Designing Pandemic Antifragility for Multimodal Transport Hubs

A.B.D. Nieuwborg; S. Hiemstra-van Mastrigt; M. Melles; S.C. Santema; Jan Zekveld

Designing Pandemic Antifragility for Multimodal Transport Hubs

A.B.D. Nieuwborg^*, S. Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, M. Melles, S.C. Santema, Jan Zekveld

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The outbreak of COVID-19 demonstrated the fragility of the transportation system and its Multimodal Transport Hubs (MTHs). Global travel reduced dramatically, leading to an existential crisis in MTHs. To cope with the pandemic, MTHs implemented multiple resilient measurements including social distancing, rapid testing regimes, and infrared cameras. Although these measurements are valuable tools, this research advocates to transcend resilient measures and move towards antifragility by applying a systems thinking approach. As Nassim Taleb (2013) defines: “Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.” Our goal is to contribute to a long-term future of the transportation system by transforming MTHs into a tool to effectuate antifragility during the management of health disruptions.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	Relating Systems Thinking and Design 2021 Symposium (RSD10) - Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands Duration: 2 Nov 2021 → 6 Nov 2021 Conference number: 10 https://rsdsymposium.org https://rsdsymposium.org/off-to-new-shores-sailing-towards-common-ground/

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Conference	Relating Systems Thinking and Design 2021 Symposium (RSD10)
Abbreviated title	RSD
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Delft
Period	2/11/21 → 6/11/21
Internet address	https://rsdsymposium.org https://rsdsymposium.org/off-to-new-shores-sailing-towards-common-ground/

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design for antifragility
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