December 2018

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Call for Papers Themed IssueIJDRBE: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

End-to-end tsunami early warning systems
You are invited to submit abstracts for the CIB
Encouraged International Journal of Disaster Resiliencein the Built Environment (IJDRBE) with a themed issue
on “End-to-end tsunami early warning systems” that isin collaboration with IOC-UNESCO IOTWMS.
BackgroundExperience over recent years of the impacts oftsunamis has shown that inadequate preparation for,and response to, emergency situations havecontributed to widespread damage and the avoidable
loss of lives and livelihoods. A 2015 United Nations(UN) report estimates that each year, an additional
60,000 people and $4 billion (US$) in assets areexposed to the threat of tsunami hazard.
As demonstrated by the human and economic losses
from the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Tōhoku
disasters, and most recently, in Palu, Indonesia,
tsunamis inflict death and damage through violent,
powerful flooding along the world's coastline.

Despite significant progress and achievements in thedevelopment of regional warning systems in the Pacificand Indian Oceans, recent studies and practicalexperiences have highlighted limitations in detection
and communication systems, and also inadequateawareness, planning and coordination. There is also aneed to position the tsunami early warning systems
and preparedness in the wider context of social change
in the coastal societies and communities at risk, andfor critical reflection of 'on-the-ground' experiences
and lessons learnt.
This special issue is a joint initiative between theInternational Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built
Environment and the Intergovernmental Coordination
Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning andMitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS), which was formedin response to the tragic tsunami on December 26th
2004, in which over 230,000 lives were lost around theIndian Ocean region.

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It is hoped that the special issue will stimulate thedevelopment and sharing of new knowledge on
tsunami detection, warning and dissemination,
tsunami risk assessment and mitigation, community
awareness and preparedness.

Guest Editors
Professor Priyan Dias
Department of Civil Engineering, University ofMoratuwa, Sri Lanka

Contents of the themed issue

High quality original papers are invited for this themed
issue on “end-to-end tsunami early warning systems”.
All papers will be subject to the journal’s double-blind
peer review process.

Dr Harkunti Rahayu
School of Architecture, Planning and Policy
Development, Institute Technology of Bandung,Indonesia

Dr Srinivasa Kumar TummalaHead of Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning andMitigation System (IOTWMS) Secretariat, IOC
UNESCO Intergovernmental Coordination Group,Australia

This issue will cover the following sub themes relatedto tsunami (but not limited to them):

Detection and monitoring
Forecasting
Vulnerability assessment and reduction
Emergency response planning
Community preparedness, evacuation planningand infrastructure
Sustainability of tsunami warning system,
including maintenance, financial resources andintergovernmental coordination

Important deadlines
15h January 201930th January 201930th April 2019

Deadline for abstract
submission
Decision and call for full papers
Full paper submission

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Submissions
We are calling for abstracts (200 words) with aproposed title, and up to three key words. These will
be reviewed against the themed issue scope. Authorsof the selected abstracts will be invited to submit full
papers according to the journal’s author guidelines
here. Further instructions on the preparation of fullmanuscripts will be issued to authors of selected
papers.

IJDRBE is one of our Encouraged Journals.
For a complete list of CIB recognised and CIB
encouraged journals, and information on thesejournals see here.

Any queries or abstracts should be submitted to theGuest Editors. The themed issue editors are Professor
Priyan Dias, Dr Harkunti Rahayu and Dr Srinivasa
Kumar Tummala. Please forward your queries to Prof
Priyan Dias (priyandias55@gmail.com).

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