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Urban Resilience for Emergency Response and Recovery

Fundamental Concepts and Applications

  • Presents high quality research advancements in disaster resilience with an international approach

  • Offers a unique fusion of technical, organizational, social and economic aspects of resilience

  • Covers fundamental concepts, applications and illustrations of disaster resilience

  • Introduces Resilience-Based Design (RBD) as an extension of Performance-Based Design (PBD) with an international scope

  • Clarifies the difference between resilience, vulnerability and sustainability

  • Covers the 7 dimensions of resilience included by PEOPLES

  • Focuses on the infrastructure dimension, with applications to transportation and hydraulic, gas and electric networks

Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering (GGEE, volume 41)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
  2. Definition and Quantification of Theoretical Framework to Evaluate Resilience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro
      Pages 3-30
    3. Resilience-Based Design (RBD)

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro
      Pages 31-48
    4. Resilience Indicators

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro
      Pages 49-69
    5. Damage Losses Assessment Models

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro
      Pages 71-92
    6. Downtime and Recovery Models

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro
      Pages 93-108
    7. PEOPLES Resilience Framework

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro
      Pages 109-137
  3. Applications of Resilience Concepts to Different Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
  4. Resilience Mitigation Actions and Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 407-407
    2. Building More Resilient Communities

      • Gian Paolo Cimellaro
      Pages 409-461
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 509-522

About this book

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 book focuses on describing the different types of uncertainty that arise in the context of resilience evaluation. This is followed by an entire chapter dedicated to the analytical and experimental recovery functions. Then, starting from the definition of resilience provided by MCEER, an extension of the methodology is provided that introduces the seven dimensions of Community Resilience, summarized in the acronym PEOPLES. They are: Population and Demographics, Environmental/Ecosystem, Organized Governmental Services, Physical infrastructures, Lifestyle and Community Competence, Economic Development, and Socio-Cultural Capital. For each dimension, components and subcomponents are defined and the related indices are provided.


Underlining the importance of the physical infrastructure dimension, the book provides several examples of applications for transportation, hydraulic, gas and power networks. The problem of interdependencies and the domino effect is also taken into account during the analysis. One of the book’s closing chapters focuses on different methodologies for improving disaster preparedness and engineering mitigation strategies, while the last chapter describes the different computer platforms available on the market for evaluating Community Resilience.


The book offers readers an extensive introduction to the concept of Resilience-Based Design, together with selected advanced applications for specialists. No prerequisite knowledge is needed in order to understand the book, and the Appendix offers valuable supplemental information on e.g. the probabilistic concepts. As such, the book offers a valuable resource for graduate students, young engineers and researchers who are interested in the topic, and can also be used as a supplementary text in graduate level Disaster Resilience courses.

Keywords

  • Resilience-based design and reliability
  • Disasters and seismic resilience
  • Damage loss evaluation models
  • Reliability and natural disasters
  • Infrastructure and natural disasters
  • Community resilience and MCEE
  • Community resilience and PEOPLE
  • quality control, reliability, safety and risk

Authors and Affiliations

  • DISEG, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Gian Paolo Cimellaro

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eBook USD 149.00
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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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