International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 8 Issue 5

Flood caused by driftwood accumulation at a bridge

Nobuaki Kimura, Akira Tai, Akihiro Hashimoto

Extreme weather events introduced by climate change have been frequent across the world for the past decade. For example, Takeda City, a mountainous area in the south-western…

Tornado mitigation network analysis and simulation

Samanthi W. Durage, S.C. Wirasinghe, Janaka Y. Ruwanpura

This paper aims to apply network modelling and simulation methods to critically analyse the tornado detection, warning and communication system in the Canadian Prairies.

Multi-scale, integrated strategies for urban flood resilience

Kemi Adeyeye, Stephen Emmitt

This study aims to determine and consolidate the multi-scale components that inform anticipatory action for resilience; propose a conceptual framework for the collaborative and…

Managing the humanitarian supply chain: a fuzzy logic approach

Kunal K. Ganguly, R.K. Padhy, Siddharth Shankar Rai

Humanitarian supply chain management (HSCM) in today’s environment faces the challenges such as information availability, inventory management, collaboration, logistics related…

Resilience of hospital facilities in Singapore’s healthcare industry: a pilot study

Sui Pheng Low, Shang Gao, Gina Qi Er Wong

Singapore’s health-care infrastructure is suffering from increasing pressure due to population growth and a rapidly ageing population. This paper aims to assess the resilience of…

How sustainable is disaster resilience?: An overview of sustainable construction approach in post-disaster housing reconstruction

Farrah Zuhaira Ismail, Anthony Halog, Carl Smith

The intervention of many different organizations during the post-disaster housing reconstructions could also influence the sustainability of the overall socio-ecology of the…

Strengthening local institutions as avenues for climate change resilience

Josephat Okuku Oloo, Paul Omondi

In Africa, poverty and food insecurity is pervasive due to intertwined factors including, declining crop yields, land degradation and inadequate policy and institutional support…