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Recovery
The restoration, and improvement where appropriate, of facilities, livelihoods and living conditions of disaster-affected communities, including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors.
Australia: Canterbury’s strength in recovery highlighted at United Nations forum
22 May 2013, CERA, Australia - gov
'Cranes and bulldozers and diggers can be hired - they are really just commodities. Institutions and good governance can’t be bought. And when things are really turning to custard, you need strong institutions,' said Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority chief executive Roger Sutton in a speech to the 4th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva, Switzerland, last night...
- Indicator 3.2 [PDF, 116Kb]School curricula , education material and relevant trainings include disaster risk reduction and recovery concepts and practices
- Indicator 4.5 [PDF, 87Kb]Disaster risk reduction measures are integrated into post disaster recovery and rehabilitation processes
- Indicator 5.3 [PDF, 86Kb]Financial reserves and contingency mechanisms are in place to support effective response and recovery when required.
- 6th International i-Rec conference: Sustainable post-disaster reconstruction - From recovery to risk reduction26-30 May 2013, Centro Stefano Franscini Ascona, Switzerland
- Use of GIS and remote sensing in climate change analysis and adaption27-30 May 2013, Kenya (Nairobi)
- Disaster management conference29-31 May 2013, Australia (Brisbane)
- Under graduate and graduate programme in disaster managementPatuakhali Science and Technology Univ
- Online certificate course in disaster managementTISS, online
- Certificate of advanced studies in disaster managementCERAH, Switzerland (Geneva)
Five days training programme on disaster management for NDRF commanders: course module2012, NIDM, India - gov
Psychosocial care in disaster management: a training of trainers (ToT) module2009, NIDM, India - gov
External Online Resources
- British Red Cross: Better prepared after the tsunami
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- FAO and emergencies, from prevention to building back better
- GFDRR: Safer homes, safer communities website
- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- International Recovery Platform (IRP)
- ProVention - reducing risks in recovery
- Recovery Diva blog: long-term recovery issues
- Romanian Red Cross Bacau
- Sri Lanka: RiskInfo - disaster risk information platform, risk information for all
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan: disaster reduction - Japan's action
- UN-HABITAT: disaster assessment portal
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