Latest issue of Disaster Resilience Journal published
Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:15:00 GMT
Volume 5 Issue 3 of the International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, edited by GDRC Professors Dilanthi Amaratunga & Richard Haigh has just been published. Please visit: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/ijdrbe/5/3 to read the papers.
Papers include:
- Re-framing planning decision-making: increasing flood resilience in Jakarta - Tri Mulyani Sunarharum, Mellini Sloan, Connie Susilawati (pp. 230 - 242)
- Planning for relocation in recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Considering residential relocation in historic and international contexts - Elizabeth Maly, Eiko Ishikawa (pp. 243 - 259)
- Flooding due to torrential rainfall in Kumamoto, 2012 - Natainia Lummen, Sota Nakajo, Fumihiko Yamada (pp. 260 – 276)
- Role of social networks in community preparedness for bushfire - Yoko Akama, Susan Chaplin, Peter Fairbrother (pp. 277 – 291)
- The role of NGOs in building sustainable community resilience - Tal Fitzpatrick, Julie Molloy (pp. 292 – 304)
- Collaboration to improve evacuation centre operations in Queensland - Tania Somasundaram, Belinda Jayne Davies (pp. 305 – 317)
- Levels of social trust among men from refugee backgrounds after the 2011 Queensland floods - Ignacio Correa-Velez, Celia McMichael, Augustine Conteh (pp. 318 – 328)
Several news articles have also been published:
- Enhancing resilience of critical road infrastructure: bridges, culverts and floodways
- Queensland University of Technology Centre for Emergency and Disaster Management (CEDM)
This is the only journal in the field to promote research and scholarly activity that examines the role of building and construction to anticipate and respond to disasters that damage or destroy the built environment. Although the origins and causes of disasters are varied, the consequences to human society are frequently similar: extensive loss of life, particularly among vulnerable members of a community; economic losses, hindering development goals; destruction of the built and natural environment, increasing vulnerability; and, widespread disruption to local institutions and livelihoods, disempowering the local community.
The Journal is Indexed in: British Library, Construction and Building Abstracts, ICONDA - The International Construction Database, Business Source Premier (EBSCO), ABI INFORM Global (ProQuest), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (ProQuest), INSPEC and SCOPUS.
Coverage details of the journal is available at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=ijdrbe
If you have any ideas for a paper that falls within the scope of the journal, editors are happy to discuss the ideas further with you.
Contact details: Professor Richard Haigh: r.haigh@hud.ac.uk or Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga: d.amaratunga@hud.ac.uk. GDRC, School of Art, Design and Architecture
