International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 14 Issue 2

Guest editorial: Challenges of the (anti) adaptive urbanization in multiple scales

Aynaz Lotfata, Ezgi Orhan

Population resilience to flooding in the urbanised mangrove of Douala, Cameroon

Babette Linda Safougne Djomekui, Aristide Yemmafouo

This study aims to understand the mechanisms that contribute to the construction of the resilience of populations to urban flooding. It therefore proposes to analyse the…

An overview of the state of urban resilience in Iran

Nabi Moradpour, Ahmad Pourahmad, Hossein Hataminejad, Keramatollah Ziari, Ayyoob Sharifi

In Iran, the frequent occurrence of disasters has always been a major problem. In recent decades, disasters have created considerable challenges, especially in cities. Hence…

The “disaster cycle” (DC) and actors in disaster management

Murat Balamir

The purpose is to indicate that the conventional graphical expression of cyclic stages of stages of disaster activities is still irrelevantly used in communications.

A hybrid risk assessment approach for assessing the earthquake risks in worn-out urban fabrics: a case study in Iran

Jalal Sadeghi, Mohsen Oghabi, Hadi Sarvari, Mohammad Sediegh Sabeti, Hamidreza Kashefi, Daniel W.M. Chan, Aynaz Lotfata

To reduce financial and human losses, managing risks associated with earthquakes is essential in practice. However, in using common risk management methods, experts are often…

Climatic disasters within a flood-prone coastal slum in Lagos: coping capacities and adaptation prospects

Olumuyiwa Bayode Adegun

Climate impacts are a significant challenge in slums and informal settlements, most of which are located along the coast. This article aims to show coping strategies and flood…

Urban mix in housing neighbourhoods: challenges, evaluation method and diagnosis of Ayouf in Jijel, Algeria

Ibtissem Hallal, Tayeb Sahnoune

This study aims to identify the challenges of new urban housing zones in Algeria that have permitted the emergence of many habitat neighbourhoods deprived of all services. The…