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Household Adaptations to Infrastructure System Service Interruptions
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: When critical infrastructure system services are disrupted, households typically respond by reducing, delaying, or relocating their demand (e.g., delaying laundry), or augmenting supply (e.g., using a generator). ...
Household Adaptations to and Impacts from Electric Power and Water Outages in the Texas 2021 Winter Storm
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: In February 2021, a winter storm brought snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, which caused severe interruptions in the electric power and water supply systems in Texas and surrounding areas. In this paper, we use survey ...
Community Resilience: Toward a Framework for an Integrated, Interdisciplinary Model of Disaster
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The science of resilience presents the opportunity to explain how natural, social, and physical systems interact to impact community functioning and well-being postdisaster. This paper describes the development and theoretical ...