Incorporation of Disaster Risk Reduction Mechanisms for Flood Hazards into the Greensl® Rating System for Built Environment in Sri Lanka

A. A.S.E. Abeysinghe; C. S. Bandara; C. S.A. Siriwardana; R. Haigh; Dilanthi Amaratunga; P. B.R. Dissanayake

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-7222-7_47

Incorporation of Disaster Risk Reduction Mechanisms for Flood Hazards into the Greensl^® Rating System for Built Environment in Sri Lanka

A. A.S.E. Abeysinghe, C. S. Bandara, C. S.A. Siriwardana, R. Haigh, Dilanthi Amaratunga, P. B.R. Dissanayake

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Abstract

Global human population continues to boom which consequently necessitates the provision for more buildings. Predominantly in developing countries, these buildings, built to accommodate the influx of more people comply with local and national building laws and regulations which have been outdated and do not resist to natural hazards and rapidly changing natural global trends such as climate change and global warming, etc. Disaster risk in Sri Lanka is increasing mainly due to unplanned urbanization, outdated and poor quality buildings and infrastructure, and the impacts of climate change. This has exposed the community and their economic assets vulnerable to natural hazards such as floods, cyclones, landslides, droughts, coastal erosion and tsunami. Out of those, floods are considered to be the most frequent as well as which destroyed and damaged the highest number of buildings during the period of 1965–2019. As more anthropogenic natural hazards like floods pile up, it is essential that developments, specially buildings which are community shelters, to be disaster resilient and be designed to withstand strains and pressure which will be imposed by future trends. Therefore, sustainable hazard mitigation measures are required to develop a safe, economically feasible, environment-friendly and socially approved growth in Sri Lanka. Although Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL) has promoted sustainability and resilience, specifically through reducing resource usage and energy consumption, it has not properly recognized the need of incorporating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) mechanisms to withstand against the natural hazards in their GREENSL^® Rating System for Built Environment. This research paper is focused on identification of structural and non-structural DRR mechanisms for flood hazards which can be incorporated into the GREENSL^® Rating System for Built Environment through refinements to the sub-categories under main 8 categories.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICSECM 2019 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management
Editors	Ranjith Dissanayake, Priyan Mendis, Kolita Weerasekera, Sudhira De Silva, Shiromal Fernando
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	573-587
Number of pages	15
Volume	94
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811572227
ISBN (Print)	9789811572210
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7222-7_47
Publication status	Published - 19 Sep 2020
Event	10th International conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management: Special Session on Disaster Risk Reduction - Earl's Regency Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka Duration: 12 Dec 2019 → 14 Dec 2019 Conference number: 10 http://www.icsecm.org/2019/ http://www.icsecm.org/2019/dowanloads/Final%20Abstract(2019).pdf http://www.icsecm.org/2019/ (Conference Website)

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Publisher	Springer
Volume	94
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

Conference

Conference	10th International conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management
Abbreviated title	ICSECM2019
Country/Territory	Sri Lanka
City	Kandy
Period	12/12/19 → 14/12/19
Internet address	http://www.icsecm.org/2019/ http://www.icsecm.org/2019/dowanloads/Final%20Abstract(2019).pdf http://www.icsecm.org/2019/ (Conference Website)

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Abeysinghe, A. A. S. E., Bandara, C. S., Siriwardana, C. S. A., Haigh, R., Amaratunga, D., & Dissanayake, P. B. R. (2020). Incorporation of Disaster Risk Reduction Mechanisms for Flood Hazards into the Greensl^® Rating System for Built Environment in Sri Lanka. In R. Dissanayake, P. Mendis, K. Weerasekera, S. De Silva, & S. Fernando (Eds.), ICSECM 2019 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management (Vol. 94, pp. 573-587). (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 94). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7222-7_47

Abeysinghe, A. A.S.E. ; Bandara, C. S. ; Siriwardana, C. S.A. et al. / Incorporation of Disaster Risk Reduction Mechanisms for Flood Hazards into the Greensl^® Rating System for Built Environment in Sri Lanka. ICSECM 2019 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management. editor / Ranjith Dissanayake ; Priyan Mendis ; Kolita Weerasekera ; Sudhira De Silva ; Shiromal Fernando. Vol. 94 Springer Singapore, 2020. pp. 573-587 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering).

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Incorporation of Disaster Risk Reduction Mechanisms for Flood Hazards into the Greensl^® Rating System for Built Environment in Sri Lanka. / Abeysinghe, A. A.S.E.; Bandara, C. S.; Siriwardana, C. S.A. et al.

ICSECM 2019 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management. ed. / Ranjith Dissanayake; Priyan Mendis; Kolita Weerasekera; Sudhira De Silva; Shiromal Fernando. Vol. 94 Springer Singapore, 2020. p. 573-587 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 94).

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Abeysinghe AASE, Bandara CS, Siriwardana CSA, Haigh R, Amaratunga D, Dissanayake PBR. Incorporation of Disaster Risk Reduction Mechanisms for Flood Hazards into the Greensl^® Rating System for Built Environment in Sri Lanka. In Dissanayake R, Mendis P, Weerasekera K, De Silva S, Fernando S, editors, ICSECM 2019 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management. Vol. 94. Springer Singapore. 2020. p. 573-587. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering). Epub 2020 Sep 19. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-7222-7_47