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3 Enabling Community Resilience
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... DesRoches noted that the ability to assess the state of infrastructure following a large event is critical to increase rapid response efficiency and, thereby, improve recovery. Knowledge of where the most extensive damages will occur in the system can better inform emergency response efforts and maintenance crews on what to prioritize.
From page 8...
... 2 Fragility curves demonstrate the conditional probability of a structure meeting or exceeding a certain level of damage conditioned on some input parameter, in this case a particular level of ground motion, see: "What is the concept of fragility curve. More information available at: https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_concept_of_fragility_curve.
From page 9...
... First, his team is developing a method that provides unique fragility curves for every bridge in California using Artificial Neural Networks. 7 To achieve this, existing models are trained to access the Caltrans database and predict performance of a specific bridge based on information collected directly from the database.
From page 10...
... As a landscape architect and urban designer and planner working on infrastructure, Moddemeyer explores ways that natural habitat responses to disturbance can be applied to develop sustainable and resilient cities. FIGURE 3-2 The adaptive cycle of natural systems, based on C.S.
From page 11...
... 13 The purpose of this Resilient Design Performance Standard was to create more integrated and sustainable community-based results by guiding the design teams that rebuild infrastructure towards efforts that support faster recovery. Moddemeyer said he believed every community can benefit from this approach to infrastructure design within current infrastructure spending budgets by adding this extra layer of rigor, and by challenging designers and engineers with alternative thinking about recovery.
From page 12...
... One way to develop a comprehensive approach, Barnes explained, is by envisioning a community as a health district, "where investments are targeted to improve population health outcomes and to inspire healthy behaviors." 15 With health districts, the dialogue associated with health systems planning is broadened beyond a hospital or health center to include other systems essential to the health of the community. The health center is the community anchor that catalyzes a broader network of actors and contributes to overall community resilience in addition to health.
From page 13...
... DISCUSSION Arrietta Chakos asked each panelist about opportunities for future resilience, particularly in light of the need for recovery from recent disasters, such as Hurricanes Harvey and Maria. 16 DesRoches responded that the recent response efforts offer opportunities for the increased use of technologies -- specifically, technology with the ability to inform recovery efforts.
From page 14...
... In the San Francisco Bay area, Chakos explained, much work has been done to create political adaptations and tax revenue to support and reinvest into local school and infrastructure systems, as well as the state's larger civic infrastructure. Finally, an audience member asked panelists how to inspire public confidence in resilience efforts.


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