LIFELINE: ON THE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY OF SAFETY AND RESILIENCE

LIFELINE!Around us surround the intricate network of systems that sustain modern civilization, including the bridges and tunnels, pipelines and power grids, railways and roads, coasts and estuaries, etc.They constitute the arteries of cities and communities, evidencing the progress and evolution of our daily life.However, within this complexity lies the fragility.That is to say, the natural forces and human errors alike can disrupt the very structures that uphold our civilized existence.Earthquakes, floods, landslides, tsunamis, storm waves, and failures of design, etc remind us that safety is neither granted nor static, but earned through the vigilance and understanding.In every failure lies a lesson, and in every lesson, a duty, such as to observe, to analyse, to foresee, and to prevent.From these convictions arises the Lifeline Emergency and Safety, a timely and innovatively journal devoted to the scientific pursuit of resilience in the face of uncertainty.This journal stands as a forum for those who seek to unite the theory with practice.It gathers the engineers, researchers, and practitioners who look beyond the surface of stability to the dynamics that govern it.Within its pages shall be presented with the studies on risk detection and evaluation, intelligent monitoring and warning systems, and the development of high-performance