Drones, unmanned aerial systems, are of growing interest to organizations involved in
disaster risk reduction, particularly in post-disaster emergency response. Despite the …

Abstract The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 triggered a rethinking of conventional disaster
risk reduction (DRR) based on engineering (grey) structures and routine techniques. The …

Effective disaster management can help mitigate both human and financial damage.
However, the absence of appropriate disaster preparedness and management efforts can …

The scientific evidence based on experiences with past disasters points to the possibility of
the occurrence of future mental health issues among those who were affected by the recent …

Emergency response capability evaluation is an essential means to strengthen emergency
response capacity-building and improve the level of government administration. Based on …

Resilience is a concept that has always been combined with urban sciences subjects by
urban planners and has led to the creation of several theories related to urban resilience …

Most industrialized nations have attempted to control floods through civil engineering
technologies. However, these measures have failed in the face of immense natural forces …

In efforts to prevent, respond to, and recover from disasters, what alternatives are available
to top-down strategies for imposing expert knowledge on lay publics? How is the context of …

The 2015 Gorkha earthquake was one of the most devastating earthquakes in Nepal in this
century. Postdisaster reconstruction is a complex and highly challenging process, especially …

The concept of urban resilience, originating from ecological sciences, poses challenges in
its introduction and explanation as an objective and approach in urban planning. Expanding …