Given today’s increasing climate concerns and the possibility of increased impacts from natural disasters it is more important than ever for Virginia's infrastructure to be resilient.
According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), interdisciplinary collaboration—social, economic, political, historical, disaster management, and planning—can help solve some of the most challenging civil engineering issues.
This ASCE infographic illustrates some of the challenges we may be facing:
(To view the full-sized Infographic as a pdf form CLICK HERE)
The VDOT Research Library recently got access to this new special collection from ASCE's Journal of Management in Engineering that presents recent interdisciplinary research collaborations in resilience management of civil infrastructure to tackle some of the toughest civil engineering challenges. Articles in this all-digital collection include:
A Proposed Framework for the Incorporation of Economic Resilience into Transportation Decision Making
Davis Chacon-Hurtado; Lisa L. Losada-Rojas; David Yu; Konstantina Gkritza, M.ASCE; and Jon D. Fricker, M.ASCE
Management of Resilience in Civil Infrastructure Systems: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Nader Naderpajouh, M.ASCE; Juyeong Choi, A.M.ASCE; David J. Yu; and Young Hoon Kwak, M.ASCE
From Risk Management to Resilience Management in Critical Infrastructure
Bjarte Rød; David Lange, Ph.D.; Marianthi Theocharidou, Ph.D.; and Christer Pursiainen
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Capacity Building for an Infrastructure System in Case of Disaster Using the System's Associated Social and Technical Components
Juyeong Choi, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; Nader Naderpajouh, Ph.D., M.ASCE; David J. Yu, Ph.D.; and Makarand Hastak, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Multiobjective Optimization Model for Emergency Evacuation Planning in Geographical Locations with Vulnerable Population Groups
Maxim A. Dulebenets, Ph.D., P.E.; Junayed Pasha; Masoud Kavoosi; Olumide F. Abioye; Eren E. Ozguven, Ph.D.; Ren Moses, Ph.D., P.E.; Walter R. Boot, Ph.D.; and Thobias Sando, Ph.D., P.E.
Overcoming Status Quo Bias For Resilient Stormwater Infrastructure: Empirical Evidence in Neurocognition and Decision-Making
Mo Hu and Tripp Shealy
/ Published online March 19, 2020
Measuring Resilience of Human-Spatial Systems to Disasters: Framework Combining Spatial-Network Analysis and Fisher Information
Yan Wang, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; John E. Taylor, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and Michael J. Garvin, Ph.D., M.ASCE
Criticality and Susceptibility Indexes for Resilience-Based Ranking and Prioritization of Components in Interdependent Infrastructure Networks
Srijith Balakrishnan, S.M.ASCE; and Zhanmin Zhang, A.M.ASCE
Informality in Postdisaster Reconstruction: The Role of Social Capital in Reconstruction Management in Post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico
Jessica Talbot; Cristina Poleacovschi, Ph.D., M.ASCE; Sara Hamideh, Ph.D.; and Carlos Santos-Rivera
Multiobjective Optimization of Postdisaster Reconstruction Processes for Ensuring Long-Term Socioeconomic Benefits
Pedram Ghannad, S.M.ASCE; Yong-Cheol Lee, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; Carol J. Friedland, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE; Jin Ouk Choi, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; and Eunhwa Yang, Ph.D.
Metadata-Based Analysis of Physical-Social-Civic Systems to Develop the Knowledge Base for Hurricane Shelter Planning
Fehintola Sanusi; Juyeong Choi, A.M.ASCE; Mehmet Baran Ulak; Eren Erman Ozguven; and Tarek Abichou
Flood Resilience of Urban River Restoration Projects: Case Studies in Hong Kong
Bernadette Chia; Yuhong Wang; and Yang Chen
Recoverability Modeling of Power Distribution Systems Using Accelerated Life Models: Case of Power Cut Due to Extreme Weather Events in Norway
Bjarte Rod; Abbas Barabadi; and Masoud Naseri
Probabilistic Resilience-Guided Infrastructure Risk Management
Shady Salem, A.M.ASCE; Ahmad Siam, A.M.ASCE; Wael El-Dakhakhni, F.ASCE; and Michael Tait, M.ASCE
Institutional Connectedness in Resilience Planning and Management of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems
Shangjia Dong, Ph.D.; Qingchun Li; Hamed Farahmand; Ali Mostafavi, M.ASCE; Philip R. Berke; and Arnold Vedlitz
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Last quarter the VDOT Research Library added three new online journals to its technical collections.
Those, and all of VDOT's online journal subscriptions, provide free and unlimited full-text downloads for VDOT employees—including anyone who happens to be working from a home computer off the VDOT network.
The fact is, VDOT employees have access to more journals than they may realize...and the list is constantly growing, especially our electronic subscriptions!
But is there a single place where you can see a "scrollable" list of all journals offered by the library?
Until now the answer to that question has been no. While it is not perfect, we put together this "scrollable" Core Journals List of the top 200 or so transportation journal subscriptions to make it easier to find the journals you need.
Library patrons have always been able to "look up" any journal by name with the library's online catalog, but that's more of a "look up" than a "list." Fact is, we provide some form of access (print, online or both) to thousands of journals. So perhaps a scrollable list of every journal might be more than the average library user wants to deal with!
The beauty of this Core Journals List is that it gives you quick one-click access to the journals you and your peers at VDOT tend to use the most. This short video shows how to make the most of the List:
Why does finding journals have to be so challenging?
Well, part of it is due to the fact that you can access some journals (for some years) in print, some online, and some in both formats! Of course, we don't have everything, so you may need an article from a journal we do not have a subscription to. As such resources are requested (when we spot that "trend"), we are gradually adding one-off subscriptions to individual journals, like the three titles mentioned at the top of this article.
Historically, however, it has been more common (and more realistic) for the library to provide online access to journals as part of large "multi-journal online database bundles" which tend to have comprehensive coverage for recent years and which can contain tens of thousands or even millions of articles.
Examples such journal bundles include:
Looking for an article that is from a journal NOT on the list (and NOT in the library's online catalog) as far as you can tell?
Well, just because we don't have a full blown subscription doesn't mean we can't get the article you need!
Simply fill out this Document Delivery Request Form and we'll find and deliver any article you need in the next 1-2 weeks.
Ken Winter
(434) 962-8979
VDOT Research Library
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