International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 13 Issue 3

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on public engagement approaches to disaster preparedness for foreign residents: case of Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Japan

Bismark Adu Gyamfi, Rajib Shaw

Foreign residents in Japan are classified as one vulnerable group at risk of disasters. Therefore, various measures are in place to engage, educate and offer first-hand…

Systems thinking approach for disaster resilient and climate smart agriculture in Bangladesh

Sheikh Tawhidul Islam, Md. Kamruzzaman Akand, Md. Nurul Islam, Soumic Samad, Faiyad H. Rishal

Linear and narrow focus of climate change and disaster impact assessments on agriculture turns out as a limiting factor to understand how impact conditions trigger changes in the…

Sustainable management of coastal critical infrastructure: case study of multi-purpose cyclone shelters in South Asia

Ankit Jaiswal, Anil Kumar, Indrajit Pal, Bhushan Raisinghani, Tushar H. Bhoraniya

To minimize risk of coastal communities arising from cyclones, several risk mitigation initiatives have been taken in countries. Cyclone shelters have proven to be an important…

How embankment influences coastal livelihood in the context of climate adaptation – a case study of Indian Sundarban Delta

Senjuti Saha, Somnath Hazra, Tuhin Ghosh

The decision of livelihood based on the embankment characters is essentially multivariate. Making an effort to do the bivariate modelling may eliminate the useful socio-economic…

Conjoint assessment of rural water security and system sustainability in Nagpur, India

Vibhas Sukhwani, Rajib Shaw

In spite of the growing usage of “water security” as a policy template, the sustainable delivery of adequate quantity/quality of water remains a major challenge, specifically in…

Addressing housing needs of the displaced people promoting resilient and sustainable communities

Chathuranganee Jayakody, Chamindi Ishara Malalgoda, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh, Champika Liyanage, Mo Hamza, Emlyn Witt, Nishara Fernando

Addressing the housing needs of the displaced communities is an essential part of a recovery programme that has distinct links to livelihoods, health, education, security and…

Waterlogging mitigation and safe water supply: lessons learnt from low-lying areas of Basirhat municipality, India

Aniruddha Dey, Sheikh Tawhidul Islam, Biplabketan Paul, Swarnabha Bandyopadhyay, Piu Sengupta, Nandini Sanyal, Krishna Prosad Mondal, Al Jubaer, Rangeet Mitra

The purpose of this paper is to develop a replicable model that ensures Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage as well as water treatment facilities at the community level by…

Assessment and appraisal of local governance on urban flood resilience in Bangkok Metropolitan Region: perspectives of SDGs 11 and 13

Indrajit Pal, Jose Luis Arboleda, Vilas Nitivattananon, Nonthakarn Benjachat

The purpose of this study is to understand through the qualitative assessment, how the current strategy plans are geared toward reducing urban flood risks and achieving…