International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 5 Issue 2

The attributes of resilience: A tool in the evaluation and design of earthquake-prone cities

This paper aims to propose the concept of resilience as a way of aligning these disciplines. Theories of recovery planning and urban design theories have a common interest in…

Trialling behaviour change strategies to motivate interest in property level flood protection

The UK Government is spending an increasingly large sum on flood protection to protect communities and businesses. Flood events are predicted to become more frequent and severe as…

Vulnerability assessment of earthquake prone communities in Baluchistan

The purpose of this paper is to assess the vulnerability of communities prone to earthquake hazards in Baluchistan at the community and household levels and identify the…

Some design aspects of sustainable post-disaster housing

The aim of this paper is to discuss selected aspects of the design of post-disaster housing building on current guidance in this area. The paper focuses on the use of appropriate…

Stakeholder management in disaster restoration projects

This paper aims to identify stakeholder issues on disaster restoration projects from a contractor perspective. Disaster occurrences normally warrant substantial restoration and…

Breaching the urban contract: Lessons from post disaster reconstruction from research on five divided cities

The purpose of this paper is to identify practical lessons for urban managers involved in the post-disaster field, drawing on research about ethnic division, conflict and…

Recovering cultural built heritage after natural disasters: A resilience perspective

This paper aims to propose an alternative strategy for preparing, recovering and conserving cultural built heritage (CBH) in the context of natural disasters. It presents the idea…

Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction

Horizon 2020: EU framework programme for research and innovation

Climate change 2014: well, what now?

Thesis title: Project risk management for community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction

City disaster resilience scorecard

Raising standards of urban resilience

Thesis title: Empowering women in post-disaster reconstruction