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Designation:E313018Standard Guide forDeveloping Cost-Effective Community Resilience Strategies1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E3130;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.INTRODUCTIONThere is a need for best practices for resilience planning that address the increasing value-at-risk ofU.S.infrastructure and communities.Communities,as a system,are particularly vulnerable to theeffects of natural,technological,and human-caused disruptive events.There are best practices forcommunity resilience assessment methodologies;however,there are gaps that remain in thecharacterization of robust,benefit-cost measures of community resilience,especially in the planningprocess.In many cases,resilience remains in a planning silo and is considered separately bycommunities from economic growth or disaster risk planning.Efforts to increase resilience capacitiesare best realized when resilience is considered as an attribute in general community planning efforts,especially in planning and implementing building and infrastructure projects.This guide developseconomic decision guidance for evaluation of investment strategies designed to improve communityresilience through strengthening the ability to respond,withstand,and recover from disruptive events.It is designed to support the principles and attributes of resilient communities upon which enhancedresilience may be developed,evaluated,and implemented.1.Scope1.1 This guide describes a generic economic methodologyfor evaluating investment decisions aimed to improve theability of communities to adapt to,withstand,and quicklyrecover from,disruptive events.The methodology describes aframework for developing cost-effective community resiliencestrategies for new and existing constructed facilitiesbuildings,industrial facilities,and other critical infrastructure.This guide provides owners and managers of constructedfacilities,architects,engineers,constructors,other providers ofprofessional services for constructed facilities,and researchersand analysts with an approach for planning and comparingresilience strategies.1.2 This guide frames the economic decision process byidentifying and comparing the relevant present and futurestreams of costs and benefits to a communitythe latterrealized through cost savings and damage loss avoidanceassociated with new capital investment into resilience to thosegenerated by the status-quo.1.3 This guide provides a means to increase the capacity ofcommunities to objectively and effectively compare and con-trast capital investment projects through consideration ofbenefits and costs while maintaining an awareness of systemresilience.Topics related to non-market values and uncertaintyare also explored.1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E631 Terminology of Building ConstructionsE833 Terminology of Building EconomicsE917 Practice for Measuring Life-Cycle Costs of Buildingsand Building Systems1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performanceof Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.81 on BuildingEconomics.Current edition approved April 1,2018.Published May 2018.DOI:10.1520/E3130-18.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 E964 Practice for Measuring Benefit-to-Cost and Savings-to-Investment Ratios for Buildings and Building SystemsE1057 Practice for Measuring Internal Rate of Return andAdjusted Internal Rate of Return for Investments inBuildings and Building SystemsE1074 Practice for Measuring Net Benefits and Net Savingsfor Inv