Batman’s Gotham City Provides Test Case for Community Resilience Model
Colorado State University | Phys.org | Jan. 5, 2018
“Our mathematical formula allows you to cause disruption to a community at any location, and see what that disruption would do to the entire community,” said Mahmoud, associate professor of civil engineering.
Batman’s home town
To demonstrate the versatility of their model, the team used the fictional city of Batman, Gotham City, as a test bed. They chose a fictional city to provide a proof-of-concept for their model.
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They verified their model using a map of the fictional Batman home city. Dividing Gotham into uptown, midtown and downtown, they recorded the effects of various “disasters,” including a jail riot at Arkham Asylum, which is located near uptown Gotham.
. . . as every scientist knows.