Part 2: Performance Metrics to Measure Recovery
The NCSEA Resilience Committee is committed to educating the structural engineering community about the ever-evolving concepts of resilience and functional recovery. Adapt and Transform: COVID-19 Lessons for a More Resilient Future ran in STRUCTURE in October 2021. That article explored the concept of adaptability to the FEMA four-phase disaster management cycle characterized by “prepare, respond, recover, mitigate” (Figure 1) and considering the challenges and disruptions of the pre-vaccine COVID-19 pandemic.
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