New Zealand

This paper explores the challenges of refugee resettlement by presenting three case studies of resettled refugees and outlining six principles of disaster communication to improve engagement with culturally and linguistically diverse groups.

This paper assesses climate responsive resilient building codes and standards in New Zealand. New Zealand (NZ) has had a performance-based Building Code since 1992 and it is primarily focused on life safety.

This report presents the findings of a building codes resilience survey developed by the members of the Global Resiliency Dialogue.

This paper argues that by adopting an One Walfare framework it will be possible to achieve a transdisciplinary approach to emergency management in which all stakeholders acknowledge the importance of the human–animal-environment interdependencies.

his article focuses on children’s participation in disaster risk reduction. School children conducted participatory mapping with LEGO and the video game Minecraft to assess disaster risk in their locality and identify ways to be more prepared.

This paper assesses flood loss and damage. Uncertainty in flood loss and damage assessment is inevitable due to the flaws in data accuracy and reflecting the simplification of a complex system that is inherent to any assessment.

The Guide to Disaster Recovery Capitals (ReCap Guide) is a resource for people, organisations and governments engaged in disaster recovery.

This paper studies how data is collected and created to support the implementation of Impact Forecasts and Warnings (IFWs).