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LNEC took part in the XXII International Conference on Building Pathology and Building Rehabilitation (CINPAR 2026), held in Lisbon at the Instituto Superior Técnico, presenting the paper “Measuring Urban Resilience: GEOAI-Based Process and Outcome Indicators for Earthquakes and Floods’, the result of a collaboration with the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and Lisbon City Council (CML), as part of the GeoARMUR Project – Geospatial AI for Resilience Management and Urban Recovery, funded by the FCT (Project 2023.17276.ICDT).

The paper, presented by Maria João Falcão Silva, an engineer from the Centre for Construction Economics, Management and Quality, explores the evolution of the concept of resilience, from a perspective centred on structural resistance to a multidimensional approach based on robustness, adaptation, recovery and learning. It also analyses the vulnerability of buildings, infrastructure, heritage and urban areas in the face of multiple risks and cascading effects. The main focus is on the integration of GeoArtificial Intelligence (GEOAI) with engineering models, enabling dynamic, data-driven assessments to improve monitoring, forecasting, risk management and decision support, thereby contributing to more resilient and adaptable infrastructure.

This contribution reinforces LNEC’s commitment to developing innovative and sustainable approaches to enhance the resilience of the built environment to natural hazards, by promoting the integration of scientific knowledge, engineering and GEOAI technologies, as well as the sharing of knowledge on an international scale.