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Urban Resilience for Emergency Response and Recovery Fundamental Concepts and Applications

This book introduces the concepts of Resilience-Based Design (RBD) as an extension of Performance-Based Design. It provides readers with a range of cutting-edge methodologies for evaluating resilience and clarifies the difference between resilience, vulnerability and sustainability. Initially, the b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cimellaro, Gian Paolo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
Subjects:
Security Science And Technology
Geotechnical Engineering And Applied Earth Sciences
Geotechnical Engineering
Security Systems
Civil Engineering
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Resilience-Based Design
  • 3. Resilience Indicators
  • 4. Damage Loss Assessment Models
  • 5. Downtime and Recovery Models
  • 6. PEOPLES Resilience Framework
  • 7. A Comprehensive Methodology for the Evaluation of Infrastructure Interdependencies
  • 8. The Physical Infrastructure Dimension of Community Resilience Framework
  • 9. The Physical Infrastructure Dimension Taking into Account Interdependencies
  • 10. Applications of Seismic Resilience for Healthcare Facilities and School Buildings
  • 11. A Model to Evaluate Disaster Resilience of an Emergency Department
  • 12. Application of Economic Resiliency of Communities Affected by Natural Disasters
  • 13. Building More Resilient Communities
  • 14. Computational Tools and Software for Resilience Assessment
  • Appendix
  • Index

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