International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 12 Issue 5

Flash flood hazard mapping based on AHP with GIS and satellite information in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia

Chhuonvuoch Koem, Sarintip Tantanee

Cambodia is considered one of the countries that are most vulnerable to adverse effects of climate change, particularly floods and droughts. Kampong Speu Province is a frequent…

Guiding factors for planning public open spaces to enhance coastal cities’ disaster resilience to tsunamis

R.R.J. Chathuranganee Jayakody, Dilanthi Amaratunga

Public open spaces (POS) in cities are often measured as a strength to enhance cities’ sustainability with a contribution to the three pillars: economic, social and environmental…

Disaster risk reduction compliance framework for public private partnership (PPP) port projects

Champika Liyanage, Felix Villalba-Romero

This paper aims to identify success factors and resilience measures (RM) that contribute to disaster risk reduction (DRR) in public private partnerships (PPP) port projects in…

Flooding in mega-cities: using structural equation modeling to assess flood impact in Dhaka

Md. Nawrose Fatemi, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Matthew Abunyewah, Michihiro Kita, Tahmina Rahman

This paper aims to bring the more recent discourse on the multilayered and interconnected dimensions of flood vulnerability, damage and risk reduction at the microlevel of global…

A capacity needs assessment to integrate MOOC-based climate change education with the higher education institutions in Europe and developing countries in Asia: findings of the focused group survey in PCHEI under the BECK project

Malith Senevirathne, H.A.C. Priyankara, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh, Nandasiri Weerasinghe, Champa Nawaratne, Arturas Kaklauskas

The extreme climatic events are a result of modern human lifestyles and activities. Climate literacy is one of the significant factors to redefine aggravated human behaviours…

Is resilience a unique extension rather than a rejection of neoliberalism? A critical reading of David Chandler’s writings on resilience

H. Unnathi S. Samaraweera

This paper aims to engage with the concept of resilience as theorized by David Chandler in his book Resilience: The Governance of Complexity by drawing from the theory of…

Building codes and regulations for disaster resilience in Bangladesh: the case of Dhaka

Iftekhar Ahmed, Md Humayun Kabir

The paper deals with the challenges and opportunities of enabling resilience of the built environment through building regulations and codes in a developing country context. The…

Evaluation of interaction between housing infrastructure resilience factors against flood hazard based on rough DEMATEL approach

Mrinal Kanti Sen, Subhrajit Dutta, Golam Kabir

Housing infrastructure is the basic need for people of a community and due to disaster many houses may severaly damaged. Stakeholders and decision makers should focus on this…