After large scale disasters, reconstruction is often initiated by stakeholders to minimize
disaster impacts and to mitigate a recurrence. For most reconstruction programmes, priority …

Wider scientific community now accept that the threat of climate change as real and thus
acknowledge the importance of implementing adaptation measures in a global context. In …

This paper seeks to identify and categorise challenges encountered in managing post-
disaster reconstruction projects. Literature relevant to the topic was identified using …

Sri Lanka experiences regular natural hazard-related disasters: flooding, landslides,
cyclones and droughts. These events cause devastating effects in terms of human …

Climate change poses severe risks for businesses, which companies as well as
governments need to understand in order to take appropriate steps to manage those. This …

Background Public health practice and efforts to improve the social determinants of health
operate within a climate characterised by multiple and intersecting crises. This includes the …

Currently, owner-driven reconstruction (ODR) has become a default large-scale post-
disaster housing strategy and particularly in resource-poor countries. The latest example is …

Abstract Post-Disaster Resettlement (PDR) is one of the most important, time and cost-
consuming disaster management activity following a catastrophic event. Restoration of …

This research study assesses the effectiveness of the Socio-Technical Assistance (STA)
program when combined with owner-driven housing reconstruction on rural private housing …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of post-disaster housing
reconstruction projects, propose the conceptual living-transforming disaster relief shelter …