Ruhizal Roosli

Ruhizal Roosli is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Housing, Building and Planning at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, having received a BSc in Housing, Building and Planning and an MSc in Housing Studies from the same institution. He received his PhD in Housing Studies from Northumbria University, UK, and his Advanced Diploma in Peace Operations and Crisis Management from the Institute for International Political Studies, Milan, Italy. His research focuses on how people have produced, are...See more

Ruhizal Roosli is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Housing, Building and Planning at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, having received a BSc in Housing, Building and Planning and an MSc in Housing Studies from the same institution. He received his PhD in Housing Studies from Northumbria University, UK, and his Advanced Diploma in Peace Operations and Crisis Management from the Institute for International Political Studies, Milan, Italy. His research focuses on how people have produced, are producing, and will produce better settlements in normal and emergency situations, and he has published extensively in the areas of disaster and development.Phil O'Keefe is an Emeritus Professor of Economic Development and Environmental Management at Northumbria University, UK. He graduated in Geography from Newcastle University and completed his doctorate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, UK. Since his first teaching post in 1973, he has worked at various universities and international institutions, including the University of Khartoum, the Disaster Research Unit at Bradford University, UK, the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, USA, and the Beijer Institute at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which has since become the Stockholm Environment Institute. See less