Abstract:Based on the concept and characteristics of disaster resilience, technical robustness and organizational robustness were discussed by updating trunk lines of urban water supply system for two different earthquake magnitudes, M 6.5 and M 7.0 respectively, where lifeline earthquake loss model was taken as a starting point. Monte Carlo based GIRAFFE model was adopted in this research. Result shows that retrofit of trunk lines is helpful for both technical robustness and organizational robustness, and the updating effect would become more significant as the earthquake magnitude increases. Furthermore, criticalness of pipelines is not determined by the earthquake magnitude, but as time goes it depends on their respective locations in the system and system configuration. At the moment instantly after earthquake, the pipelines which are located at the center of system would be more critical; while 24 hours later, the pipelines which are closer to the reservoir will become more critical.