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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cimellaro, Gian Paolo (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, 41
Temas:
Geotechnical engineering.
Civil engineering.
Security systems.
Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
Civil Engineering.
Security Science and Technology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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