International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment: Volume 8 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Irene Lill, Srinath Perera

Determining critical infrastructure risks using social network analysis

Citra Ongkowijoyo, Hemanta Doloi

The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel risk analysis method named fuzzy critical risk analysis (FCRA) for assessing the infrastructure risks from a risk-community network…

Balancing costs and benefits in Vietnam’s hydropower industry: a strategic proposal

Chinh Luu, Jason Von Meding, Sittimont Kanjanabootra

One of the main strategic targets in the national power development plan of Vietnam is to give priority to hydropower. However, there is evidence that the most “at risk” in…

Enhance household resilience in Istanbul

Seda Kundak

This paper aims to address improvements in household preparedness against earthquake risks.

Disasters and long-term economic sustainability: a perspective on Sierra Leone

Barlu Dumbuya, Niru Nirupama

This paper aims to analyse the case of Sierra Leone from the lens of economic impact and underlying causes for concern towards economic sustainability in a post-Ebola recovery…

Testing solutions of a multi-disaster building’s certification functional to the built environment sustainability and resilience

Daniele Fabrizio Bignami

This paper aims to present phenomenological extensions and technical improvements of a recent research path on a potential operational scheme aiming at promoting an effective…

Building organisational resilience for the construction industry: New Zealand practitioners’ perspective

Zulkfli Sapeciay, Suzanne Wilkinson, Seosamh B. Costello

This paper aims to explore New Zealand construction practitioners’ approaches to organisational resilience practice in built environment discipline, based on survey and interview…