Systems that account for the effects of social factors in modeling the decisions and the behavior of individuals and institutions |
Capacity of the formulation to be adapted to different scales/levels of aggregation (see scale/aggregation) |
A set of facts and statistics that can be used across multiple scales and levels of aggregation |
Scale: The extent and level of detail at which a system is analyzed. e.g. Macro-scale and micro-scale. Aggregation: The process of reducing many measures to simpler ones, thereby changing the scale of the system |
The analysis of different possible outcomes of the future and associated consequences. |
The process of building multiple different futures to simulate solutions to a specific problem |
One of different possible situations that could exist in the future. A scenario provides the storyline that drives a solution |
An institution for educating children. Schools often are the center of social life for K-12 students with their peers as well. Schools play a powerful and symbolic function in disaster recovery as well as child development more generally. |
Performing physical and information-based investigation of something in order to identify possible threats and/or criticalities |
Seaside, Oregon testbed is used to seismic and tsunami risk and resilience assessment for earthquake-tsunami multi-hazards. Seaside is a small coastal community with approximately 6,000 residents, which can have up to 20,000 tourists on a single day. |