- Global Disaster Resilience Centre
School of Art, Design and Architecture
The University Huddersfield
Queensgate,
Huddersfield HD1 3DH,
UK
Profile: http://www.dilanthiamaratunga.net
http://www.hud.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/gdrc/
- Dilanthi Amaratunga is Professor of Disaster Management at the University of Huddersfield, UK where she leads the U... moreDilanthi Amaratunga is Professor of Disaster Management at the University of Huddersfield, UK where she leads the University’s Global Disaster Resilience Centre , responsible for supporting research on disaster management portfolios. Her research interests include post disaster reconstruction including conflict mitigation, gender and projection; Capability and Capacity building in managing disasters; Socio-economic measures for conflict-affected re-construction and women in construction. An interdisciplinary background in Quantity Surveying, Facilities and Business Continuity Management, Education and Training, Gender and Disasters and Disaster Mitigation and Reconstruction provides her the opportunities to work across a broader disaster management research agenda including developing partnerships of international research teams, government, NGOs and communities. She is the Co-Editor of International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, the only journal to promote research and scholarly activity that examines the role of building and construction to anticipate and respond to unexpected events that damage or destroy the built environment.
An interdisciplinary background in Quantity Surveying, Facilities and Business Continuity Management, Education and Training, Gender and Disasters and Disaster Mitigation and Reconstruction, provides her the opportunities to work across the broad disaster management research agenda, including developing partnerships of international research teams, government, NGOs and communities.
She has secured a number of significant, high profile grants including EC FP7 funded CASCADE (Collaborative Action towards Societal Challenges through Awareness, Development, and Education) with 17 international partners. CASCADE will identify societal challenges on which to focus the cooperation and justify them in terms of common interest and mutual benefit relevant to the targeted countries in Southern Asia within the context of Horizon 2020 societal challenges. In January 2014, she was invited by the European Commission to formally launch their Horizon 2020: the new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation in South Asia.
She has presented widely at international conferences, has led international disaster management workshops and seminars, and is working actively with the United Nations. To date she has produced over two hundred publications, refereed papers and reports, and has made over 50 key note speeches in around 30 countries. The strengths she has brought to these activities are critical scholarship and leadership.
Dilanthi’s profile can be found at www.dilanthiamaratunga.netedit
The construction industry is typically engaged in a range of critical activities after a disaster: providing temporary shelter after the disaster; restoration of permanent shelter and public services such as hospitals, schools, water... more
The construction industry is typically engaged in a range of critical activities after a disaster: providing temporary shelter after the disaster; restoration of permanent shelter and public services such as hospitals, schools, water supply, power, communications, and environmental infrastructure. This book identifies the challenges that face the industry and highlight best practices to enable the construction industry to address those problems which make an effective response to these unexpected events difficult. Written by an international team of experts, this book will help researchers and advanced students of construction understand the problems faced by communities and the construction industry when faced with a natural or man made disaster, and identify the planning and management processes required by the industry to mount an effective response.
Disasters threaten all parts of the world and they appear to be increasing in frequency, scale and intensity. Despite huge improvements in the emergency response, permanent reconstruction is often uncoordinated, inefficiently managed and... more
Disasters threaten all parts of the world and they appear to be increasing in frequency, scale and intensity. Despite huge improvements in the emergency response, permanent reconstruction is often uncoordinated, inefficiently managed and slow to begin. International agencies are geared to an efficient response in terms of humanitarian relief, but they are not well versed in the requirements of long‐term reconstruction, which is often constrained by lack of planning and poorly coordinated management.
The construction industry is typically engaged in a range of critical activities after a disaster, including provision of temporary shelter in the immediate aftermath and restoration of permanent shelter and public infrastructure once the immediate humanitarian needs have been attended to. Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment identifies the challenges that face the industry and highlights best practice to enable the construction industry to address those problems which make an effective response to these unexpected events difficult. Written by an international team of experts, this book will help researchers and advanced students of construction understand the problems faced by communities and the construction industry when faced with a natural or man-made disaster, and identify the planning and management processes required by the industry to mount an effective response.
The construction industry is typically engaged in a range of critical activities after a disaster, including provision of temporary shelter in the immediate aftermath and restoration of permanent shelter and public infrastructure once the immediate humanitarian needs have been attended to. Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment identifies the challenges that face the industry and highlights best practice to enable the construction industry to address those problems which make an effective response to these unexpected events difficult. Written by an international team of experts, this book will help researchers and advanced students of construction understand the problems faced by communities and the construction industry when faced with a natural or man-made disaster, and identify the planning and management processes required by the industry to mount an effective response.
