International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 15 Issue 1

Urban search and rescue (USAR) simulation in earthquake environments using queuing theory: estimating the appropriate number of rescue teams

Navid Hooshangi, Navid Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou, Seyyed Reza Ghaffari-Razin

The duration of an urban search and rescue (USAR) operation directly depends on the number of rescue teams involved. The purpose of this paper is to simplify the earthquake…

Resilient WASH development for urban poor: the case of Ahmedabad slums

Akshat Yaumin Thakore, Mona Iyer, Gargi Mishra, Siddh Doshi

Climate variability, accompanied by rapid urbanization and rising population disproportionality, impacts urban poor settlements. This paper aims to analyse the climate resilience…

Multihazard risk assessment of educational institutes of Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Shivani Chouhan, Aishwarya Narang, Mahua Mukherjee

In the event of a disaster, educational institutions like schools serve as lifeline buildings. Hence, it is crucial to safeguard these buildings for the communities that may…

Adaptation measures on hydrological risks and climate change impacts in urbanized sub-region, Thailand: a case study in lower Chao Phraya River basin

Sutinee Chao-Amonphat, Vilas Nitivattananon, Sirinapha Srinonil

This study aims to explain the existing adaptation practices in an urbanized sub-region in the lower Chao Phraya River basin (CPRB) across different scales and dimensions. It…

Rooftop rainwater harvesting for sustainable water usage in residential buildings for climate resilient city building: case study of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Muhammad Waresul Hassan Nipun, Md Ashik-Ur-Rahman, Sharmin Yousuf Rikta, Afshana Parven, Indrajit Pal

The effects of population growth in the developing world and climate change have increased the stress on available water resources. The majority of Rajshahi city, Bangladesh, is…

Develop a situation-based prioritization program as a road map to enhance the pre-resilience in flood management using machine learning methods

Samirasadat Samadi, Mohammad Saeed Taslimi

This study aims to review the features and challenges of the flood relief chain, identifies administrative measures during and after the flood occurrence and prioritizes them…

Spatio-temporal vegetation cover analysis to determine climate change in Papua New Guinea

Tingneyuc Sekac, Sujoy Kumar Jana, Indrajit Pal

The climate change and related impacts are experienced around the world. There arise different triggering factors to climate change and impact. The purpose of this study is to…

Flood knowledge management by multiple stakeholders: an example from Malaysia

Nurul Zainab Binti Along, Iftekhar Ahmed, Jamie MacKee

The purpose of this study is to explore multiple stakeholders managing the different type of knowledge in a flood-prone area. Different stakeholders hold different types of…

Postdisaster relocation and its impacts on family dynamics: a case study of typhoon Ketsana relocation in the Philippines

Paoloregel Samonte, Riyanti Djalante

In the realm of disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts and disaster resilience discipline globally, the impacts of disasters at the family level – especially in terms of…