This paper presents an agent-based evacuation simulation framework in an airport setting. Air transport services have become a nerve system of our society, therefore, air [...]

This paper presents a new methodology to predict the potential damage and physical impacts of earthquake on the built environment through nonlinear dynamic simulations. A [...]

Modern cities are complex organisms, very difficult to control and represent through comprehensive models. Their safety and their resilience cannot be tackled without a f [...]

The 2016 Central Italy earthquake has demonstrated the seismic vulnerability of historical masonry buildings which are typical of the small towns of that area. The majori [...]

Resilience issues have multidisciplinary relevance and, in recent years, attracted the interest of the scientific community. Within civil engineering sciences, resilience [...]

Resilience assessment is a complex and challenging process. It is interrelated to variety of aspects such as social, economic, ecological, etc. The objective of this rese [...]

This paper presents a new methodology for computing community resilience. This topic has gained attention quickly due to the recent unexpected natural and man-made disast [...]

The paper evaluates the level of inoperability and the resilience of the critical infrastructures networks of the New York Metropolitan Area affected by Hurricane Sandy i [...]

This paper presents a new ground motion modification and selection procedure that will be used for performing the response history analysis of structures. Nowadays, the a [...]