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LIQUEFACT was a EU H2020 funded project to investigate earthquake induced liquefaction potential across Europe and develop a series of tools to understand better the impacts that earthquake induced liquefaction disaster events have on the resilience of built assets and communities. A resilience assessment and improvement framework was developed to provide the theoretical underpinning for the LIQUEFACT project and to provide practical guidance on the assessment of built assets to Earthquake Induced Liquefaction Disaster events through the LIQUEFACT software tool and built asset management planning framework. This paper outlines the theoretical basis to the resilience assessment and improvement framework and built asset management planning framework and presents the results from a validation exercise through their application to a hypothetical healthcare scenario. The paper also describes the different stages of the research that led to the definition of the resilience assessment and improvement framework and built asset management planning framework. To this end the paper concludes that the resilience assessment and improvement framework and built asset management framework provide a longitudinal, holistic view of disaster vulnerability and resilience that can inform the selection of ground improvement mitigation actions to improve business continuity and resilience planning.
Keith G. Jones; Mariantonietta Morga; Nadeeshani Wanigarathna; Federica Pascale; Abdelghani Meslem. Improving the resilience of existing built assets to earthquake induced liquefaction disaster events. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 2021, 19, 4145 -4169.
AMA StyleKeith G. Jones, Mariantonietta Morga, Nadeeshani Wanigarathna, Federica Pascale, Abdelghani Meslem. Improving the resilience of existing built assets to earthquake induced liquefaction disaster events. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 2021; 19 (10):4145-4169.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKeith G. Jones; Mariantonietta Morga; Nadeeshani Wanigarathna; Federica Pascale; Abdelghani Meslem. 2021. "Improving the resilience of existing built assets to earthquake induced liquefaction disaster events." Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 19, no. 10: 4145-4169.
As cities become larger and more densely populated the impacts of major earthquake events on city communities become more severe. Improving community resilience to earthquake events relies on the complex relationships that exist between different community stakeholder groups (citizens, businesses, community groups, emergency services, critical infrastructure providers, politicians etc.). This paper reports results from a major EU funded study (LIQUEFACT) that developed a tool for assessing community resilience to Earthquake Induced Liquefaction Disaster (EILD) events. The tool is based on a customised version of the UNDRR Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities. The paper reviews alternative approaches to measuring community resilience and describes the process used in the LIQUEFACT project to develop and validate the customised scorecard. The paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey to identify the best generic approach to measure community resilience and a series of semi-structured group interviews to define a range of specific metrics for assessing community resilience to EILD events; and the results of a validation workshop to assess the effectiveness and usability of the customised scorecard. The paper concludes that it is possible to develop a customised version of the UNDRR Scorecard at an appropriate level of granularity to support improved community resilience to earthquake induced soil liquefaction disaster events. The paper also presents key lessons that could assist those developing similar customised versions of the UNDRR scorecard for use in different geographical settings or against different disaster scenarios.
Keith Jones; Federica Pascale; Nadeeshani Wanigarathna; Mariantonietta Morga; Sinan Sargin. Critical evaluation of the customisation process of the UNDRR disaster resilience scorecard for cities to earthquake-induced soil liquefaction disaster events. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 2021, 19, 4115 -4143.
AMA StyleKeith Jones, Federica Pascale, Nadeeshani Wanigarathna, Mariantonietta Morga, Sinan Sargin. Critical evaluation of the customisation process of the UNDRR disaster resilience scorecard for cities to earthquake-induced soil liquefaction disaster events. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 2021; 19 (10):4115-4143.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKeith Jones; Federica Pascale; Nadeeshani Wanigarathna; Mariantonietta Morga; Sinan Sargin. 2021. "Critical evaluation of the customisation process of the UNDRR disaster resilience scorecard for cities to earthquake-induced soil liquefaction disaster events." Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 19, no. 10: 4115-4143.
An ageing population raises the question of providing adequate housing that enables older people to age in place without losing autonomy and independence. Except for the issue of accessibility, no framework exists that specifically outlines a standard to achieve and, as a result, interventions on existing or on new buildings may be inconsistent without leading to a desired rise in living standards. This research addresses this issue by presenting a framework for the assessment of the age-appropriateness of housing through a number of metrics that detect and identify physical and non-physical features of a home environment to enable ageing in place. The study combines data from a qualitative systematic literature review of 93 papers and qualitative data from structured interviews with four experts in the field. As a result, 71 metrics were identified, divided into eight main domains, to describe the framework. This paper provides an improved understanding of the housing features that enable ageing in place. The tool categorizes and rates qualitative and quantitative aspects that contribute to the age-friendliness of housing, resulting in an easy to adopt assessment framework. This is a valuable means for stakeholders engaged in improving the current housing stock or in constructing new buildings for older people.
Adriana Luciano; Federica Pascale; Francesco Polverino; Alison Pooley. Measuring Age-Friendly Housing: A Framework. Sustainability 2020, 12, 848 .
AMA StyleAdriana Luciano, Federica Pascale, Francesco Polverino, Alison Pooley. Measuring Age-Friendly Housing: A Framework. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):848.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdriana Luciano; Federica Pascale; Francesco Polverino; Alison Pooley. 2020. "Measuring Age-Friendly Housing: A Framework." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 848.