Abstract: The World Bank is increasingly at the forefront of housing reconstruction in countries affected by disasters. Yet, the literature on the World Bank’s postdisaster housing projects is rather thin. This paper examines the ...

Abstract: Despite a growing acknowledgement of shared responsibilities in emergency management, one of the hidden and overlooked issues in the disaster literature is the identification and integration of multisector stakeholder ...

Abstract: Achieving community resilience is a complex task, as there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach that can be applied uniformly across all communities. Communities with unique characteristics (e.g., geographic, demographic, ...

Abstract: Achieving community resilience is a complex task, as there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach that can be applied uniformly across all communities. Communities with unique characteristics (e.g., geographic, demographic, ...

Abstract: The objective of the study presented in this paper is to investigate determinants of resilience in water infrastructure systems in developing countries using the case study of the 215 Nepalese Earthquake. Because of ...

Abstract: Abstract Glass fiber–reinforced polymer (GFRP)–RC columns can fail in a brittle manner under combined axial compression and bending moment. Discrete macrofiber addition can improve the pseudoductility of GFRP-RC elements ...

Abstract: Major conceptual and empirical advances over the past three decades have clarified how natural hazard events interact with community and human exposures and vulnerabilities to create risks that then become emergencies, ...