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Using the IES-City Framework

July 31, 2018

Author(s)

Martin J. Burns, Joe Manganelli

This paper introduces a use case for using the IES-City Framework artifacts and methodology in the acquisition of a new smart city feature. Involving city management and potential service providers, it shows how this new feature can be acquired with

MODELING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CENTER FOR RISK-BASED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PLANNING

June 30, 2018

Author(s)

John W. van de Lindt, Bruce Ellingwood, Paolo Gardoni, Daniel Cox, Therese P. McAllister

Recent events such as the 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake, the 2011 Great Tohoku, Japan earthquake and tsunami, and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 have highlighted the need to better understand and model community resilience. This is particularly true

THE INTERDEPENDENT NETWORKED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE MODELING ENVIRONMENT (IN-CORE)

June 22, 2018

Author(s)

Paolo Gardoni, John W. van de Lindt, Bruce Ellingwood, Therese P. McAllister, Jong Lee, Harvey Cutler, Daniel Cox

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) funded the multi-university five-year Center of Excellence for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning (CoE), headquartered at Colorado State University, to develop the measurement science to

PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN MODELING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: AN UPDATE ON THE CENTER FOR RISK-BASED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PLANNING

June 2, 2018

Author(s)

John W. van de Lindt, Bruce Ellingwood, Therese P. McAllister, Paolo Gardoni, Daniel Cox

The resilience of urban communities has garnered significant attention in industry, government, and academic research over the last decade. Recent events such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake, the 2011 Great

Institutional support for combining multiple knowledge systems in planning and policy-making for community response and resilience to natural and anthropogenic hazards

February 1, 2018

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson

A given community may be considered as a system of systems (i.e., socio-economic networks and supporting physical infrastructure); if there is failure in one part, it is likely that the entire system will be disrupted. Planning and preparations for and

A Critical Appraisal of Community Resilience Studies: Progress and Challenges

January 8, 2018

Author(s)

Maria Koliou, John W. van de Lindt, Bruce Ellingwood, Maria Dillard, Harvey Cutler, Therese P. McAllister

Community resilience, which has been defined as the ability to prepare for and recover from disruptive hazard events, has been addressed across multiple disciplines including environmental sciences, engineering, sociology, psychology and economics

THE ROLE OF PERFORMANCE-BASED ENGINEERING IN ACHIEVING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: A FIRST STEP

December 17, 2017

Author(s)

Bruce Ellingwood, Naiyu Wang, James Harris, Therese P. McAllister

The resilience of communities depends on the performance of the built environment and on supporting social, economic and public institutions on which the welfare of the community depends. The built environment is susceptible to damage due to a spectrum of

Identifying and Quantifying the Resilience Dividend using Computable General Equilibrium Models: A Methodological Overview

December 14, 2017

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Juan F. Fung, Cheyney M. O'Fallon, David H. Webb, Harvey Cutler

This paper introduces the concept of accounting for the net co-benefits (the resilience dividend) associated with community-level resilience planning. Two solutions to the same resilience issue may often have different associated co-benefits that accrue on

Guide Brief 13 - Resilience Gaps  Identifying and Prioritizing Closure of Resilience Gaps

December 7, 2017

Author(s)

Community Resilience Program NIST

This Guide Brief aims to assist the collaborative planning team with Step 4, Plan Development, by supporting communities in identifying resilience gaps using the performance goals tables. These performance goals focus on system function rather than

The Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGeS) Tool: User Guidance

November 20, 2017

Author(s)

Jennifer F. Helgeson, Shannon A. Grubb, David H. Webb

The EDGeS (Economic Decision Guide Software) Tool version 1.0 implements a rational, systemic methodology for selecting cost-effective community resilience alternative strategies. The methodology is based on guidance provided in the NIST Community

Vulnerability and Robustness of Civil Infrastructure Systems to Hurricanes

October 10, 2017

Author(s)

Shuoqi Wang, Dorothy Reed

Civil infrastructure systems play an important role in community resilience. Without proper functioning of the infrastructure, especially power delivery, society will not recover quickly from disruptive events, such as hurricanes. In this paper, the

Developing an Assessment Methodology for Community Resilience

August 21, 2017

Author(s)

Maria Dillard

Communities can be characterized as complex systems, with resilience as an emergent property. Complex systems are systems composed of interconnected parts that exhibit emergent properties that arise from the collective and cannot be derived from the

The Science Behind Community Resilience Assessment: An Overview of the Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning

August 9, 2017

Author(s)

Bruce Ellingwood, John W. van de Lindt, Therese P. McAllister

Community resilience depends on the performance of the built environment and on supporting social, economic and public institutions which are essential for re-sponse and recovery of the community following a hazard event. The social needs of a community