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Aslani, F, Amini Hosseini, K and Fallahi, A (2020) A framework for earthquake resilience at neighborhood level. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11(04), 557–75.

Greene, I, Lokuge, W and Karunasena, W (2020) Structural design of floodways under extreme flood loading. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11(04), 535–55.

Kankanamge, N, Yigitcanlar, T, Goonetilleke, A and Kamruzzaman, M (2020) How can gamification be incorporated into disaster emergency planning? A systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11(04), 481–506.

Lee, D W (2020) An exploratory assessment of infrastructure resilience to disasters. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11(04), 519–33.

Okoli, J (2020) Expert knowledge elicitation in the firefighting domain and the implications for training novices. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11(04), 577–8.

Panda, A and Bower, A (2020) Cyber security and the disaster resilience framework. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11(04), 507–18.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Climate change; Sendai framework; Disaster risk reduction; Cyber security; Governance; Resilience; Capability;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1759-5908
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-07-2019-0046
  • Abstract:
    The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on the place of cyber security risk in the framework of global commitments adopted in 2015 to reduce disaster risks in an all-hazards approach. It explores the correlations between traditional risks associated with critical infrastructures – as understood by the Sendai framework – cyber security risks and the cascading effects characteristic of today’s complex and interrelated shocks and stresses. It takes a step further, expanding the focus of traditionally understood technological risks to explore cyber security risks, at the heart of our societies’ digital transformations,and showcase opportunities from the European context. Design/methodology/approach By reviewing existing literature on cyber security, disaster resilience and cascading disasters, this paper highlights current challenges and good practices undertaken by various governments. Findings Understanding disaster risks is a precondition to improving the mitigation of impacts of existing risks and preventing new risks. Effective risk reduction relies on a solid understanding of losses resulting from events to inform future actions, and on the assessment of risks relying on a robust evidence base and state-of-the-art scientific capacity to model and simulate potential hazards. In this context, embedding cyber security risks, and the complexity of cascading impacts in improving the understanding of disaster risks, calls for appropriate methods and tools allowing for a multi-risk and holistic focus to the assessment of risks and the planning of risk management capacities that follow. Research limitations/implications Globally and in Europe, focus on interconnected risk and their impacts is steadily increasing. Risk assessments are still conservative; incorporation of cyber resilience into national and local level DRR plans is yet not visible. Originality/value Existing research is restricted to cyber security and disaster resilience, as separated subjects. This paper, for the first time, brings together the interconnection between the two topic options to address them.

Saja, A A, Teo, M, Goonetilleke, A, Ziyath, A and Gunatilake, J (2020) Selection of surrogates to assess social resilience in disaster management using multi-criteria decision analysis. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11(04), 453–80.