Post-Disaster Resilience and Repair Cost Modelling for Sustainable Construction
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction management; cost benefit analysis; property level flood risk adaptation measures
Interests: property flood resilience; post conflict/disaster reconstruction; sustainable construction; modular construction; knowledge management
Interests: smart and sustainable infrastructures; flooding and sustainable drainage systems (SuDS); climate change adaptation strategies; environmental management systems; built environment studies; urban pollution
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The escalating impacts of climate change and extreme weather events highlight the urgent need to integrate resilience and sustainability into the built environment. Post-disaster resilience is the ability of infrastructure to absorb shocks, recover rapidly, and adapt to future hazards, while sustainable construction ensures that recovery efforts minimise environmental impact, optimise resource use, and support community well-being.
Accurate and robust repair cost modelling plays a pivotal role in post-disaster recovery, enabling stakeholders to forecast financial requirements, prioritise interventions, and ensure reconstruction aligns with long-term sustainability goals. By combining resilience assessment frameworks with repair cost estimation techniques, the construction industry can enhance disaster preparedness, speed up recovery timelines, and reduce lifecycle environmental impacts.
This call invites researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and industry experts to contribute original papers that advance knowledge and practice in this field. We welcome theoretical, empirical, and case-study-based submissions that address innovative tools, methodologies, and policy frameworks for resilient and sustainable recovery.
Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
- Post-disaster damage assessment methodologies.
- Repair cost estimation models and uncertainty analysis.
- Life-cycle costing in disaster recovery.
- Integration of low-carbon and durable materials in reconstruction.
- Digital technologies (BIM, GIS, AI) for resilience and cost modelling.
- Policy and insurance frameworks for sustainable rebuilding.
- Case studies of resilient reconstruction in disaster-affected regions.
Dr. Rotimi Joseph
Dr. Hong Xiao
Prof. Dr. Colin Booth
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- post-disaster resilience
- repair cost modelling
- disaster recovery
- damage assessment
- life-cycle costing
- climate adaptation
- resilient infrastructure
- reconstruction strategies
- risk assessment
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