As part of the HERAKLION project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), a data space is being developed to characterize the resilience of municipalities using multilayered heterogeneous data sources. Currently, different hazardous situations, such as the corona pandemic or extreme weather events, lead to crises and disasters. The consequences have become much more complex for a highly engineered and globally acting society, include potential cascading effects, and require an assessment and increase in community resilience. Resilient information provides a significant contribution to those who must make or contribute to decisions in the event of a crisis . However, the availability and structuring of different data is also subject to increasing complexity.

With the help of a data room concept, the BMBF project HERAKLION is developing an innovative methodology to enable an assessment of the resilience of a municipality. Various data sources of a municipality are digitally merged, and statistical or heuristic methods provide an understanding of cause and effect as well as the effectiveness of countermeasures. In doing so, resilience is characterized quantitatively, enabling analysis before, during, and after the occurrence of a crisis or disaster. The methodology assesses individual resilience phases such as preparation, prevention, protection, response speed, and recovery. A dashboard summarizes the results and provides decision support for municipal crisis teams.