A Framework to Quantitatively Assess and Enhance the Seismic Resilience of Communities

Bruneau, Michel; E. Chang, Stephanie; T. Eguchi, Ronald; C. Lee, George; D. O'Rourke, Thomas; M. Reinhorn, Andrei; Shinozuka, Masanobu; Tierney, Kathleen; A. Wallace, William; von Winterfeldt, Detlof

doi:10.1193/1.1623497

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A Framework to Quantitatively Assess and Enhance the Seismic Resilience of Communities

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Michel Bruneau

Stephanie E. Chang

Ronald T. Eguchi

Abstract

This paper presents a conceptual framework to define seismic resilience of communities and quantitative measures of resilience that can be useful for a coordinated research effort focusing on enhancing this resilience. This framework relies on the complementary measures of resilience: “Reduced failu...

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