International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 4 Issue 1
Table of contents - Special Issue: Making Cities Resilient: From Awareness to Implementation
Guest Editors: Helena Molin Valds
Making Cities Resilient: from awareness to implementation
Helena Molin Valdés, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard HaighThe purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) campaign on Making Cities Resilient.
Negotiating community resilience in the city in a time of political change and deficit reduction
Fuad Mukkarram Munawwar Ali, Keith JonesThe aim of this paper is to develop a discussion of the production of community resilience to extreme weather during the first years of a new national government, one which is…
Implementation of Hyogo Framework for Action in Makati City, Philippines
Yuki Matsuoka, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib ShawThe purpose of this paper is to review the challenges for disaster risk reduction (DRR) by local governments and local implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) as…
Framing responses to post‐earthquake Haiti: How representations of disasters, reconstruction and human settlements shape resilience
Lisa Bornstein, Gonzalo Lizarralde, Kevin A. Gould, Colin DavidsonThe aim of this paper is to add a new dimension to urban resilience by exploring how representations of disasters, reconstruction and human settlements are made, and how, by…
Social capital and sociological resilience in megacities context
Barbara LuciniDuring the last few decades social resilience and social vulnerability have been two crucial sociological concepts for everyone involved in crisis and disaster management. The…
Creating a disaster resilient built environment in urban cities: The role of local governments in Sri Lanka
Chamindi Malalgoda, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard HaighThe purpose of this paper is to explore the role and challenges for Sri Lankan local governments in creating a disaster resilient built environment within urban Sri Lankan cities.
A framework to construct post‐disaster housing
Saumyang Patel, Makarand HastakNatural disasters often destroy hundreds of homes that leave victims homeless and leads to community displacement. In the USA, such disasters happen over 60 times per year. This…
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hybridEditors:
- Prof Dilanthi Amaratunga
- Prof Richard Haigh