As demand for electricity increases on an already strained electrical supply due to
urbanization, population growth, and climate change, the likelihood of power outages will …

The overall aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the Digital Twin
(DT) paradigm in the built environment by drawing inspiration from existing DT research in …

This paper presents an integrated framework that combines a community's physical
vulnerability to access disruption to critical facilities and their tolerance for such access …

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 …

Cities account for more than 70% of global fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.
This number is likely to increase due to urban population growth. Much of the energy used in …

We examined the effect of social distancing on changes in visits to urban hotspot points of
interest. In a pandemic situation, urban hotspots could be potential superspreader areas as …

Infrastructure service disruptions impact households in an affected community
disproportionally. To enable integrating social equity considerations in infrastructure …

The objective of this study is to create and test a hybrid deep learning (DL) model,
FastGRNN‐FCN (fast, accurate, stable and tiny gated recurrent neural network‐fully …

Tree failures under extreme gusts could exacerbate storm damages to critical infrastructures,
including the power delivery system, transportation network, or residential buildings …

Critical infrastructure plays an important role in providing essential products and services to
people; however, it is vulnerable to disasters and its disruption can have a severe societal …