... of the evolutionary resilience theory and use it as an analytical framework to evaluate the governance of post-earthquake reconstruction planning in China. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines how reconstruction planning is governed in the epicenter town of the 2008 Great Sichuan Earthquake...

... Disaster Resilience Earthquakes Disaster prevention Building design Seismic design The frequent occurrence of earthquakes in low seismic zones has prompted researchers worldwide, including Malaysia, to investigate seismic hazards in low seismic zones. Taking Australia as an example, formerly...

... indices is presented and applied for assessing the resilience of representative bridges exposed to earthquakes. Design/methodology/approach The framework quantifies the robustness of bridges against different seismic hazard scenarios, by using realistic fragility functions and the rapidity...

...Shahrzad Pakjouei; Aidin Aryankhesal; Mohammad Kamali; Hesam Seyedin; Mohammad Heidari Purpose Earthquake usually causes death, injury, disability and destruction of buildings and infrastructure, and people with disabilities are usually affected more than healthy people. As undesirable experiences...

...Ravindu Kahandawa; Niluka Domingo; Gregory Chawynski; S.R. Uma Purpose Reconstruction processes after an earthquake require estimating repair costs to decide on whether to repair or rebuild. This requires an accurate post-earthquake cost estimation tool. Currently, there are no post-earthquake...

...Mohammad Lutfur Rahman Purpose Among the many studies about risk perception, only a few deal with Bangladesh. Paul and Bhuiyan’s (2010) study has shown the earthquake-preparedness level of residents of Dhaka, but there are some biases in the data collection. This paper aims to examine the seismic...

...Carmit Rapaport; Isaac Ashkenazi Purpose The official earthquake protection instructions for schools and kindergartens in Israel have recently been updated from the traditional “drop, cover and hold on” approach to the “flee outside to an open space” approach. This paper aims to describe...

...Amirpurya Chavoshy; Kambod Amini Hosseini; Mahmood Hosseini Purpose This study aims to provide resiliency against earthquakes to the framework of an urban road network and to construct a comprehensive model with sufficient computational detail to assist metropolitan managers as a decision support...

...Jorge Inzulza Contardo; Camillo Boano; Camila Wirsching Purpose This study aims to explore the complex relationship between post-earthquake reconstruction processes and gentrification in neighbourhoods of intermediate cities, calling on the critical role of recovery strategies in altering...

... architecture and construction. In this context, contemporary architectural design and urban planning can help meet the continued requests for the refurbishment of consolidated cities and the reconstruction of earthquake-stricken towns. Social implications Rehabilitating center is not a cultural luxury...

...Sandy Bond; Sofia Dermisi Purpose Canterbury, New Zealand, experienced two significant earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 with a devastating impact on both houses and land. Negative media attention to the potential financial risks of living near or on the new Technical Category 3 (TC3) land or on land...

...Mojgan Taheri Tafti; Richard Tomlinson Purpose This paper aims to examine the socio-spatial transformation of earthquake-affected neighbourhoods as a setting for understanding post-disaster recovery trajectories of people, their opportunities for achieving housing recovery and their housing...

...N. Nirupama; T. Popper; A. Quirke Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze a few recent earthquakes, gain insights into the role of social resilience in the severity of disaster impact and offer plausible approaches to mitigate future disaster impact. Managing and alleviating social...

...Sandy Bond Purpose – This paper aims to investigate residents’ perceptions of risk towards owning and living in residential property in Christchurch subsequent to the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes to identify how these perceptions impact on the price residents are willing to pay...

...-carrying capacity or their resistance to earthquake activity. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on survey questionnaire illustrating the seismic risk exposure of public schools in Lebanon. It offers an assessment of seismic structural vulnerability of a sample of public schools using...

...Feng Yang; Minghong Yang Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of public goods provision in Wenchuan earthquake-stricken rural areas. The study was undertaken in August and September 2012 by the field survey of 24 villages. Design/methodology/approach...

..., the relationship among international, national and local actors in the effort to conduct disaster risk reduction in Nepal through a community-based approach. Findings – The Kathmandu Valley is at risk of being hit by an earthquake at anytime. If an earthquake hits, it will cause total devastation. Although...

..., the requirements of safe refuge and recovery after a disturbance, such as an earthquake, are sometimes at odds with theories of urbanism. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses the data from two case studies: the earthquake and fire of 1906 in San Francisco and the Chile earthquake of 2010. It uses...

...Monica Mazza; Maria Chiara Pino; Sara Peretti; Katia Scolta; Enrico Mazzarelli Purpose – In April 2009, a terrible earthquake badly damaged the city of L'Aquila. Several studies have shown that the citizens' ability to react to a stressful situation is related to the satisfaction level...

.... The church of SS. Rosario (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio, per il Patrimonio Storico, Artistico e Demoetnoantropologico per le province di Salerno e Avellino, 2002 ; Giuffrè, 1996) was greatly damaged by the earthquake of November 23...