International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 6 Issue 2

Supporting post-disaster social recovery to build back better

Sandeeka Mannakkara, Suzanne Jane Wilkinson

– This paper aims to propose a set of principles for implementation of successful post-disaster social recovery in-line with the concept of “building back better” (BBB).

Continuity and change in housing and settlement patterns in post-earthquake Gujarat, India

Jennifer Erica Duyne Barenstein

This paper aims to examine people's strategies to regain control over the socio-spatial organisation of their villages and transform their agency-built houses in culturally…

Collective resilience following mine clearance in Kurdish Iraq

Jo Durham, Rob White

The purpose of the study was to identify the economic impacts of landmine clearance on household livelihoods and to present the qualitative findings of a study undertaken in the…

A novel approach to assess resilience of energy systems

Julian Matzenberger, Nigel Hargreaves, Debadayita Raha, Priyan Dias

The purpose of this paper is to outline different notions of the term resilience used in scientific disciplines and consequently explore how the concept can be applied to energy…

Stopping the tragedy before it occurs: Protecting Lebanese public schools from upcoming earthquake disasters

Mohamad Naja, Hoda Baytiyeh

The purpose of this paper is to offer an assessment of seismic structural vulnerability of a sample of public schools using Lang survey questionnaire. The structural integrity of…

Efficiency of public goods provision in Wenchuan earthquake-stricken rural areas, Sichuan, China: A fuzzy comprehensive evaluation

Feng Yang, Minghong Yang

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of public goods provision in Wenchuan earthquake-stricken rural areas. The study was undertaken in August and September…

Architects and rural post-disaster housing: lessons from South India

Gertrud Tauber

This research aims to examine three housing projects implemented by local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and planned by local architects after the Indian Ocean tsunami of…

The role of science in the new Sendai framework for action on disaster risk reduction 2015-2030

Richard Haigh, Dilanthi Amaratunga

Mainstreaming women in disaster risk reduction in the built environment

Kanchana Ginige

The Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction: from science and technology to societal resilience

Kevin Blanchard, Amina Aitsi-Selmi, Virginia Murray