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Systems thinking approach to community buildings resilience considering utility networks, interactions, and access to essential facilities

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The functionality of community buildings not only depends on the damage to individual buildings but also on the interactions with other infrastructure systems. This paper incorporates these interactions by applying the systems thinking approach to analyze community resilience. The proposed framework starts with identifying the physical infrastructure systems and key components in a community. Then, the seismic hazard scenarios are defined, and the component damage and recovery are assessed by utilizing fragility and consequence functions. After that, a network model, considering the interdependencies between the utility networks and the dependency of utility networks on the community buildings, is introduced to evaluate the component-level building functionality. Finally, community resilience is assessed by proposing community-level indicators including inherent resilience, community functionality, and access to essential facilities. The proposed model is illustrated on a community consisting of building portfolios, water, and electric power systems under four hazard scenarios. It is concluded that the systems thinking approach considered at a community level provides important insights into community resilience such as building functionality, utility demand, and supply, and access to essential facilities, among others.

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The study has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 51808476 and 52078448) and the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong (project no. PolyU 15219819). The support is gratefully acknowledged. The opinions and conclusions presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

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  2. School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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GAA: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing-original draft. YD: Visualization, Investigation, Writing-review & editing, Validation, Supervision. MO: Writing-review & editing, Validation, Supervision.

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Anwar, G.A., Dong, Y. & Ouyang, M. Systems thinking approach to community buildings resilience considering utility networks, interactions, and access to essential facilities. Bull Earthquake Eng 21, 633–661 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01557-y

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