TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation of Causal Relationships among Factors Affecting Post-Disaster Reconstruction Process
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2022: Infrastructure Sustainability and Resilience, CRC 2022
AU - Rouhanizadeh, Behzad
AU - Kermanshachi, Sharareh
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support and generosity of the Center for Transportation Equity, Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD), without which the present study could not have been completed.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 ASCE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The increasing number of natural disasters that have occurred globally within the last decade has made it vital for decision-makers to understand the factors that affect the process of recovery. Damage sustained by the infrastructure is a fundamental post-disaster issue that has to be addressed as quickly as possible and reconstructing the damaged or destroyed residential housing in a timely manner is essential to the affected community's ability to return to its normal level of functioning. This study investigated the causal relationships among the factors that delay the recovery process after hurricanes. The factors were identified by a literature review, and the relationships were determined by implementing a social network analysis (SNA). The results of this study show that misalignment among the policies, insufficient local government revenue, and lack of experience cause the most significant delays in the recovery process. Historically, many other factors, such as rate of employment, diversity of culture and languages, and damage to commercial buildings have not been adequately implemented in frameworks and models and deserve more consideration. The findings of this study will assist decision-makers of post-disaster recovery in achieving a more resilient community by identifying the relationships among the factors that prevent or delay recovery and planning how to avoid them.
AB - The increasing number of natural disasters that have occurred globally within the last decade has made it vital for decision-makers to understand the factors that affect the process of recovery. Damage sustained by the infrastructure is a fundamental post-disaster issue that has to be addressed as quickly as possible and reconstructing the damaged or destroyed residential housing in a timely manner is essential to the affected community's ability to return to its normal level of functioning. This study investigated the causal relationships among the factors that delay the recovery process after hurricanes. The factors were identified by a literature review, and the relationships were determined by implementing a social network analysis (SNA). The results of this study show that misalignment among the policies, insufficient local government revenue, and lack of experience cause the most significant delays in the recovery process. Historically, many other factors, such as rate of employment, diversity of culture and languages, and damage to commercial buildings have not been adequately implemented in frameworks and models and deserve more consideration. The findings of this study will assist decision-makers of post-disaster recovery in achieving a more resilient community by identifying the relationships among the factors that prevent or delay recovery and planning how to avoid them.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784483954.008
DO - 10.1061/9780784483954.008
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85128963749
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2022: Infrastructure Sustainability and Resilience - Selected Papers from Construction Research Congress 2022
SP - 69
EP - 79
BT - Construction Research Congress 2022
A2 - Jazizadeh, Farrokh
A2 - Shealy, Tripp
A2 - Garvin, Michael J.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Y2 - 9 March 2022 through 12 March 2022
ER -