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Best Practices of Resilient Buildings (and Districts) and Post-disaster Reconstruction
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Best Practices of Resilient Buildings (and Districts) and Post-disaster Reconstruction

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2024 | Viewed by 4342

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Bruno Barroca

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Lab’Urba / Urban Engineering Team, Gustave Eiffel University, Lavoiser Building, Descartes 5, CEDEX 2, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée, Paris, France
Interests: resilient design; flood; urbanism; urban engineering; critical infrastructure; disaster waste
Dr. Maria Fabrizia Clemente

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Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: environmental design; technology architecture; urban risk; urban resilience; natural hazards; KETs; GIS; bigdata
Prof. Jeffrey Raven

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School of Architecture and Design, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY, USA
Interests: urban climate; urban design; urban resilience; zero carbon action plan
Dr. Gwenaël Jouannic

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Cerema, CY Cergy Paris Université, MATRiS, 44000 Nantes, France
Interests: post-disaster recovery; natural hazards; urban planning; geomorphological crisis; extreme environments
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The scientific and institutional interest towards the management of environmental risks on the built environment has increased significantly. Numerous are the studies that focus on the prevention and preparedness phase, fewer are those concentrate on the response and recovery phases. Current mutirisk conditions require design responses oriented towards disaster risk management and post-disaster reconstruction to improve city resilience; therefore, the special iusse aims at investigate, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Disaster risk management (Prevention, preparedness, response, recovery)
  • Mitigation measures
  • Resilient building design
  • Post-disaster construction e demolition waste management
  • Recycling and reuse of disaster waste
  • AI approaches to support post-disaster waste management
  • Mathematical and simulation models
  • Cascading effects modelling
  • Building life cycle and innovative management systems
  • Case studies and best practices of resilient buildings
  • Innovative construction materials
  • Building Information Modeling

Prof. Dr. Bruno Barroca
Dr. Maria Fabrizia Clemente
Prof. Jeffrey Raven
Dr. Gwenaël Jouannic
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • resilience
  • disaster risk reduction
  • post-disaster reconstruction
  • post-disaster waste management
  • recycling
  • reuse
  • mitigation
  • BIM

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Designing for a Flow: Navigating Temporalities in Housing Considerations in Low-Income and Hazard-Prone Caribbean Contexts
by Aga Kuś, Nelson Mota, Ellen van Bueren, Antonio Carmona Báez and Thijs Asselbergs
Buildings 2024, 14(2), 327; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14020327 - 24 Jan 2024
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The urgency of addressing housing challenges in low-income areas is increasing due to widening socio-economic inequalities and the worsening impact of natural disasters. Saint Martin, a small Caribbean island, is struggling to provide affordable housing amidst hurricanes, floods, and heat waves. As a [...] Read more.
The urgency of addressing housing challenges in low-income areas is increasing due to widening socio-economic inequalities and the worsening impact of natural disasters. Saint Martin, a small Caribbean island, is struggling to provide affordable housing amidst hurricanes, floods, and heat waves. As a result, there has been a rise in self-organized housing units, which are built incrementally and are susceptible to risks. The main challenge is to balance durability, functionality, and esthetic appeal over time. Inspired by St. Martin’s self-organized units, this article explores housing considerations in low-income, hazard-prone contexts by emphasizing their temporalities. Integrating insights from a formative study, including a literature review and ethnographic research, the paper draws on Stewart Brand’s “Layers of Change” and the concept of “Flow”. The study identifies layers within self-organized units corresponding to durability, functionality, and esthetic appeal. It delves into their connection with building activities over time, unveiling the temporalities of housing considerations. This exploration leads to the proposition of “Designing for a Flow” as a novel design approach. Offering practical insights within a concise framework, the study provides nuanced perspectives on mitigating housing challenges in low-income and hazard-prone contexts. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Best Practices of Resilient Buildings (and Districts) and Post-disaster Reconstruction)
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Towards Climate Resilience of the Built Environment: A GIS-Based Framework for the Assessment of Climate-Proof Design Solutions for Buildings
by Valeria D’Ambrosio, Ferdinando Di Martino and Enza Tersigni
Buildings 2023, 13(7), 1658; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13071658 - 28 Jun 2023
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Countering climate impacts by increasing resilience is a pivotal issue in scientific debate, in which the awareness of the risks of extreme weather phenomena is growing. Cities have been revealed to be increasingly unsuited to the changing climate and vulnerable to it due [...] Read more.
Countering climate impacts by increasing resilience is a pivotal issue in scientific debate, in which the awareness of the risks of extreme weather phenomena is growing. Cities have been revealed to be increasingly unsuited to the changing climate and vulnerable to it due to their settlement patterns, constructive practices and living habits. Scientifically addressing the issue of climate-proof design requires the development of knowledge models and processes capable of managing the complexity of information needed to guide the transformation of the built environment. In this paper, a model for assessing climate resilience scenarios for the heatwave phenomenon is proposed by implementing a database of technical climate-proof solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation aimed at increasing the indoor comfort and reducing the CO2 emissions of buildings. The model is implemented through a GIS-based framework and was tested on the city of Naples (Italy), measuring the reduction in the heatwave impact/risks determined by the selected climate-proof solutions. The test results show the effectiveness of the climate-proof solutions applied to the built environment through an increase in climate resilience. The framework provides support for planning climatic resilience design strategies at the building scale. It could be applied in future local climate adaptation plans or as a knowledge resource to achieve resilient built environments. Full article
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An Analytical Study on the Damage to School Buildings by the 2015 Nepal Earthquake and Damage Level-Based Reconstruction Experience
by Youb Raj Paudyal and Netra Prakash Bhandary
Buildings 2024, 14(2), 451; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14020451 - 06 Feb 2024
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The 2015 Nepal Earthquake (Mw7.8) affected more than 9000 schools in the country. Damage distribution in the 14 most-affected administrative districts shows that the construction practices were an important determent for the level of damage extended. The use of improper construction materials, lack [...] Read more.
The 2015 Nepal Earthquake (Mw7.8) affected more than 9000 schools in the country. Damage distribution in the 14 most-affected administrative districts shows that the construction practices were an important determent for the level of damage extended. The use of improper construction materials, lack of construction supervision, and non-compliance with the existing building codes during design and construction probably contributed to severe damage to most of the school buildings. Based on the damage analysis data and experience of the rebuilding process after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, this paper highlights the steps to be considered during a rebuilding plan for school buildings after an earthquake disaster. Preliminary damage assessment results show that in the most-affected districts, about 86% of schools (locations) were affected by the earthquake and about one million students were out of their schools for a long time. The damage survey data indicate that about 30% of classrooms collapsed, about 13% of classrooms sustained major damage, and about 17% of classrooms sustained minor damage within the most-affected 14 districts. This damage report is largely based on the secondary data provided by the concerned government authorities. Such evidence of loss and damage in earthquake disasters provides an opportunity to learn lessons for future preparedness and to encounter disaster challenges. This work shares an experience on the rebuilding process of damaged schools and classrooms. It is expected that the experience reported in this paper will help in better planning of the seismic safety of school buildings in Nepal as well as in other similar seismically active regions. Most papers related to the 2015 Nepal Earthquake focus on overall building damage, but this paper addresses the issues of school buildings. As a case report, this paper probably lacks scientific originality, but the presentation of the damage data and the rebuilding process are the original work of the authors. Full article
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