International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 14 Issue 1

Identifying gaps in early warning mechanisms and evacuation procedures for tsunamis in Sri Lanka, with a special focus on the use of social media

Ravindu Udayantha Jayasekara, Gaindu Saranga Jayathilaka, Chandana Siriwardana, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh, Chaminda Bandara, Ranjith Dissanayake

The current National Early Warning System for Sri Lanka (NEWS: SL) was established after the devastations of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004. Although early warning (EW) systems…

Simulation-based learning in tertiary-level disaster risk management education: a class-room experiment

Jerry Chati Tasantab, Thayaparan Gajendran, Toinpre Owi, Emmanuel Raju

Conventional lecture-based educational approaches alone might not be able to portray the complexity of disaster risk management practice and its real-life dynamics. One…

Gender-based perception of civil engineering and construction students towards infrastructure and community resilience

Saeed Rokooei, Farshid Vahedifard, Solomon Belay

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of gender differences in the perception of civil engineers and construction (CEC) students toward resilience to natural…

Evacuation of vulnerable people during a Natech: a case study of a flood and factory explosion in Japan

Nobuhito Ohtsu, Akihiko Hokugo, Ana Maria Cruz, Yukari Sato, Yuko Araki, Hyejeong Park

This study investigated pre-evacuation times and evacuation behaviors of vulnerable people during the 2018 flooding in Shimobara, Okayama, Japan, and the flood-triggered factory…

Survey on the dissemination of Web-based information on “evacuation and sheltering” in the context of COVID-19 by the Japanese Government

Hiroaki Sano, Yohei Chiba, Sachiko Maeda, Chiharu Ikeda, Nobuyuki Handa, Shinya Miura, Yuichiro Usuda

This study examines the websites of central government ministries, prefectures and municipalities to obtain a comprehensive bird’s-eye view of how they are preparing for natural…

Mapping direct flood impacts from a 2020 extreme flood event in Central Vietnam using spatial analysis techniques

Chinh Luu, Quynh Duy Bui, Jason von Meding

In October 2020, Vietnam was repeatedly hit by large storms, including Linfa, Nangka, Saudel and Molave, causing heavy rains and whirlwinds in the Central provinces of Vietnam…

Land use change and precipitation implication to hydro-meteorological disasters in Central Java: an overview

Intan Hapsari Surya Putri, Imam Buchori, Wiwandari Handayani

This study aims to prove that land-use change plays a role in the occurrence of hydro-meteorological disasters in Central Java, especially in relation to its upstream and…

Exploring residential characteristics as determinants of household adaptation to climate change in Lagos, Nigeria

Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, Abdullateef Iyanda Bako

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing residents’ adaptation strategies to climate change effects in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria.