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Even if the performance evaluation of an individual structure is the engi-
neers' goal, the level of performance required should not be determined
individually, but on a community basis. A resilience performance level
matrix combining functionality and recovery time as performance levels
and performance objectives at increasing level of seismic intensity is pre-
sented. The resilience-based approach is illustrated to show its effi ciency
and better description with respect to PBD.

11.6 Future trends

In the near future more attention should be given to interdependencies
among different dimensions of the framework which might cause drastic
cascading effects (physical network interdependencies, etc.). Furthermore,
in order to coordinate future recovery processes and international collabo-
rations, common formats and tools should be applied for rapid resilience
assessments, for example the reports from the recent earthquakes should
follow the same format. New open source community software frameworks
should be developed through education and training, in order to share a
common research vision and to raise awareness of stakeholders worldwide
and locally.

11.7 Acknowledgements

The research leading to these results has received funding from the Euro-
pean Community's Seventh Framework Programme - Marie Curie Inter-
national Reintegration Actions - FP7/2007-2013 under the Grant Agreement
no. PIRG06-GA-2009-256316 of the project ICRED - Integrated European
Disaster Community Resilience. It also received support from the R&D
Programme under the grant Agreement no. 3435777CDC of the project
ECRIS - European Communities Resilient Integrated through Smart
phones.

11.8 References and further reading

Ang, A., and Tang, W. (2007). Probability Concepts in Engineering - Emphasis on
Applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering , John Wiley & Sons.
Arcidiacono, V., Cimellaro, G. P., and Reinhorn, A. M. (2011). 'A software for mea-
suring disaster community resilience according to the PEOPLES methodology.'
Proceedings of COMPDYN 2011 - 3rd International Conference in Computational
Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering , Corfu, Greece,
May 26-28.
ATC-58 (2011). Draft Guidelines for Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings
Volume 1 - Methodology . Applied Technology Council (ATC-58 Project),
Redwood City, CA.