Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events

Wedawatta, GSD, Ingirige, MJB ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5987-6117 and Amaratunga, RDG 2010, 'Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events' , International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14 (4) , pp. 362-375.

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Abstract

Wider scientific community now accept that the threat of climate change as real and thus acknowledge the importance of implementing adaptation measures in a global context. In the UK, the physical effects of climate change are likely to be directly felt in the form of extreme weather events, which are predicted to escalate in number and severity in future under the changing climatic conditions. Construction industry; which consists of supply chains running across various other industries, economies and regions, will also be affected due to these events. Thus, it is important that the construction organisations are well prepared to withstand the effects of extreme weather events not only directly affecting their organizations but also affecting their supply chains which in turn might affect the organisation concerned. Given the fact that more than 99% of construction sector businesses are SMEs, the area can benefit significantly from policy making to improve SME resilience and coping capacity. This paper presents the literature review and synthesis of a doctoral research study undertaken to address the issue of extreme weather resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains. The main contribution of the paper to both academia and practitioners is a synthesis model that conceptualises the factors that enhances resilience of SMEs and their supply chains against extreme weather events. This synthesis model forms the basis of a decision making framework that will enable SMEs to both reduce their vulnerability and enhance their coping capacity against extreme weather. The value of this paper is further extended by the overall research design that is set forth as the way forward.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Built and Human Environment
Schools:	Schools > School of the Built Environment > Centre for Urban Processes, Resilient Infrastructures & Sustainable Environments (UPRISE)
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	1648-715X
Depositing User:	Dr. Bingunath ingirige
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2011 11:39
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2019 08:15
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/17806

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