Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
5-12-2021
Year of Publication
2020
Degree Name
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Civil Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto
Abstract
Communities need to prepare for anticipated hazards, adapt to varying conditions, and resist and recover rapidly from disturbances. Protecting the built environment from natural and man-made hazards and understanding the impact of these hazards helps allocate resources efficiently. Recently, an indicator-based and time-dependent approach was developed for defining and measuring the functionality and disaster resilience continuously at the community level. This computational method uses seven dimensions that find qualitative characteristics and transforms them into quantitative measures. The proposed framework is used to study the resilience of rural communities’ subject to severe flooding events. Harlan County in the Appalachian region is chosen as a case study to evaluate the proposed resilience quantification framework subject to severe flooding. The results show the validity of the proposed approach as a decision-support mechanism to assess and enhance the resilience of rural communities.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2020.141
Recommended Citation
Melendez, Amanda, "Holistic Resilience Quantification Framework of Rural Communities" (2020). Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering. 93.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/93
