International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 2 Issue 2
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Enhancing post‐earthquake disaster resilience
Jacob Tyler, Amarjit SinghThe purpose of this paper is to present a multi‐year assistance plan aimed at promoting a disaster resilient and foreign‐aid‐independent community in rural Peru in the wake of the…
Hurricane risk and coastal property owner choices
Robert T. Burrus, Christopher F. Dumas, J. Edward GrahamThe purpose of this paper is to contrast the behavior of a US homeowner exposed to hurricane risk with government policies designed to limit hurricane losses. Owners limit these…
Recovery: rebuilding a resilient housing stock
David V. RosowskyThis paper aims to address a critical aspect of post‐event recovery, namely the rebuilding of the housing stock following a devastating natural disaster. Using hurricanes as an…
An overview of post‐disaster permanent housing reconstruction in developing countries
Iftekhar AhmedA set of guidelines widely agreed by the international humanitarian aid community, such as the Sphere Handbook, is currently lacking for permanent housing reconstruction in…
Reconnecting with poverty: new challenges of disaster management
Maximiliano E. KorstanjeIt is clear that poverty can be a key factor to take into consideration at time of potentiating or mitigating the unexpected aftermaths of disasters. In some extent, the degree of…
ISSN:
1759-5908Online date, start – end:
2010Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof Dilanthi Amaratunga
- Prof Richard Haigh