International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 11 Issue 4

Selection of surrogates to assess social resilience in disaster management using multi-criteria decision analysis

A.M. Aslam Saja, Melissa Teo, Ashantha Goonetilleke, A.M. Ziyath, Jagath Gunatilake

The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for evaluation and ranking of potential surrogates to select the optimum surrogates and test it for five selected social…

How can gamification be incorporated into disaster emergency planning? A systematic review of the literature

Nayomi Kankanamge, Tan Yigitcanlar, Ashantha Goonetilleke, Md. Kamruzzaman

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of gamification as a novel technique in motivating community engagement in disaster-related activities in order to address the…

Cyber security and the disaster resilience framework

Abhilash Panda, Andrew Bower

The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on the place of cyber security risk in the framework of global commitments adopted in 2015 to reduce disaster risks in an all-hazards…

An exploratory assessment of infrastructure resilience to disasters

Dae Woong Lee

This study aims to provide an analysis and evaluation of infrastructure resilience, one of the components of disaster resilience, to natural hazards.

Structural design of floodways under extreme flood loading

Isaac Greene, Weena Lokuge, Warna Karunasena

Current methods for floodway design are predominately based on hydrological and hydraulic design principles. The purpose of this paper is to investigate a finite element methods…

A framework for earthquake resilience at neighborhood level

Fereshteh Aslani, Kambod Amini Hosseini, Alireza Fallahi

Despite long decades of research studies in the field of urban neighborhood resilience, there are still some unknown dimensions. In this regard, the study aims to develop a new…

Expert knowledge elicitation in the firefighting domain and the implications for training novices

Justin Okoli

Experienced firefighters often make important decisions in fast-paced fire ground environments characterised by uncertainty and evolving conditions, mostly under considerable…