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In recent years, resilience has been establishing itself as a tool for analysis, monitoring and intervention at various levels of observation (buildings, infrastructure, small or large urban centres, the wider territory). Aimed at measuring a system’s capacity to restore its efficiency following a catastrophic event, resilience shifts the focus of system analysis from an assessment of its integrity to one of its efficiency.

Assessing a system’s functionality inevitably involves analysing various disciplinary fields, capable of describing and contextualising not only the quality of the structure designed to deliver the service, but the service itself, including its users and their distribution across the territory, as well as the technical specifications and statistical analyses aimed at predicting its future developments.

The ‘COmmunities REsilience’ research unit focuses on assessing the resilience of complex urban areas and their subsystems within a multidisciplinary context. The analysis of urban areas is a highly topical issue; traditionally addressed within specific thematic areas, in recent years it has adopted a broad and multidisciplinary framework. Indeed, only a comprehensive view of the issues specific to urban centres as a whole allows for the planning of effective and sustainable regeneration, planning, maintenance or safety measures.

Thematic areas

• Multidisciplinary analyses of strategic buildings and the development of analytical tools designed to support the planning of interventions;
• The creation of multi-level databases at urban scale and the subsequent production of thematic maps;
• The development of analytical systems for assessing seismic risk in complex urban areas;
• Analyses aimed at mitigating seismic risk in both specific and complex systems.

A selection of publications on specific topics

• Proceedings of the workshop ‘Resilience and Territory’, edited by S. Viti and M. Tanganelli;
• G. Lacanna, P. Deguy, M. Ripepe, M. Coli, B. Paoletti, S. Barducci, M. Tanganelli, S. Viti, M. De Stefano (2016). Seismic hazard of urban areas: a case study. ECCOMAS, Crete 2016;
• G.P. Cimellaro, L. Dueñas-Osorio, A.M. Reinhorn (2016). Special Issue on Resilience-Based Analysis and Design of Structures and Infrastructure Systems. Journal of Structural Engineering;
• G.P. Cimellaro, C.S. Renschler, A. Reinhorn, L. Arendt (2016). PEOPLES: A Framework for Evaluating Resilience. Journal of Structural Engineering, April 2016;
• D. Forcellini, M. Tanganelli, S. Viti (2016). Resilience of isolated bridges with soil-structure interaction. IWR2016 – 1st International Workshop on Resilience, Turin, Italy: 20–22 September 2016;

Research and teaching activities undertaken

• Organisation of the workshop ‘Resilience and Territory’, Florence, 1 April 2016, and publication of the proceedings in the ‘workshop’ series by DIDAPRESS;
• Development of the RESIMUS project “The assessment of resilience and risk in a case of international significance: the Bargello Museum in Florence” (principal investigator: Stefania Viti), funded by CARIFI (30 June 2016);
• Lecturing on the thematic seminar ‘Resilience and Territory’ as part of the five-year degree course in Architecture (academic years 2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2019–2020, second semester);
• Organisation of the “ARCO 2020” International Conference, 21–23 September 2020, and publication of the conference proceedings;
• Organisation of the fourth edition of the ICONREM International Conference (International Conference on Resilience, Multi-Risk Assessment and Monitoring, https://iconrem.it/), to be held in Florence in 2026 (16–19 June);
• Publication of scientific papers.

Key publications on the subject in international journals or conference proceedings

 

• Pianigiani, Maria; Viti, Stefania; Tanganelli, Marco (2024). Seismic Resilience of Emergency Departments: A Case Study. MODELLING, vol. 5, pp. 315-338, ISSN:2673-3951.
• Paoletti, Barbara; Tanganelli, Marco; Viti, Stefania (2024). Assessment of the Seismic Vulnerability of Florence (Italy) Through Macro-Seismic Methods. ENG, vol. 5, pp. 2821-2838, ISSN:2673-4117
• Pianigiani M.; Viti S. (2021). Functionality analysis of emergency departments: A case study. JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING, vol. 40, pp. 1-13, ISSN:2352-7102
• STEFANIA VITI (2021). ARCO 2020: The first edition of the International Edition of the International Conference on Art Collection in Florence. GESTAO & TECNOLOGIA DE PROJETOS, vol. vol. 16, pp. 241-250, ISSN:1981-1543
• Autori vari (2020) Art Collections 2020, Safety Issue (ARCO 2020, SAFETY), a cura di Stefania Viti e Marco Tanganelli, Procedia Structural Integrity, pp. 198.
• Marco Tanganelli; Stefania Viti; Gian Paolo Cimellaro; Marco Domaneschi (2020). Damage risk assessment of historical asset using laser scan and finite element. PROCEDIA STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, vol. 29, pp. 183-191, ISSN:2452-3216