International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 7 Issue 4

Disaster risk reduction and empowering local government – a case comparison between Sri Lanka and New Zealand

Kristen MacAskill, Peter Guthrie

This paper examines the role of government in New Zealand in facilitating the development of resilience in the built environment, with reference to the post-earthquake recovery of…

Resident perception of disaster recovery planning priorities

Jennifer Horney, Matt C. Simon, Kristen Ricchetti-Masterson, Philip Berke

This paper aims to determine household perceptions of disaster recovery plan development and implementation, and to identify groups that may be less aware of the recovery planning…

Reframing “building back better” for post-disaster housing design: a community perspective

Yenny Rahmayati

This study aims to reframe the common concept of post-disaster reconstruction “building back better”, especially in the context of post-disaster housing design.

Integrated framework for early warning system in UAE

Abdulla Ali Alhmoudi, Zeeshan Aziz

The impacts and costs of natural disasters on people, properties and environment are often severe when these occur on a large scale and with no warning system in place. The lack…

Autonomous evacuation and local community

Ryuji Kakimoto, Fumihiko Yamada

The Aso area of Kumamoto Prefecture and the western part of Oita Prefecture in Japan experienced heavy rainfall from midnight until morning on 12 July 2012. Flooding and…

Flood risk management an illustrative approach

Natainia S. Lummen, Hajime Shirozu, Norio Okada, Fumihiko Yamada

In Kumamoto, Japan flood risk information is made available on several websites. In the event of heavy rainfall, local citizens need to access these websites and make…

An international comparative analysis of local hazard mitigation plan evaluation for flood: The USA, Japan and Korea

Hwayoung Kim, Ryuji Kakimoto

This research aims to identify the qualitative differences between local hazard mitigation plan (LHMP) of the developing country when compared to those of developed countries. It…

Advantages and limitations of community-based post-disaster housing reconstruction projects

Taufika Ophiyandri, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Kaushal Keraminiyage

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the advantages and limitations of the implementation of a community-based method in post-disaster housing reconstruction.