Resilience of Built Environments to Extreme Weather Events: Management, Technology, and Human Factors
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 46
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction management; sustainable buildings; disaster preparedness; disaster risk perception; disaster risk reduction; evacuation decision-making; incentivising evacuation
Interests: circular economy; sustainable construction; circular skills; disaster risk reduction; disaster preparedness; disaster waste management; emergency evacuation
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Interests: construction management; sustainable buildings; smart city innovation; healthcare design; campus architecture and planning; regional panning
Interests: construction management; circular economy; sustainable buildings; waste manaegment; sustainable water management; resilient infrastructure; design for deconstruction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent and severe, posing significant challenges to the resilience and sustainability of the built environment. Buildings, infrastructure systems, and urban communities are continuously exposed to hazards such as floods, heatwaves, storms, and wildfires, which threaten both physical assets and human safety. Strengthening resilience in this context requires a comprehensive perspective that integrates effective management practices, technological innovation, and a deeper understanding of human behaviour and decision-making under conditions of risk and uncertainty.
Against this backdrop, this Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to examine emerging strategies and solutions for enhancing the resilience of the built environment to extreme weather events. We welcome contributions that offer theoretical insights, empirical evidence, modelling approaches, and practical case studies that advance knowledge in resilient infrastructure, climate-responsive design, and disaster risk management. Interdisciplinary perspectives that bridge engineering, environmental science, urban planning, and social dimensions of resilience are particularly encouraged.
The main topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Resilience planning and management for extreme weather events;
- Climate-adaptive building design and resilient infrastructure systems;
- Disaster risk assessment and mitigation in the built environment;
- Smart technologies and data-driven approaches for resilience;
- Human behaviour, risk perception, and evacuation decision-making during extreme events;
- Water security and sustainable water resource management;
- Resilient materials and innovative construction technologies;
- Capacity building, education, and skills for resilience in the built environment;
- Governance, policy frameworks, and community engagement for resilient cities.
Dr. Olufisayo Adedokun
Dr. Olabode Ogunmakinde
Dr. Shokry Abdelaal
Prof. Dr. Anuradha Waidyasekara
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- resilient infrastructure
- extreme weather events
- disaster risk management
- climate change adaptation
- human evacuation behaviour
- smart technologies
- disaster waste management
- recovery and reconstruction strategies
- adaptation and regenerative design
- governance, policy, and regulatory resilience
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