International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation: Volume 36 Issue 4

Building Resilience in Urban Settlements

Sara Wilkinson, Paul Osmond

Perceptions and pathways of resilience in Addis Ababa

Nicole Baron, Zegeye Cherenet

Resilience has recently attracted widespread interest in the field of urban planning and theory. However, the research that has been conducted on urban resilience in Africa has…

Sustainability ratings in residential development: a worthwhile endeavour?

Georgia Warren-Myers, Madeline Judge, Angela Paladino

Rating tools for the built environment were designed to engage consumers and enhance sustainability and resilience. However, the intended outcomes of these rating systems appear…

Advancing real estate decision making: understanding known, unknown and unknowable risks

David Higgins, Treshani Perera

Whilst existing literature on real estate risk management focusses almost exclusively on holistic risk management techniques, documented increases in frequency and magnitude of…

Efficacy of adaptive reuse for the redevelopment of underutilised historical buildings: Towards the regeneration of New Zealand’s provincial town centres

Itohan Esther Aigwi, Temitope Egbelakin, Jason Ingham

Most provincial town centres in New Zealand typically feature old and vacant historical buildings, the majority of which possess heritage values. The growing perception that it is…

Adaptability of mass housing: size modification of flats as a response to segregation

Satu Huuhka, Sini Saarimaa

When dwellings fail to respond to residents’ needs, housing will suffer from segregation and buildings will possibly be demolished ahead of their time. This paper focuses on the…

The importance of user memory in understanding housing quality

Hatice Sadikoglu Asan, Ahsen Ozsoy

Housing quality is determined by both objective and subjective dynamics. This research was conducted to explore the importance of users’ memory as a tool for assessing housing…