Current approaches and critical issues in multi-risk recovery planning of urban areas exposed to natural hazards

S Mohammadi, S De Angeli, G Boni… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2024‏ - nhess.copernicus.org
Post-disaster recovery has been addressed in the literature by different sectoral
perspectives and scientific communities. Nevertheless, studies providing holistic …

Experiencing local community resilience in action: Learning from post-disaster communities

AJ Imperiale, F Vanclay - Journal of Rural Studies, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Although increasing attention has been given to the need to engage local communities and
facilitate community resilience, discrepancies between theory and practice remain evident …

[HTML][HTML] Command-and-control, emergency powers, and the failure to observe United Nations disaster management principles following the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

AJ Imperiale, F Vanclay - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Using the disaster risk reduction paradigm and United Nations principles for post-disaster
interventions, we analyse the actions of the Italian civil protection agency following the April …

[HTML][HTML] Lack of spatial resilience in a recovery process: Case L'Aquila, Italy

D Contreras, T Blaschke, ME Hodgson - Technological forecasting and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The lack of coordination between government agencies, involvement of the collaboration
networks existing in the community, and incorporation of spatial planning in the location of …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the progress of a recovery process after an earthquake: The case of L'aquila, Italy

D Contreras, G Forino, T Blaschke - International journal of disaster risk …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
After the earthquake in 2009, L'Aquila (Italy) began a recovery process characterized by a
delay in the reconstruction of the city center. Between 2010 and 2014 a recovery index was …

EQ-DIRECTION procedure towards an improved urban seismic resilience: Application to the pilot case study of Sanremo Municipality

S Cattari, D Ottonelli, S Mohammadi - Sustainability, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
This paper discusses the critical importance of effective mitigation policies to enhance
earthquake resilience in urban systems, especially in light of recent seismic events in Italy …

Barriers to enhancing disaster risk reduction and community resilience: Evidence from the L'Aquila disaster

AJ Imperiale, F Vanclay - Politics and Governance, 2020‏ - research.rug.nl
Building sustainable and resilient societies is a multidimensional challenge that affects
achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In crises and disasters, civil …

Fuzzy boundaries between post-disaster phases: The case of L'Aquila, Italy

D Contreras - International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2016‏ - Springer
A number of indices have been developed for measuring vulnerability to disasters, but little
attention has been paid to recovery indices. Post-disaster periods are usually divided into …

Drinking water supply in resilient cities: Notes from L'Aquila earthquake case study

A Pagano, I Pluchinotta, R Giordano, M Vurro - Sustainable Cities and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Disasters impacts on urban environment are the result of interactions among natural and
human systems, which are intimately linked each other. What is more, cities are directly …

Integrating “hard” and “soft” infrastructural resilience assessment for water distribution systems

A Pagano, I Pluchinotta, R Giordano, U Fratino - Complexity, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cities are highly dynamic systems, whose resilience is affected by the interconnectedness
between “hard” and “soft” infrastructures.“Hard infrastructures” are the functional networks …