maria Dillard, Emily Walpole, Jarrod Loerzel
As natural disasters have increased in frequency and magnitude, there has been an increasing need to understand what underlying factors are likely to lead to faster recovery and more resilient communities. One way of addressing this need has been to
Gabriel Taylor, Anthony D. Putorti Jr., Scott Bareham, Christopher U. Brown, Wai Cheong Tam, Michael Heck, Lucy Fox, Stephen Fink, Michael Selepak, Edward Hnetkovsky, Nicholas Melly, Kenneth Hamburger, Kenneth Miller
This report documents an experimental program designed to collect data and information to evaluate the performance of models developed to estimate the electrical high energy arcing fault (HEAF) hazard. This report covers full-scale laboratory experiments
Yating Zhang, Juan Fung, Dustin Cook, Katherine Johnson, Siamak Sattar
This paper reviews the state of the art in using benefit–cost analysis (BCA) to inform earthquake risk reduction decisions by building owners and policymakers. The goal is to provide a roadmap for the application and future development of BCA methods and
Matthew Malecha, Christopher Clavin, Emily Walpole
Community resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainability planning are increasingly used by communities in the United States to prepare for the effects of natural hazards and climate change. Existing studies have examined the theoretical intersections