Overview
ISO/TR 6030:2022 - Smart community infrastructures - Disaster risk reduction - Survey results and gap analysis is a technical report from ISO/TC 268 (Sustainable cities and communities). It documents a global survey of smart community infrastructure examples that enhance disaster risk reduction (DRR), identifies gaps in current practice, and establishes areas for potential standardization. The report focuses on natural hazards (geological and hydrometeorological) and covers infrastructures such as energy, water and waste, transportation, ICT, and the built environment. It is a foundation for future standards to improve interoperability and resilience of smart community systems.
Key Topics and Requirements
- Scope and purpose: Maps where smart infrastructures currently support DRR and where standardization is needed.
- DRR functions covered: Disaster risk reduction planning, safer infrastructure design, recovery planning and action, evacuation support and facilities, stockpiling and supply chains, rescue and emergency services, medical and health support, livelihood recovery, and data collection/dissemination.
- Infrastructure focus areas: Energy systems, water and wastewater, waste management, transportation networks, ICT and communications, and general built environment resilience.
- Survey and gap analysis: Literature review, survey design, examples of global initiatives, issues and solution landscape, common functional areas, and gap analysis by community infrastructure functions and by hazard/infrastructure types.
- Standardization recommendations: Identification of possible actions for standards bodies to address interoperability, data exchange, resilience metrics, and cross-sector coordination.
- Document characteristics: Informative technical report (no normative references) - intended to inform development of future normative standards rather than setting technical specifications itself.
Practical Applications and Who Would Use It
- City and regional planners: Use the gap analysis to prioritize resilient infrastructure investments and align smart-city initiatives with DRR needs.
- Infrastructure owners/operators (utilities, transport agencies): Identify interoperability and resilience gaps across energy, water, transport and ICT.
- Emergency managers and public safety agencies: Improve evacuation planning, communication resilience and observation-data flows.
- Standards developers and policymakers: Use identified areas for action to draft new ISO/IEC standards or national regulations.
- Vendors and system integrators: Guide product design toward scalable, interoperable smart infrastructure solutions that support disaster resilience.
- Researchers: Reference the survey results and annexed examples for comparative studies and pilot projects.
Related Standards (applicable references)
- ISO 37100, ISO 37120 and ISO 37123 are cited in definitions and provide complementary city/community indicators.
For full technical detail and annex examples, consult the published ISO/TR 6030:2022 document via ISO or your national standards body.