PSI - Issue 78

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Procedia Structural Integrity 78 (2026) 1569–1576

XX ANIDIS Conference Towards a multi-risk framework for enhancing emergency preparedness in ccross-border areas: ongoing development in the BORIS2 project Matjaž Dolšek a , Serena Cattari b, *, Beatrice Di Napoli, Valerio Poggi c , Daria Ottonelli d , Neja Fazarinc a , Maria Polese e a University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Jamova Cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia b University of Genoa, Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, via Montallegro 1, 16145, Genoa, Italy c National Institute of Oceanographu and Applied Geophysics, Seismological Research Centre, Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C, 34010, Sgonico, Italy d CIMA Research Foundation, via Armando Magliotto 2, 17100, Savona, Italy e University of Naples Federico II, Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, Via Claudio 21, 80125, Naples, Italy Abstract Emergency planning in urban contexts should be based on a preventive evaluation of potential impacts with attention to the most vulnerable areas, multi-risk scenarios and the post-event performance assessment of key infrastructure essential for emergency response operations. Such planning is particularly relevant in cross-border areas, where coordinated preparedness and prevention efforts require harmonized methodologies across different institutional frameworks, legal systems and infrastructural capacities. This paper addresses the outlined challenge by proposing a practical and operational framework for managing seismic, flood and compound risk in cross-border settings, which is currently under development within the BORIS2 project (Cross-border risk assessment for increased prevention and preparedness in Europe: way forward, UPCM-KAPP-PV-2023 program). The proposed framework is structured in a four-step methodology that enables the complete assessment of scenario-based consequences at the affected urban environment and the corresponding performance of the Emergency Management System (EMS) at the municipal scale. The risk-assessment and loss-estimation is performed to evaluate the consequences of single (earthquake or flood) and compound events. These analyses focus on the impacts on residential buildings and population, as well as on the functionality checks of critical buildings essential for emergency response (such as hospitals, fire stations, and emergency shelters). The methodology may be realized by multiple scenarios to support risk-based decision-making also allowing the identification of the most relevant hazard scenarios. The proposed four-step methodology has some limitations. However, once fully developed and

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2452-3216 © 2025 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of XX ANIDIS Conference organizers 10.1016/j.prostr.2025.12.200