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Exploratory Framework for Application of Analytics in the Construction Industry
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The complex dynamics inherent to the context of decision-making in the construction industry requires more rigorous application of analytics. However, effective frameworks to facilitate such data-driven decision-making are ...
Seven-Layer Classification of Infrastructure to Improve Community Resilience to Disasters
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Community resilience to natural disasters depends to a large extent on the adequacy of infrastructure services provided through multidimensional interdependent systems during postdisaster recovery. In the aftermath of a ...
Exploratory Framework for Application of Analytics in the Construction Industry
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The complex dynamics inherent to the context of decision-making in the construction industry requires more rigorous application of analytics. However, effective frameworks to facilitate such data-driven decision-making are ...
Seven-Layer Classification of Infrastructure to Improve Community Resilience to Disasters
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Community resilience to natural disasters depends to a large extent on the adequacy of infrastructure services provided through multidimensional interdependent systems during postdisaster recovery. In the aftermath of a ...
Roles of Nonprofits in Disaster Response and Recovery: Adaptations to Shifting Disaster Patterns in the Context of Climate Change
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Nonprofit social service organizations play key roles in disaster response and recovery efforts targeting socially vulnerable populations, particularly in the United States. Increasingly frequent and intense disasters ...
Capacity Building for an Infrastructure System in Case of Disaster Using the System's Associated Social and Technical Components
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Disasters often indirectly cause two impacts that may impede recovery: a decline in the capacity of a system because of failures in its supporting components and a surge in demand for the system's services. Therefore, there ...
Metadata-Based Analysis of Physical–Social–Civic Systems to Develop the Knowledge Base for Hurricane Shelter Planning
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Emergency shelters are essential to protect evacuees from any threats posed by a hurricane and provide them with basic needs and assistance until it is safe to return to their homes. In a posthurricane situation, existing ...