International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 1 Issue 1

An integrative review of the built environment discipline's role in the development of society's resilience to disasters

Richard Haigh, Dilanthi Amaratunga

The purpose of this paper is to present an integrative review of the literature to explore the nature of the built environment discipline's potential role in the development of…

Disaster impact analysis based on inter‐relationship of critical infrastructure and associated industries: A winter flood disaster event

Eun Ho Oh, Abhijeet Deshmukh, Makarand Hastak

Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina (the most destructive natural calamity in US history), have destructive impact on residents, critical infrastructure, as well as…

Addressing vulnerability through an integrated approach

David McEntire, Colleen Gilmore Crocker MPH, Ekong Peters

The purpose of this paper is to review current theoretical approaches in disaster studies and put forward a model of vulnerability that incorporates physical science, engineering…

Resourcing for a resilient post‐disaster reconstruction environment

Yan Chang, Suzanne Wilkinson, Erica Seville, Regan Potangaroa

The purpose of this paper is to understand the resourcing issues that concern the provision of resources required for reconstruction projects after a disaster and to enable them…

Dataflow model for managing urban disasters: the experience of Bam earthquake

Ali Asghar Pourezzat, Mostafa Nejati, Abdolazim Mollaee

The purpose of this paper is to provide a system based on the data flow diagram (DFD), which can be used to help urban policy makers reduce the consequences of natural disasters.

An examination of decision making in post disaster housing reconstruction

Carolyn S. Hayles

The purpose of this paper is to explore the key challenges facing non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) during decision making in post disaster housing reconstruction.

Review of the risk perception in vulnerability contexts

E. Korstanje Maximiliano

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) – Annual Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference 2010 (COBRA 2010)

Disasters and the built environment: towards a mature discipline

Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh

CIB World Congress 2010

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh