A Perspective towards Multi-Hazard Resilient Systems: Natural Hazards and Pandemics

Sustainability

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Juan Fung¹  Christopher Clavin²  Mohammad Amin Hariri-Ardebili³  Siamak Sattar³  Katherine Johnson³  Luis Ceferino⁴ 

[1] Applied Economics Office, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA;

[2] Community Resilience Group, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA;

[3] Earthquake Engineering Group, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA;

[4] Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA;

关键词: resilience;    natural hazard;    pandemic;    multi-hazard;    healthcare;    risk;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su14084508

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The concept of resilience has been used extensively across the sciences in engineering and the humanities. It is applied to ecology, medicine, economics, and psychology. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed an extraordinary challenge to the resilience of healthcare systems, communities, and nations and has profoundly altered our previous day-to-day operations. This paper presents a discussion of the definitions and characteristics of resilient systems. Scenarios are utilized to qualitatively explore key relationships, responses, and paths for recovery across different system types. The purpose is to develop an integrated approach that can accommodate simultaneous threats to system resilience, in particular, impacts from a natural hazard in conjunction with COVID-19. This manuscript is the first to advocate for more in-depth and quantitative research utilizing transdisciplinary approaches that can accommodate considerations across our built environment and healthcare system infrastructures in pursuit of designing systems that are resilient to both natural hazards and pandemic impacts.

【 授权许可】

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