PSI - Issue 55

Seyed MHS Rezvani et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 55 (2024) 72–79 Seyed MHS Rezvani, Maria Joao Falcao, Nuno Marques de Almeida / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2023) 000 – 000 5

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3. Results 3.1 Case Study: Portugal's 308 municipalities

The choice of Portugal's 308 municipalities as the basis for our case studies was strategic and essential for multiple reasons. Portugal's municipalities represent a diverse mix of urban and rural settings, geographical features, population densities, economic conditions, and climate vulnerabilities. This range of characteristics provides an expansive ground to apply, test, and validate our proposed resilience model: NETOBRA. Portugal also has a robust administrative and geographical dataset available for all its municipalities, facilitating an in-depth and comprehensive GIS analysis. Moreover, the country has been facing significant challenges in the face of climate change, with increased instances of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods. Therefore, exploring how resilience can be enhanced in regions affected differently by climate change and hazards using NETOBRA becomes significantly important. Studying all 308 municipalities provides a holistic understanding of the effectiveness and potential of NETOBRA, encompassing its performance across varied contexts, and not just limiting to selecting few urban centers or specific regions. This enables us to make conclusions and recommendations that are more universally applicable and insightful for different municipalities around the world with similar characteristics and challenges. 3.1.1 Spatial Distribution and Capacity Analysis of Companies Across Portugal In our endeavor to build a comprehensive understanding of Portugal's economic landscape, particularly within the context of urban resilience, we turn our attention to an examination of the country's business distribution and capacity. This section offers a detailed analysis of companies spread across various Portuguese districts, categorized by their capacity classes for taking on the work. These capacity classes, ranging from class 1 (least capable) to class 9 (most capable) in terms of contract amount, serve as a pivotal metric in our study. Our analysis of these datasets offers critical insights into the country's economic planning, resource allocation strategies, and risk management approaches. We aim to provide valuable input for policy makers, urban planners, and business leaders, thereby contributing to a resilient, sustainable, and robust economic framework for Portugal (See Table 1 and Figure 3).

Table 1. The number of Portuguese IMPIC approved construction companies in various cities clustered by capacity (1 to 9).

Count of Distrito Main City Name

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 2 1 0 9 1 0 4 0 0 0 1

9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6

Grand Total

Aveiro Azores

625 279 163 895 172 265 376 243 664 240 712

890 261 135 157 230 509 213 1361 1145

154

119

79 25 11 22 19 49 80 17 93 9

35

11

1915

29 17

26 13

6 3

0 0

630 342

Beja

Braga

214

186

144

42

21

11

2883

Bragança

27 55 86 25

34 31 83 14

2

0 1 7 0 9 5

415 611

Castelo Branco

10 15

Coimbra

1129

Évora

2

506

Faro

129

114

24

2166

Guarda Leiria Lisboa Madeira

206 963

29

27

5

529

147 487

135 457

34

14 57

2105 6963

2352

3085

353

112

18

42

214 150

342

52

47 15

45

17

6 0

1 0

3 0

727 278

Portalegre

94

8

6

5

Porto

1388

2346

330

317

240

91

46

14

19

4791