30th BANGKOK International Conference on Disaster Management, Architecture and Civil Engineering: DMACE-27

Call for Papers

Full Articles/ Reviews/ Shorts Papers/ Abstracts are welcomed in the following research fields:

1. Independent Core Topics

These topics represent the foundational knowledge bases of each individual discipline before they are integrated with the others.

Disaster Management Foundations

• The Disaster Cycle: Mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA): Quantifying the probability and impact of natural and human-induced hazards.

• Emergency Response Logistics: Resource allocation, evacuation routing, and temporary shelter deployment.

• Crisis Communication Frameworks: Public warning systems and inter-agency coordination protocols.

Architectural Foundations

• Spatial Planning and Typology: Functional zoning, building layout, and human circulation patterns.

• Vernacular and Cultural Architecture: Adapting traditional, localized building methods to modern design.

• Building Envelope and Aesthetics: Material selection for facades, energy efficiency, and visual integration with the environment.

• Universal Design and Accessibility: Ensuring structures are usable by all people, including those with disabilities.

Civil Engineering Foundations

• Structural Mechanics and Analysis: Calculating shear, moment, axial forces, and structural load paths.

• Geotechnical Engineering: Soil mechanics, slope stability, and foundation design (shallow vs. deep foundations).

• Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics: Open channel flow, pipe networks, and pressurized fluid behavior.

• Materials Science: The chemical and physical properties of concrete, steel, timber, and advanced composites.

2. Interrelated Topics 

These topics exist at the intersection where two of the three fields collaborate directly.

Architecture + Civil Engineering (Built Environment Design)

• Structural Expressionism: Aligning the aesthetic vision of architecture with the load-bearing requirements of structural engineering.

• Building Information Modeling (BIM): Shared digital workflows for spatial layout, structural integrity, and MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) integration.

• High-Rise and Large-Span Engineering: Balancing aerodynamic architectural forms with structural wind-bracing systems.

• Foundation-Structure Interaction: How the architectural massing of a building dictates the civil engineering requirements of its foundation based on site soil conditions.

Disaster Management + Civil Engineering (Structural Resilience)

• Structural Forensic Engineering: Investigating structural failures post-disaster to determine root causes (e.g., progressive collapse, material fatigue).

• Retrofitting and Rehabilitation: Strengthening existing civil infrastructure (bridges, dams, highways) to withstand future hazards.

• Lifeline Infrastructure Engineering: Designing resilient water, power, and transportation networks that must remain functional during a crisis.

• Blast-Resistant Design: Engineering defense and critical infrastructure to survive explosions and impact loads.

Disaster Management + Architecture (Spatial Mitigation)

• Defensive and Hardened Architecture: Designing buildings to naturally repel or mitigate threats, such as flood-barrier integration or blast-deflecting geometries.

• Evacuation-Optimized Spatial Layouts: Designing corridors, stairwells, and egress points based on human behavioral psychology during panics.

• Post-Disaster Transitional Housing: Modular, scalable, and rapidly deployable architectural structures for displaced populations.

• Urban Fire-Spread Mitigation: Spatial zoning and building-separation distances designed to prevent urban conflagrations.

3. Tri-Interrelated Topics 

These complex, highly integrated topics require the simultaneous application of Disaster Management principles, Architectural design, and Civil Engineering execution.

Resilient Urbanism and Smart Cities

• Subtopics:

  • Macro-level urban zoning that keeps high-density architectural developments away from geotechnically unstable civil zones.

  • Integration of blue-green infrastructure (civil stormwater management combined with architectural public parks) to absorb flash floods.

  • Decentralized micro-grids built into communities to ensure survival when centralized infrastructure fails.

Multi-Hazard Performance-Based Design

• Subtopics:

  • Moving beyond standard building codes to engineer and architect structures for specific performance levels (e.g., "Immediate Occupancy" vs. "Life Safety") after a major earthquake or hurricane.

  • Seismic isolation and damping systems (civil mechanisms) integrated into the spatial voids and structural expressions of buildings (architecture) to reduce disaster risk.

  • Wind-tunnel testing of architectural models to shape skyscrapers in ways that minimize wind loads on structural steel frames.

Coastal and Waterfront Climate Adaptation

• Subtopics:

  • Amphibious and floating architecture designed to rise with sea levels or storm surges.

  • Civil maritime engineering (seawalls, breakwaters, revetments) integrated with waterfront public promenades and commercial spaces.

  • Managed retreat planning, determining when infrastructure must be engineered to resist vs. when architecture must be relocated out of harm's way.

Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Sustainable Recovery

• Subtopics:

  • Build Back Better (BBB) methodologies ensuring that repaired infrastructure is stronger than its pre-disaster state.

  • Debris management and the recycling of demolished architectural materials into new civil engineering aggregates.

  • Rapid structural damage assessment protocols using AI and UAVs to deem buildings safe or unsafe for re-entry immediately following a catastrophe.