International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 6 Issue 3

Residents’ perceptions of risk towards residential property in Canterbury NZ subsequent to the earthquakes

Sandy Bond

This paper aims to investigate residents’ perceptions of risk towards owning and living in residential property in Christchurch subsequent to the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury…

Dichotomising compulsory land acquisition and land contamination valuations

Victor A. Akujuru, Les Ruddock

This study aims at identifying the consequences of adopting statutory rather than market basis in assessing damages due to contamination to land. Most valuations undertaken to…

What does insurance purchase behaviour say about risks?: A study in the Argentine context with special focus on travel insurance

Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje, Babu P. George

This paper aims to explore the world of insurances as rites of adaptancy and resiliency before risk and disasters. The research on risks, both perceived and real, has become a…

An evaluation framework for assessing resilience of post-disaster housing

Iftekhar Ahmed, Esther Ruth Charlesworth

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the utility of a tool for assessing resilience of housing. After disasters, maximum resources are often allocated for housing…

Vulnerability assessment and interdependency analysis of critical infrastructures for climate adaptation and flood mitigation

Rodolfo Jr. Espada, Armando Apan, Kevin McDougall

The purpose of this paper is to present a novel approach that examines the vulnerability and interdependency of critical infrastructures using the network theory in geographic…

Integration of resilience and sustainability: from theory to application

Nebil Achour, Efthimia Pantzartzis, Federica Pascale, Andrew D. F. Price

This study aims to explore the challenges associated with the integration of resilience and sustainability, and propose a workable solution that ensures resilient and sustainable…

Role of social resilience in mitigating disasters

N. Nirupama, T. Popper, A. Quirke

The purpose of this paper is to analyze a few recent earthquakes, gain insights into the role of social resilience in the severity of disaster impact and offer plausible…

Disaster and Tragic Events: An Encyclopedia of Catastrophes in American History

Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje

Moving from 2015 to 2030: challenges and opportunities for higher education

Richard Haigh, Dilanthi Amaratunga