Resilience Research

Current flood-damage analysis practice shows great limitation in accurately predicting damages at multiple scales. Much of this inadequacy is based on whole-building approaches that can accurately predict only high-level damages. This can result in significant analysis error, which leaves states like Louisiana with a very limited tool for accurately calculating the benefits of mitigation projects.

We are working on building a more robust data-driven flood damage model, which supports a detailed analysis of individual buildings and translates to improved damage estimation for building groups.

This project is currently underway.