Design and assessment frameworks for resilient architecture and Sample Clauses

Design and assessment frameworks for resilient architecture and infrastructure Increasing network resilience involves three related capabilities – providing absorptive capacity so that the network can withstand disruptions, providing adaptive capacity so that flows through the network can be accommodated via alternate paths, and providing restorative capacity so that recovery from a disruptive event can be accomplished quickly and at minimum cost (Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx, 2013). Prioritising vulnerabilities and identifying opportunities for intervention requires assessment frameworks for costs, design and planning, knowledge-based scenarios, benchmarking, and operational indicators. The nature and focus of methodologies developed to assess and measure resilience however depend on the adopted definitions and scope, the type of infrastructure of interest – in particular whether soft infrastructure is included or not, the perimeter, sectors and time horizon considered and last but not least, the purpose of the evaluation and corresponding recipients and target groups (cities, insurance companies, researchers, home owner organisations etc.). The range of potential evaluation needs and the number of specific challenges precludes the elaboration of a one-size-fits-all set of indicators for infrastructure resilience. To our knowledge, the work of Vugrin et al. (2010, 2011, Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx 2013) is currently one of the most advanced attempts to provide a quantitative basis for resilience. Their measurement of system resilience costs consists in the quantification of two parameters: Systemic impact (SI) which is the difference between targeted and disrupted system performance, Total recovery effort (TRE) which is the efficiency with which the system recovers from a disruption. The TRE is measured by analysing the amount of resources expended during the recovery process (Vugrin and Xxxxxxxxx, 2011). Increasing network resilience involves three related capabilities – providing absorptive capacity so that the network can withstand disruptions, providing adaptive capacity so that flows through the network can be accommodated via alternate paths, and providing restorative capacity so that recovery from a disruptive event can be accomplished quickly and at minimum cost (Xxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx, 2013). In principle, incorporating resilience principles and metrics into standards and codes could provide a monitoring framework for improvement of practices, and a consistent approach across sectors and countries. Review of research literatu...
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