An examination of decision making in post disaster housing reconstruction

Author(s)
Hayles, C. S.
Pages
20pp
Date published
01 Jan 2010
Publisher
International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
Type
Articles
Keywords
Leadership and Decisionmaking, NGOs

The research results presented in this paper provide clear insights into the decision‐making practices of these NGOs and establish where improvements need to be made. The results also establish that knowledge management activities need to be more focused to ensure that lessons learnt previously are implemented elsewhere; critical in hazard mitigation and meeting the challenges of increased vulnerability due to climate change.