A conceptual framework for evaluating tsunami resilience

A New Methodology for Measuring Tsunami Resilience Using Theory of Springs

“…These common elements inspired us with the proposed framework (see Figure 3) in this paper. It is a modified version of the first author's previous work [11]. In order to make this paper self-contained, a concise review on the framework is given here.…”

“…Figure 4 shows the proposed model as an ensemble of series and parallel springs as analogous to that of phases of the conceptual framework. The model The proposed framework has paid considerable attention to (a) dividing the disaster phenomena into three phases in relation to the temporality of a tsunami, (b) defining the factors influence on a given phase and (c) selecting influential indicators on each factor [11]. Each indicator has been carefully placed in only one phase to avoid double counting.…”

“…The purpose of this article is to investigate the mechanical background of the word resilience, discuss lessons we could learn from the theory of elasticity for evaluating tsunami resilience, and finally, to propose a new mathematical model based on theory of springs. The mathematical model is in compliance with a pragmatic conceptual framework for evaluating resilience proposed by the first author previously [11].…”

“…Considering the whole ensemble represents a tsunami-prone area, the effective resilience (REF) can be expressed mathematically as in Equation(11).…”