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Over the last decade, a series of increasingly devastated natural disasters have been witnessed across the world. The disaster threats were further aggravated due to various social, economic and environmental trends, such as, growing... more
Over the last decade, a series of increasingly devastated natural disasters have been witnessed across the world. The disaster threats were further aggravated due to various social, economic and environmental trends, such as, growing population, urbanisation, inequality and global environmental change. This demanded a more proactive approach to reduce the vulnerability and exposure, and to increase resilience. For proper implementation of resilience measures, various efforts are required from construction practitioners. Accordingly, construction practitioners are expected to play a key role at each stage of the disaster management cycle. However, recent literature concerning disasters has highlighted the inadequate engagement of the construction industry in reducing the risk of disasters. This emphasises the need to engage the construction professionals adequately, in achieving a resilient built environment. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to provide construction industries...
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Seneviratne, TKKS, Pathirage, C, Amaratunga, RDG and Haigh, RP 2011, Disaster knowledge factors: benefits and challenges , in: International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction,... more
Seneviratne, TKKS, Pathirage, C, Amaratunga, RDG and Haigh, RP 2011, Disaster knowledge factors: benefits and challenges , in: International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, July, 2011, Kandalama, Sri Lanka. ... Official URL: http://www.disaster-resilience.salford .ac.uk/resil...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of tacit knowledge in construction and to underline the significant contribution of tacit knowledge towards the organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach –... more
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of tacit knowledge in construction and to underline the significant contribution of tacit knowledge towards the organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach – Includes a review of literature on principal insights of dominant views on knowledge and organisational resources to highlight the strategic nature of tacit knowledge. Further, intrinsic characteristics of
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This paper is about performance evaluation in facilities management. It identifies the Balanced Scorecard as a widely used management framework for optimal measurement of organisationa l performance, discusses the fundamental points to... more
This paper is about performance evaluation in facilities management. It identifies the Balanced Scorecard as a widely used management framework for optimal measurement of organisationa l performance, discusses the fundamental points to cover in its implementation and describes the application which translates an organisation' s mission and strategy into a comprehensive set of performance measures that provide the framework for
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Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present an integrative review of the literature to explore the nature of the built environment discipline's potential role in the development of society's resilience to... more
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present an integrative review of the literature to explore the nature of the built environment discipline's potential role in the development of society's resilience to disasters. Design/methodology/approach–The integrative literature review method is used to address this emerging topic and present a holistic conceptualisation of the literature. For the purpose of this review, the Business Source Premier (EBSCO), Emerald Management eJournals, Management & Organization Studies ...
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Purpose–The literature emphasises that integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into planning processes is a key to reduce natural disaster losses, boost socio-economic development needs and ensure sustainability in development gains.... more
Purpose–The literature emphasises that integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) into planning processes is a key to reduce natural disaster losses, boost socio-economic development needs and ensure sustainability in development gains. But linking DRR to the infrastructure reconstruction sector has become a challenge in developing country settings. Therefore, the purpose of the main research, of which this paper is based on, is to explore how integration of DRR into infrastructure reconstruction should be done in such a way to ...
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Sri Lanka was found to be a disaster prone country in the recent past. The impact is more severe when,developing countries are faced to various,natural or man-made,disasters. Impact appears in many forms; loss of lives and property,... more
Sri Lanka was found to be a disaster prone country in the recent past. The impact is more severe when,developing countries are faced to various,natural or man-made,disasters. Impact appears in many forms; loss of lives and property, economic impact, social impact etc. As a developing country, Sri Lanka is much more concerned with the country’s economic development. Therefore, it
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... A disaster is a severe disruption to a community's survival and livelihood systems, resulting from ... be put in place (Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights: Sri Lanka, 2006). ... Chan and Tam (2000) further claim... more
... A disaster is a severe disruption to a community's survival and livelihood systems, resulting from ... be put in place (Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights: Sri Lanka, 2006). ... Chan and Tam (2000) further claim that with particular reference to the construction industry ...
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Purpose–This paper sets out to examine methods that can be used to enhance the quality and consistency of dissertation assessment. Design/methodology/approach–The paper includes a review of literature on quality, consistency and criteria... more
Purpose–This paper sets out to examine methods that can be used to enhance the quality and consistency of dissertation assessment. Design/methodology/approach–The paper includes a review of literature on quality, consistency and criteria of dissertation assessment to highlight the current practices in higher education. A case study approach was followed to pilot a range of assessment approaches and criteria in an attempt to measure and ultimately improve assessment consistency within the case study school's dissertation module on ...
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1 School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, UK E-mail: L.Ruddock@salford.ac.uk 2 School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, UK 3 Halcrow... more
1 School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, UK E-mail: L.Ruddock@salford.ac.uk 2 School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, UK 3 Halcrow International Partnership, ...
