When considering the factors important for disas-ter recovery, one must consider the
attachment individuals have toward their living area. This article reviews and synthesizes the …

Household displacement following disasters has become endemic in many areas
worldwide, affecting at least 265 million people between 2008 and 2018. Although this …

Prior empirical research has demonstrated that the decisions of affected populations can
significantly influence housing recovery outcomes following a natural hazard event. The …

Multiple billion-dollar disaster events occurred throughout 2017, illustrating the increasing
vulnerability of the US residential housing stock to widespread damages associated with …

The increasing frequency and intensity of hurricane hazards have raised the urgency of
improving hurricane warning effectiveness, especially in terms of motivating the evacuation …

Post-disaster housing recovery models increase our understanding of recovery dynamics,
vulnerable populations, and how people are affected by the direct losses that disasters …

This research extends Hasan Fathy's (1986) principle of vernacular architecture by focusing
on the Rawshan through an investigation of two criteria: aesthetics and energy efficiency …

ABSTRACT A structured decision support system is imperative for guiding implementation of
the dynamic and complex Post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction (PDIR) projects. This …

A distributed simulation model is presented that integrates post-earthquake household
decisions into quantifying the seismic resilience of communities subjected to a sequence of …

As natural disasters increase in frequency and severity, policy makers question the safety
and sustainability of housing in flood zones. Areas along the St. John River in New …