A review of resiliency key factors & their relations to the components of multi-unit residential buildingsÂ
Standing
Undergraduate
Type of Proposal
Oral Research Presentation
Challenges Theme
Open Challenge
Faculty Sponsor
Supervisor: Dr. Rajeev Ruparathna Co-Supervisor: Dr. Gyan Chhipi-Shrestha
Proposal
The built environment is largely threatened by the increased environmental adversities that are currently occurring globally. Amongst the commonly built environments, multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) provide a safe and durable housing option for a large population. Therefore the importance of MURB at this time of rising urbanization is noteworthy. Plausibly, environmental adversities are able to cause significant damage to MURB. To withstand and recover from these damages MURB resiliency is a mandatory topic to understand and put into general practice. Unfortunately, MURB resiliency has rarely been studied in the present literature. Hence the understanding of resiliency factors and their relation to the MURB components is not well established. This review aims to merge the current gap in the literature by defining resiliency from the perspective of MURB and associating resiliency factors to the MURB structural and non-structural components. In the course of this review, resiliency in relation to other infrastructures in the present literature is prudently studied to independently understand the resiliency of MURB. As a result, this review will facilitate the assessment of the resiliency of MURB by associating it with MURB components. The review will be beneficial to researchers, students, policymakers as well as industry practitioners.
Grand Challenges
Viable, Healthy and Safe Communities
A review of resiliency key factors & their relations to the components of multi-unit residential buildingsÂ
The built environment is largely threatened by the increased environmental adversities that are currently occurring globally. Amongst the commonly built environments, multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) provide a safe and durable housing option for a large population. Therefore the importance of MURB at this time of rising urbanization is noteworthy. Plausibly, environmental adversities are able to cause significant damage to MURB. To withstand and recover from these damages MURB resiliency is a mandatory topic to understand and put into general practice. Unfortunately, MURB resiliency has rarely been studied in the present literature. Hence the understanding of resiliency factors and their relation to the MURB components is not well established. This review aims to merge the current gap in the literature by defining resiliency from the perspective of MURB and associating resiliency factors to the MURB structural and non-structural components. In the course of this review, resiliency in relation to other infrastructures in the present literature is prudently studied to independently understand the resiliency of MURB. As a result, this review will facilitate the assessment of the resiliency of MURB by associating it with MURB components. The review will be beneficial to researchers, students, policymakers as well as industry practitioners.