All Outputs (7)

The dynamics of vulnerabilities and capabilities in improving resilience within Malaysian construction supply chain (2018)
Journal Article
Zainal Abidin, N., & Ingirige, B. (2018). The dynamics of vulnerabilities and capabilities in improving resilience within Malaysian construction supply chain. Construction innovation (London. Online), 18(4), 412-432. https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-09-2017-0079

Purpose: The dynamics and effects of interconnected risks among construction organisations tend to be overlooked across the Malaysian public project supply chains, making them highly vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. This study aims to investig... Read More about The dynamics of vulnerabilities and capabilities in improving resilience within Malaysian construction supply chain.

SMEs defending their businesses from flood risk : contributing to the theoretical discourse on resilience (2018)
Book Chapter
Ingirige, B., & Wedawatta, G. (2018). SMEs defending their businesses from flood risk : contributing to the theoretical discourse on resilience. In K. Engemann (Ed.), The Routledge Companion to Risk, Crisis and Security in Business. London, UK: Routledge - Taylor & Francis

Part III, Infrastructure Risks, Chapter 15

An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective (2018)
Book Chapter
Ingirige, B., & Wedawatta, G. (2018). An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective. In S. Amir (Ed.), The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience : A New Perspective on Governing Risk and Disaster (245-264). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8509-3

This book considers the concept of resilience in a global society where coping with the consequence and long term impact of crisis and disaster challenges the capacity of communities to bounce back in the event of severe disruption. Catastrophic even... Read More about An SME-driven approach to adopting measures of flood resilience : a UK-based perspective.

Assessing climate risks across different business sectors and industries : an investigation of methodological challenges at national scale for the UK (2018)
Journal Article
Surminski, S., Di Mauro, M., Baglee, J., Connell, R., Hankinson, J., Haworth, A., …Proverbs, D. (2018). Assessing climate risks across different business sectors and industries : an investigation of methodological challenges at national scale for the UK. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2121), #20170307. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0307

Climate change poses severe risks for businesses, which companies as well as governments need to understand in order to take appropriate steps to manage those. This, however, represents a significant challenge as climate change risk assessment is its... Read More about Assessing climate risks across different business sectors and industries : an investigation of methodological challenges at national scale for the UK.

Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing (2018)
Journal Article
Wijegunarathna, E., Wedawatta, G., Prasanna, L., & Ingirige, B. (2018). Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing. Procedia Engineering, 212, 1147-1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.148

Sri Lanka experiences regular natural hazard-related disasters: flooding, landslides, cyclones and droughts. These events cause devastating effects in terms of human casualties, disturbing settlements and damaging properties. Besides human casualties... Read More about Long-term satisfaction of resettled communities : an assessment of physical performance of post-disaster housing.

Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction (2018)
Journal Article
Zainal Abidin, N., & Ingirige, B. (2018). Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction. Procedia Engineering, 212, 467-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.060

In today’s interconnected world, disruptions arising from one party in a supply chain network could cause disruptions to other parties in the chain. Indeed, recent evidence suggests that supply chain disruptions had caused a wide-scale impact to the... Read More about Identification of the “Pathogenic” effects of disruptions to supply chain resilience in construction.

Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh (2018)
Journal Article
Ali, F., Ingirige, B., & Zainal Abidin, N. (2018). Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh. Procedia Engineering, 212, 832-839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.107

Extreme Weather Events continue to cause shocking losses of life and long-term damage at scales, depths and complexities that elude robust and accountable calculation, expression and reparation. Cyclones and storm surges can wipe out entire towns, an... Read More about Assembling and (Re)assembling critical infrastructure resilience in Khulna City, Bangladesh.