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description: "About the DIR Case Study Wiki - Understanding the purpose, structure, and methodology behind resilient infrastructure research."
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      <h2>Purpose</h2>
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      <p>The DIR Case Study Wiki is a reference resource for studying how critical infrastructure systems around the world are designed, built, and governed to achieve resilience. It catalogues real-world case studies across sectors &mdash; water, energy, transport, digital, and more &mdash; and evaluates them against a consistent set of resilience principles.</p>
      <p>The goal is to make infrastructure resilience knowledge accessible and comparable, supporting researchers, policymakers, engineers, and students in learning from diverse international approaches.</p>
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      <h2>Case Study Structure</h2>
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      <p>Each case study follows a consistent structure to enable comparison across different infrastructure systems and geographies:</p>
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        <li><strong>Overview</strong> &mdash; Summary of the infrastructure, its scale, and strategic purpose.</li>
        <li><strong>Timeline &amp; Location</strong> &mdash; Key dates, phases, and geographical context.</li>
        <li><strong>Stakeholders</strong> &mdash; Ownership, governance, and the parties involved.</li>
        <li><strong>Digitalisation &amp; Data</strong> &mdash; How digital tools, sensors, and data systems support the infrastructure.</li>
        <li><strong>Hazards</strong> &mdash; Exogenous and endogenous risks the system faces.</li>
        <li><strong>Cost &amp; Benefit</strong> &mdash; Financial scale and the value delivered.</li>
        <li><strong>Resilience Principles Assessment</strong> &mdash; Evaluation against the six Principles of Resilient Infrastructure.</li>
        <li><strong>Futures</strong> &mdash; Planned developments and emerging considerations.</li>
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      <h2>Resilience Principles</h2>
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      <p>Each case study is assessed against the six <a href="https://www.undrr.org/publication/handbook-implementing-principles-resilient-infrastructure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UNDRR Principles for Resilient Infrastructure</a>, codified in <a href="https://www.iso.org/standard/50275.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ISO 22372:2025</a>. These principles provide a consistent analytical framework:</p>
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        <li><strong>P1 &mdash; Clearly Defined Accountabilities and Shared Responsibilities</strong> &mdash; Sharing information and expertise with clear accountability.</li>
        <li><strong>P2 &mdash; Proactively Protected</strong> &mdash; Planning, designing, and operating infrastructure prepared for current and future hazards.</li>
        <li><strong>P3 &mdash; Environmentally Integrated</strong> &mdash; Working with natural systems and using nature-based solutions.</li>
        <li><strong>P4 &mdash; Socially Engaged</strong> &mdash; Active engagement and participation across all levels of society.</li>
        <li><strong>P5 &mdash; Adaptively Transforming</strong> &mdash; Adapting to changing needs through flexible, transformative approaches.</li>
        <li><strong>P6 &mdash; Continually Learning and Improving</strong> &mdash; Developing understanding through monitoring, analysis, and stress testing.</li>
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      <p>Visit the <a href="principles.html">Principles page</a> for detailed descriptions and to see which case studies address each principle.</p>
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      <h2>Standards &amp; Frameworks</h2>
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      <p>The DIR Wiki&rsquo;s analytical framework is grounded in two key international resources:</p>
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        <li><strong><a href="https://www.iso.org/standard/50275.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ISO 22372:2025</a></strong> &mdash; <em>Security and resilience &mdash; Community resilience &mdash; Guidelines for infrastructure resilience.</em> The first international standard for infrastructure resilience, developed by ISO/TC 292 with the contribution of UNDRR. It provides practical guidance for planning, maintaining, and improving infrastructure resilience across sectors and borders.</li>
        <li><strong><a href="https://www.undrr.org/publication/handbook-implementing-principles-resilient-infrastructure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UNDRR Handbook for Implementing the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure</a></strong> &mdash; Published by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Defines the six Principles for Resilient Infrastructure (P1&ndash;P6) used throughout this wiki, and provides implementation guidance aligned with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and UN Sustainable Development Goal 9.</li>
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      <h2>Contributing</h2>
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      <p>The DIR Wiki is a growing resource. Case studies marked as &ldquo;Planned&rdquo; are under development, and sections marked with <span style="background:#fef3c7;color:#92400e;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;padding:2px 8px;border-radius:100px;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;">To Do</span> within existing studies indicate areas where further research or detail is needed.</p>
      <p>If you are interested in contributing a case study, providing additional data for existing entries, or suggesting improvements to the framework, please <a href="https://github.com/visioninglab/DIRwiki/issues">open an issue on GitHub</a> or contact the research team via the <a href="https://github.com/visioninglab">Visioning Lab</a> organisation page.</p>
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