International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 14 Issue 3

Understanding the impacts of post-disaster relocation on family dynamics and resilience

Paoloregel Samonte

The purpose of this study is to arrive at a conceptual roadmap that may be used to analyze the impacts of post-disaster relocation on a family’s dynamics and how this, in turn…

A local smart city approach in the context of smart environment and urban resilience

Mücella Ateş, Deniz Erinsel Önder

Although smart city studies have increased recently, smart city discussions are made based on general concepts not specific to the region. The region-specific local smart city…

Optimization of spatial distribution of hospitals for better earthquake recovery using GIS and imperialist competition algorithm (case study: Gorgan, Iran)

Mohammad Hossein Saraei, Ayyoob Sharifi, Mohsen Adeli

The purpose of this study is to optimize the location of hospitals in Gorgan, Iran, to provide desirable services to citizens in the event of an earthquake crisis.

Examining the potential of damage in threat zones around LPG storage sphere in Hassi R’Mel city, Algeria

Youssef Taibi, Mohamed Chadli, Mahfoud Ziane

This study aims to determine the maximum extent of damage in the threat zones, the result of a catastrophic failure in one liquefied petroleum gas storage sphere, located in…

The role of disaster knowledge management in improving housing reconstruction outcomes: with particular reference to Postearthquake reconstruction in Pakistan

Saima Shaikh, Andre Brown, Wallace Imoudu Enegbuma

Rural building practices, especially in developing communities, are often plagued by inadequate local construction knowledge and a limited understanding of the best building…

Interpreting sustainability and resilience in the built environment

Elisabeth C. Marlow, Ksenia Chmutina, Andrew Dainty

Conceptual interpretations of sustainability and resilience are widening with discursive use and altering the relationship and understanding of both concepts. By using three city…

Investigating the role of risk perception in place-based responses: case studies of the 2003 Bam and 2017 Ezgeleh-Sarpol Zahab earthquakes

Saeedeh Asadi, Ali Sharghi, Zoheir Mottaki, Bahram Salehsedghpour

The purpose of this study is to clarify changes in people-place interrelationship and hidden layers of survivors psychological challenges in the reconstructed housing environment…

Providing a framework for post-disaster resilience factors in buildings and infrastructure from end-users’ perspectives: case study in Caribbean island states

Shawn Hezron Charles, Alice Chang-Richards, Tak Wing Yiu

The purpose of this paper is to elicit the expectations for resilient post-disaster rebuilds from Caribbean project end-users. In anticipation of future climatological…

Vulnerability assessment of Balikpapan (Indonesia) for climate change-induced urban flooding

  Ariyaningsih, Vibhas Sukhwani, Rajib Shaw

The purpose of this paper is to examine the inter- and intra-relationships between climate change and urban flood risk in Balikpapan city.

Multi-hazard risk assessment of typhoon, typhoon-rainfall and post-typhoon-rainfall in the Mid-Central Coastal region of Vietnam

Tran Thuc, Tran Thanh Thuy, Huynh Thi Lan Huong

This paper aims to develop a multi-hazard risk assessment method based on probability theory and a set of economic, social and environmental indicators, which considers the…