Suchergebnisse

Cover -- Guest editorial -- The resilient - smart city development: a literature review and novel frameworks exploration -- Social network analysis applications in sustainable construction and built environment management: a review -- Analysis of issues in sustainable water management of irrigation systems: case of a developing country -- Barriers to implementing waste-to-energy projects in Sri Lanka: a PESTEL analysis -- Exploring the barriers for implementing waste trading practices in the construction industry in Australia -- A "knowledge value chain" framework for contractor organisations to maximise chances of winning tenders -- Enabling lean through human capacity building: an investigation of small and medium contractors -- Selecting suitable procurement system for steel building construction -- Occupants' perceived importance and satisfaction with the indoor environmental quality of a green building -- Building code amendment and building resilience: perspective of building code users in New Zealand -- Analysis of embodied carbon and cost profiles of school buildings in Australia -- Optimizing window size by integrating energy and lighting analyses considering occupants' visual satisfaction -- Living-transforming disaster relief shelter: a conceptual approach for sustainable post-disaster housing -- Supply chain resilience: mapping the knowledge domains through a bibliometric approach -- Measuring community disaster resilience using Q-methods: a physical resilience perspective -- Climatic conditions and the resilience of buildings along Lagos coastline -- Implementation of circular economy principles during pre-construction stage: the case of Sri Lanka -- Materials passport's review: challenges and opportunities toward a circular economy building sector.

Purpose
– Due to the complexities involved in disasters and due to the peculiar nature of post-disaster reconstruction, built environment professionals require continuous updating of their skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to disaster resilience. The purpose of this paper is to identify the ways in which higher education institutions (HEIs) can address this need through the provision of lifelong learning.


Design/methodology/approach
– This paper is based on both a literature review and on empirical evidence obtained through interviews, a workshop and group validation.


Findings
– The challenges faced by HEIs in accommodating lifelong learning are presented. Furthermore, good practice guidelines are provided to enable HEIs to respond effectively to industry requirements; to provide lifelong learning via through-life studentship; to promote collaboration amongst HEIs, industries, professional bodies and communities, and to promote the adoption, diffusion and exploitation of the latest learning and teaching technologies.


Research limitations/implications
– The empirical focus of the research is limited to three EU countries, namely UK, Lithuania and Estonia. This paper focuses on role of HEIs in enhancing the disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity in the built environment, especially at the stage of post-disaster reconstruction.


Practical implications
– The recommendations provided on good practice suggest how HEIs can integrate disaster related knowledge into their curriculum faster than previously and how they are able to assist their educators and learners in building up their knowledge base on a continuous basis.


Social implications
– Capacity building in enhancing DRR during the post-disaster reconstruction stage through the provision of lifelong learning will create social implications within the responsiveness of built environment professionals to cater for disaster resilience.


Originality/value
– The appropriateness of lifelong learning as an approach to disaster management education is justified. The challenges HEIs face in accommodating lifelong learning and the recommendations on good practice guidelines in order to make the HEIs more responsive to educational needs are discussed.