International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 4 Issue 1

Making Cities Resilient: from awareness to implementation

Helena Molin Valdés, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh

The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) campaign on Making Cities Resilient.

Negotiating community resilience in the city in a time of political change and deficit reduction

Fuad Mukkarram Munawwar Ali, Keith Jones

The aim of this paper is to develop a discussion of the production of community resilience to extreme weather during the first years of a new national government, one which is…

Implementation of Hyogo Framework for Action in Makati City, Philippines

Yuki Matsuoka, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw

The purpose of this paper is to review the challenges for disaster risk reduction (DRR) by local governments and local implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) as…

Framing responses to post‐earthquake Haiti: How representations of disasters, reconstruction and human settlements shape resilience

Lisa Bornstein, Gonzalo Lizarralde, Kevin A. Gould, Colin Davidson

The aim of this paper is to add a new dimension to urban resilience by exploring how representations of disasters, reconstruction and human settlements are made, and how, by…

Social capital and sociological resilience in megacities context

Barbara Lucini

During the last few decades social resilience and social vulnerability have been two crucial sociological concepts for everyone involved in crisis and disaster management. The…

Creating a disaster resilient built environment in urban cities: The role of local governments in Sri Lanka

Chamindi Malalgoda, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role and challenges for Sri Lankan local governments in creating a disaster resilient built environment within urban Sri Lankan cities.

A framework to construct post‐disaster housing

Saumyang Patel, Makarand Hastak

Natural disasters often destroy hundreds of homes that leave victims homeless and leads to community displacement. In the USA, such disasters happen over 60 times per year. This…

Guidance on Resilience in Urban Planning

Helena Molin Valdes, Patricia Holly Purcell

2012 Awards for Excellence

Making Cities Resilient Report 2012: a global snapshot of how local governments reduce disaster risk

Helena Molin Valdes, Patricia Holly Purcell

International Conference on Building Resilience