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Characterizing Post-Disaster Reconstruction Training Methods and Learning Styles
Published 2016-12-01
Large disasters damage or destroy infrastructure that is then reconstructed through programmes that train community members in construction techniques that reduce future risks. Despite the number of post-disaster reconstruction ...
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Constructing Authority in Disaster Relief Coordination
Published 2017-04-01
The purpose of our study is to explore the social construction of authority in disaster relief coordination. We emphasize the ways in which stakeholders draw upon various discursive resources in order to establish or ...
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Inter-Organizational Resource Coordination in Post-Disaster Infrastructure Recovery
Published 2016-10-01
Despite significant advances in strengthening post-disaster recovery efforts, misaligned strategy and inefficient resource allocation are far too often the norm for infrastructure reconstruction. To examine the ...
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Infrastructure Hazard Resilience Trends: An Analysis of 25 Years of Research
Published 2017-06-01
Hazard research has made significant strides over the last several decades, answering critical questions surrounding vulnerability and recovery. Recently, resilience has come to the forefront of scholarly debates and ...
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An Open Data Approach to Mapping Urban Drainage Infrastructure in Developing Communities
Published 2020-01-01
Urban flooding in developing countries represents a growing threat to sustainable development efforts, yet the tools needed to study these infrastructure systems in data-scarce environments are woefully inadequate. This ...
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Knowledge Adoption in Post-Disaster Housing Self-Recovery
Published 2020-01-01
The purpose of this study is to explore communication of hazard-resistant construction techniques after disaster in the absence of outside influence. It further aims to unpack the barriers and drivers in the adoption of ...
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Household Construction Knowledge Acquisition in Post-Disaster Shelter Training
Published 2018-01-01
The incorporation of safer building practices into shelter after disasters continues to plague recovery efforts. While limited resources are one potential cause, evidence from case studies suggests that poor adoption of ...
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Defining a Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Research Agenda
Published 2021
Despite the knowledge gained on post-disaster sheltering and housing over the last several decades, there remains a disconnect in the evidence needed by humanitarian practitioners and the learning that the research community ...
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Mitigating Infrastructure Disaster Losses Through Asset Management Practices in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Published 2021
Despite expanding infrastructure investments in developing countries, maintenance of constructed infrastructure is not keeping pace and there is a growing need to focus on the long-term operational demands of new assets ...
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Assessing the Impact of Household Participation on Satisfaction and Safe Design in Humanitarian Shelter Projects
Published 2019-09-17
Participation has long been considered important for post‐disaster recovery. Establishing what constitutes participation in post‐disaster shelter projects, however, has remained elusive, and the links between different ...
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