Latest issue of the Journal of Disaster Resilience published
Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:19:00 BST
Volume 6 Issue 2 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/6/2 to read the papers.
Editorial is entitled: “The role of science in the new Sendai framework for action on disaster risk reduction 2015-2030: written by Richard Haigh, Dilanthi Amaratunga and can be read at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJDRBE-04-2015-0018
Scientific papers include:
- Supporting post-disaster social recovery to build back better - Sandeeka Mannakkara, Suzanne Jane Wilkinson (pp. 126 - 139)
- Continuity and change in housing and settlement patterns in post-earthquake Gujarat, India - Jennifer Erica Duyne Barenstein (pp. 140 - 155)
- Collective resilience following mine clearance in Kurdish Iraq - Jo Durham, Rob White (pp. 156 - 167)
- A novel approach to assess resilience of energy systems - Julian Matzenberger, Nigel Hargreaves, Debadayita Raha, Priyan Dias (pp. 168 - 181)
- Stopping the tragedy before it occurs: Protecting Lebanese public schools from upcoming earthquake disasters - Mohamad Naja, Hoda Baytiyeh (pp. 182 - 192)
- Efficiency of public goods provision in Wenchuan earthquake-stricken rural areas, Sichuan, China: A fuzzy comprehensive evaluation - Feng Yang, Minghong Yang (pp. 193 - 205)
- Architects and rural post-disaster housing: lessons from South India - Gertrud Tauber (pp. 206 - 224)
There is also a news article: The Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction: from science and technology to societal resilience by Kevin Blanchard, Amina Aitsi-Selmi, Virginia Murray which is accessible at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJDRBE-04-2015-0019
GDRC Dr Kanchana Ginige has published an abstract on her doctorial thesis: “Mainstreaming women in disaster risk reduction in the built environment”, which is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJDRBE-04-2015-0017
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, which 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
