International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 15 Issue 2

Identifying the potential participation in natural disaster insurance: first attempt based on a national socio-economic survey in Indonesia

Siskarossa Ika Oktora, Ika Yuni Wulansari, Tiodora Hadumaon Siagian, Bagaskoro Cahyo Laksono, Ni Nyoman Ria Sugiandewi, Nabila Anindita

This study aims to identify the regions with a high risk of natural disaster, estimate the proportion of households potentially participating in natural disaster insurance and…

Development of critical infrastructure resilience index for cities in Sri Lanka

Udara Sachinthana Perera, Chandana Siriwardana, Ishani Shehara Pitigala Liyana Arachchi

Infrastructures become critical with the emerging threats triggering through disasters. Sri Lanka is a country with a higher risk of disaster impacts, in which the eye-opening has…

Flood susceptibility mapping in anthropogenic wetland area, Shadegan County, Southwest of Iran

Somaiyeh Khaleghi, Ahmad Jadmavinejad

Shadegan County as a wetland area was selected because of its susceptibility to flooding hazards and inundation. The purpose of this paper is to analyze flooding hazard based on…

Design of transformable transitional shelter for post disaster relief

Merve Cerrahoğlu, Feray Maden

The most important need after natural disasters is the sheltering. However, most of the existing temporary shelters do not meet all requirements for long-term use and not provide…

Evaluation of safe-to-fail flood solution alternatives and integration of safe-to-fail concept in AEC education to develop resilient coastal cities

Rubaya Rahat, Piyush Pradhananga, Mohamed ElZomor

Safe-to-fail (SF) is an emerging resilient design approach that has the potential to minimize the severity of flood damages. The purpose of this study is to explore the SF design…

Ethical analysis of architecture on structural irregularities in major earthquakes in Turkey

Mustafa Dallı, Asena Soyluk

The aim of this study is to question the relationship between architectural ethical codes and faults in earthquakes. Earthquakes have devastating effects on all societies in…

Measurement of city road network resilience in hazardous flood events

Mukesh M.S., Yashwant B. Katpatal, Digambar S. Londhe

Recently, the serviceability of the transportation infrastructure in urban areas has become crucial. Any impact of the hazardous conditions on the urban road network causes…

Reflections on science, technology and innovation on the aspirations of the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction

Bismark Adu-Gyamfi, Ariyaningsih  , He Zuquan, Nanami Yamazawa, Akiko Kato, Rajib Shaw

The Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) 2015–2030 offers guidelines to reduce disaster losses and further delivers a wake-up call to be conscious of disasters. Its…

Relative importance of safety against natural disasters for residential selection: a case study at Osaka prefecture, Japan

Tomoyuki Takabatake, Nanami Hasegawa, Suguru Nishigaki

This study aims to clarify the following research questions: to what extent do people consider natural disaster risks as important for residential selection? what personal…