An integrated framework for assessment of smart city resilience
Hamed Khatibi, Suzanne Wilkinson, Graham Eriwata, Lukuba N. Sweya, Mostafa Baghersad, Heiman Dianat, Khaled Ghaedi, Ahad Javanmardi
Abstract
Cities are becoming smarter in their functions; however, they are not necessarily resilient and able to survive the impact of disasters. An integrated, smart and resilient city is a quest for today and future sustainability that has been scarcely studied. Therefore, this current paper develops a comprehensive framework for re-evaluating cities’ smartness and assessing their resilience against unforeseen disruptive events. A top-down approach is adopted with an expert’s validation process and evaluated in a hypothetical city’s water supply system to demonstrate its workability. The study contributes towards a holistic framework that includes smartness re-evaluation and resilience assessment components that can be used to ensure the resiliency of smart cities from both developed and developing countries resisting disasters.