International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 3 Issue 2
Table of contents
Risk and vulnerability assessment: a comprehensive approach
Niru NirupamaDisaster risk and vulnerability assessment depends on various factors such as appropriate theoretical concepts and quality and adequacy of information gathered. Accounting for…
Ranking of natural disasters in Sri Lanka for mitigation planning
Sanjeewa Wickramaratne, Janaka Ruwanpura, Upul Ranasinghe, Samanthi Walawe‐Durage, Varuna Adikariwattage, S.C. WirasingheThe purpose of this paper is to propose a methodology for a priori classification of natural disasters that occur in Sri Lanka, through the development of a set of weighted…
Analyzing the state of seismic consideration of architectural non‐structural components (ANSCs) in design process (based on IBC)
Mohamadjavad Mahdavinejad, Mohammadreza Bemanian, Ghazal Abolvardi, Seyed Mohammadmehdi ElhamianEarthquakes are a serious threat to life; they claim many casualties and cause huge damage to people's properties. Seismic design provisions are added to building codes in…
A concept for a performance‐based rating system for home resilience: ReScU
Orsolya Csilla Bencze, Sudipta Dasmohapatra, David C. TilottaCitizens who live in disaster prone areas need to protect their properties – particularly their homes – against the destructive effects of natural disasters to avoid large‐scale…
Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Indonesia: Institutional challenges and opportunities for integration
Riyanti Djalante, Frank ThomallaThe purpose of this paper is to examine how past experiences in implementing disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities can be harnessed to conceptualise effective and appropriate…
ISSN:
1759-5908Online date, start – end:
2010Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof Dilanthi Amaratunga
- Prof Richard Haigh