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Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of performance measurement (PM) within construction research and development (R&D) activities to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness.... more
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of performance measurement (PM) within construction research and development (R&D) activities to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach–A comprehensive literature review is used as the methodology of this paper where it will look into two main areas. First, the paper discusses R&D work in construction industry with particular reference to its role, main contributors, and the issues which hinders its successfulness. From this ...
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Describes a process to assess facilities management (FM) process capabilities: the structured process improvement for construction environments--facilities management (SPICE FM) approach. The SPICE FM framework is a method that FM... more
Describes a process to assess facilities management (FM) process capabilities: the structured process improvement for construction environments--facilities management (SPICE FM) approach. The SPICE FM framework is a method that FM organizations can use to monitor continuously and subsequently improve their performance. The SPICE FM framework is being tested in a series of case studies to ensure that its outputs are appropriate to the FM sector and of value in the real world. Documents the outcomes of a study undertaken at a facilities directorate of a healthcare NHS trust, in searching its applicability within the NHS. Further describes the study methodology and the key activities undertaken and reviews the key communication and management processes that are in place to support the implementation of the strategic FM objectives within the specific NHS facilities directorate.
Research Interests: Organizational Culture, Facility Management, Risk Management, Humans, Process Improvement, and 10 moreProcess management, Case Study, Total Quality Management, National Health Service, Great Britain, Public health systems and services research, Planning Techniques, Management Audit, Public Art Hospitals, and Process Capability
Abstract: This paper discusses the application of the balanced score-card (BSC) concept as a widely used management framework for optimal measurement of organisational performance within NHS facilities directorates and discusses the... more
Abstract: This paper discusses the application of the balanced score-card (BSC) concept as a widely used management framework for optimal measurement of organisational performance within NHS facilities directorates and discusses the fundamental points to cover in its implementation. Thereby, the paper identifies this framework as a strategic measurement and management system for facilities management. BSC formulation within NHS estates and facilities is described as a case study based on a facilities directorate ...
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Abstract: The application of performance measurement procedures can provide major benefits to organisations. The broad performance measurement need for management applies in a facilities management (FM) context when FM is considered as a... more
Abstract: The application of performance measurement procedures can provide major benefits to organisations. The broad performance measurement need for management applies in a facilities management (FM) context when FM is considered as a subset of general management. To this can be added need which is applicable more narrowly to FM. This paper presents a case for the need for and benefits of performance measurement systems in FM environments. It is discussed together with relevant trends in the ...
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... Journal: Facilities. Volume: 20. Number: 5/6. Year: 2002. pp: 217-223. Copyright ©. MCB UP Ltd. ISSN: 0263-2772. Performance measurement and its applications within facilitiesmanagement. ... Performance management in facilities... more
... Journal: Facilities. Volume: 20. Number: 5/6. Year: 2002. pp: 217-223. Copyright ©. MCB UP Ltd. ISSN: 0263-2772. Performance measurement and its applications within facilitiesmanagement. ... Performance management in facilities management. ...
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Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of gender mainstreaming into disaster reduction decision making as a way of reducing disaster vulnerabilities of women, a highly vulnerable group to disasters.... more
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of gender mainstreaming into disaster reduction decision making as a way of reducing disaster vulnerabilities of women, a highly vulnerable group to disasters. Design/methodology/approach–The paper builds a discussion around disaster reduction, the importance of gender mainstreaming in disaster reduction and the ways of mainstreaming gender based on a literature review. It reviews academic literature as well as papers and reports produced by the United Nations ...
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Considers the application of structured process improvement for construction environments (SPICE) as a process improvement technique and its extension into the context of facilities management (FM). SPICE is a research project that... more
Considers the application of structured process improvement for construction environments (SPICE) as a process improvement technique and its extension into the context of facilities management (FM). SPICE is a research project that developed a step-wise process improvement ...
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... reporting this activity), e-mail interaction with remote students (53 percent), as well as use of theInternet and the World Wide Web for class or Page 5. Leveraging distance learning tools for broadbasing education in construction... more
... reporting this activity), e-mail interaction with remote students (53 percent), as well as use of theInternet and the World Wide Web for class or Page 5. Leveraging distance learning tools for broadbasing education in construction industry disciplines: The importance of a ...
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Need for EU linkages with Asian countries given the region’s rapidly growing research and innovation capacities Urgency to address major concerns shared by citizens in Europe, South Asia and elsewhere Eleven priorities identified for... more
Need for EU linkages with Asian countries given the region’s rapidly growing research and innovation capacities
Urgency to address major concerns shared by citizens in Europe, South Asia and elsewhere
Eleven priorities identified for cooperation in research and innovation to address societal challenges
Urgency to address major concerns shared by citizens in Europe, South Asia and elsewhere
Eleven priorities identified for cooperation in research and innovation to address societal challenges