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

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 organisations 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.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.27
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Engineering Systems and Supply Chain Management
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Sustainable environment research group
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Additional Information: This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Wedawatta, G., Ingirige, B., & Amaratunga, D. (2010). Building up resilience of construction sector SMEs and their supply chains to extreme weather events. International journal of strategic property management, 14(4), 362-375. International journal of strategic property management 2010 © Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.3846/ijspm.2010.27
Uncontrolled Keywords: extreme weather events,construction SMEs ,resilience,vulnerability,suppky chains
Publication ISSN: 1648-9179
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2024 08:10
Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2014 09:50
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2010
Authors: Wedawatta, Gayan (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-8600-5077)
Ingirige, Bingunath
Amaratunga, Dilanthi

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