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Ahmed, I and Kabir, M H (2021) Building codes and regulations for disaster resilience in Bangladesh: the case of Dhaka. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 12(05), 540-54.
Fatemi, M N, Okyere, S A, Diko, S K, Abunyewah, M, Kita, M and Rahman, T (2021) Flooding in mega-cities: using structural equation modeling to assess flood impact in Dhaka. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 12(05), 500-14.
Jayakody, R R J C and Amaratunga, D (2021) Guiding factors for planning public open spaces to enhance coastal cities’ disaster resilience to tsunamis. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 12(05), 471-83.
Koem, C and Tantanee, S (2021) Flash flood hazard mapping based on AHP with GIS and satellite information in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 12(05), 457-70.
Liyanage, C and Villalba-Romero, F (2021) Disaster risk reduction compliance framework for public private partnership (PPP) port projects. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 12(05), 484-99.
Samaraweera, H U S (2021) Is resilience a unique extension rather than a rejection of neoliberalism? A critical reading of David Chandler’s writings on resilience. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 12(05), 528-39.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: complexity; David Chandler; disaster; governance; neoliberalism; resilience
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- URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-05-2020-0050
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Purpose: This paper aims to engage with the concept of resilience as theorized by David Chandler in his book Resilience: The Governance of Complexity by drawing from the theory of governmentality presented by Michel Foucault and Jonathan Joseph. Design/methodology/approach: Evolving from classical liberalism to neoliberalism and from natural sciences to social sciences, the term “resilience” raises many questions about its sustainability in terms of its meaning and complexity. While most scholars tend to underscore the significance and practicality of the term, a few scholars argue that it is a failed dogma with neoliberal characteristics. As this is a theory-based study, its methodology involves close readings of academic texts produced mainly by David Chandler, Michel Foucault and Jonathan Joseph. Findings: The central argument in this paper is though Chandler convincingly explains the paradigm shift of the term resilience from classical to neoliberal, his theorizing lacks the understanding that the type of power and governmentality involved in individual freedom, autonomy and complexity are actually parts of the neoliberal state. Hence, the buzzword resilience today is actually an extension of the same neoliberal thought. Originality/value: First, the author attempts to critically engage with the term resilience from a sociological point of view using purposively selected academic literature. Second, the paper attempts to bring Chandler’s conceptualization on resilience into the disaster context and evaluates its practicality within the tenets of neoliberalism by drawing on Joseph’s and Foucault’s theorizations. © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Sen, M K, Dutta, S and Kabir, G (2021) Evaluation of interaction between housing infrastructure resilience factors against flood hazard based on rough DEMATEL approach. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 12(05), 555-75.
Senevirathne, M, Priyankara, H A C, Amaratunga, D, Haigh, R, Weerasinghe, N, Nawaratne, C and Kaklauskas, A (2021) A capacity needs assessment to integrate MOOC-based climate change education with the higher education institutions in Europe and developing countries in Asia: findings of the focused group survey in PCHEI under the BECK project. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 12(05), 515-27.