Hurricane-induced failure mechanisms in low-rise residential buildings and future research directions

M Moeini, AM Memari - Natural hazards review, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Despite recent advancements in hurricane hazard characterization and a better
understanding of the vulnerabilities of the built environment to hurricane-related hazards …

Human-centric infrastructure resilience: Uncovering well-being risk disparity due to infrastructure disruptions in disasters

JS Dargin, A Mostafavi - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the impacts of infrastructure service
disruptions on the well-being of vulnerable populations during disasters. There are limited …

Force-based design method for force-limiting deformable connections in earthquake-resistant buildings

G Tsampras, R Sause - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
This paper proposes a force-based design method for force-limiting deformable connections
that are used to transfer seismic-induced horizontal forces from the floor diaphragms in …

Benefit–Cost Analysis for Earthquake-Resilient Building Design and Retrofit: State of the Art and Future Research Needs

Y Zhang, JF Fung, D Cook, KJ Johnson… - Natural Hazards …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
This paper reviews the state of the art in using benefit–cost analysis (BCA) to inform
earthquake risk reduction decisions by building owners and policymakers. The goal is to …

Enhancing the level of confidence in the safe fire evacuation operation employing a combination of BIM and fuzzy TOPSIS method

M Soltaninejad, E Noorzai, A Faraji - Smart and Sustainable Built …, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose This research aims to provide optimization and route safety planning employing the
fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) technique …

Community capitals framework for linking buildings and organizations for enhancing community resilience through the built environment

L Daniel, RK Mazumder, SA Enderami… - Journal of …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The goal of this paper is to define a quantitative measurement system capable of capturing
multiple dimensions of a community impacted by disaster. The multiple dimensions of a …

Recognizing the effective factors in managing fire incidents to reduce the collateral damages and casualties

M Soltaninejad, A Faraji, E Noorzai - Facilities, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to introduce and evaluate the effect of critical success
factors (CSF) in rescue operations in burning buildings by calculating the partial least …

A Perspective towards multi-hazard resilient systems: natural hazards and pandemics

MA Hariri-Ardebili, S Sattar, K Johnson, C Clavin… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The concept of resilience has been used extensively across the sciences in engineering and
the humanities. It is applied to ecology, medicine, economics, and psychology. The novel …

Evaluation of post-disaster home livability for coastal communities in a changing climate

W Hughes, W Zhang - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2023 - Elsevier
With sea level rise and hurricane intensification projected in coming years due to climate
change, the risk to coastal communities is greatly amplified. In the wake of potential future …

Evaluating the importance of interdependent civil infrastructure system components for disaster resilience of community housing

N Blagojević, N Lauber, M Didier, B Stojadinović - Lifelines 2022, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Housing disaster resilience is crucial for community disaster resilience as it provides two
essential functions: shelter from the elements and functional housing. We present a …