Overview of a Framework to Engineer Infrastructure Resilience through Assessment, Management, and Governance

Infrastructure system resilience prior to or following disruptions due to natural or technological hazards is intimately linked with and supports community resilience. This paper presents a framework, consisting of eight key elements, connecting processes and tools for assessment, management and governance related decisions, and the community outcomes. It recognizes infrastructure as interdependent socio-technical systems capable of achieving resilience through optimized flow and provision of services to users that satisfy community-level objectives by reducing social and economic losses while enhancing community wellbeing. In this paper, an overview of the framework is provided.