Open House International: Volume 39 Issue 3

Editorial: Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction to Enable Resilient Communities

Iftekhar Ahmed, Esther Charlesworth

Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction to Enable Resilient Communities.A house is often the most valuable economic and social asset in most communities and its primary function is…

Linking Organisational Competency to Project Success in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Jason von Meding, Lukumon Oyedele, John Bruen

This paper sets out in the context of three strands of knowledge; disaster management, strategic management and project management and builds upon the authors’ (2009) theory for…

Responsible Reconstruction: The Architect’s Role

Madeleine Jane Swete Kelly, Glenda Amayo Caldwell

This paper investigates the role of the architect in post-disaster reconstruction and questions their ability to facilitate permanent building solutions. There is an…

Permanent Housing in Community Socio-Ecological Recovery: The Case of T. Vilufushi, Maldives

Peter M. Lawther

Housing is perhaps the most common component of a community’s manufactured capital wealth stocks damaged or destroyed by natural disasters. Consequently the restoration of housing…

Global and Regional Paradigms of Reconstruction Housing in Banda Aceh

David O’Brien, Iftekhar Ahmed

This paper draws on research conducted after the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia, where more than 100,000 houses were built by various agencies…

Getting the Message Across for Safer Self-Recovery in Post-Disaster Shelter

Charles Parrack, Bill Flinn, Megan Passey

Self-recovery in post-disaster shelter is not the exception but the norm. Following earthquake, flood or storm, the majority of affected families will inevitably rebuild their…

Time-Efficient Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction with Prefabricated Modular Structures

Tharaka Gunawardena, Tuan Ngo, Priyan Mendis, Lu Aye, Robert Crawford

With many natural disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, bushfires and tsunamis destroying human habitats around the world, post-disaster housing reconstruction has become a…

Reflections on Residential Rebuilding After the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires

Greg Ireton, Iftekhar Ahmed, Esther Charlesworth

After the catastrophic 2009 bushfires in the state of Victoria, Australia, the State Government provided information and advice, short-term and temporary accommodation as well as…

Cordaid’s Post-Disaster Shelter Strategy in Haiti: Linking Relief and Development

Harmen Janse, Kees van der Flier

Haiti was struck by a heavy earthquake in 2010 and international aid poured into the country. News reports in 2011 were not very positive about the results of post-disaster…

Private Sector Investments and Associated Risk Implications for Post-Disaster Housing Development in Dhaka

Huraera Jabeen

Dhaka is one of the most vulnerable cities facing exacerbated disaster risks from climate change impacts. While these risks have escalated rapid population growth has made Dhaka…