In parallel with the observed greater frequency of natural disasters worldwide, there has
been an ever-increasing interest in urban resilience and its assessment. Experience …

Over recent decades, the use of geothermal energy for heating supply and power
generation has increased significantly across the world, owing to its low carbon emissions …

The paper presents a machine-learning based framework, named VULMA (VULnerability
analysis using MAchine-learning), for vulnerability analysis of existing buildings. The …

Extreme weather hazards, as high-impact low-probability events, have catastrophic
consequences on critical infrastructures. As a direct impact of climate change, the frequency …

Risk and resilience analysis research has favored simpler models such as topological
connectivity and maximum flow algorithm to model infrastructure performance. However …

This study focuses on scoring, selecting, and develo** physical fragility (ie, the probability
of reaching or exceeding a certain damage state given a specific hazard intensity) and/or …

The paper presents a numerical approach for the construction of seismic fragility curves for
shallow metro tunnels considering the soil-structure-interaction (SSI) and the aging effects …

Countries around the world suffer the dramatic impact of earthquakes and other natural
hazards reflected in casualties, infrastructure damage, service interruptions, and recovery …

Secure energy providing is a critical feature of sustainable societies, where this subject
requires reliable operation of generation, transmission and distribution infrastructures. In …

The assessment of earthquake risk in portfolio, urban or regional scale constitutes an
important element in the mitigation of economic and social losses due to earthquakes …