Human mobility

Findings from study on Immigrants and Refugees in the 2010-2011 Canterbury and Tohoku Disasters demonstrate social vulnerabilities in disasters are fluid and complex, suggesting that people may be simultaneously vulnerable and resilient. Those who had previous experiences of disasters were generally better equipped to deal with the Canterbury and Tohoku disasters.

This briefing paper provides policy-makers, agencies, civil society and other stakeholders with a summary of how displacement is positioned in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR) as a critical issue for reducing disaster

This document discusses how almost six years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, despite the overall good recovery progress, some areas have lagged behind and 134,000 evacuees continue to live in displacement. Prolonged and protracted displacement has had profound and disproportionate impacts on the more vulnerable members of society, particularly older people. 

Higashi-Matsushima was one of the areas worst-hit by the 2011 tsunami that killed some 18,000 people in total. Since then, the city has embarked on an ambitious, two-track recovery programme: rebuilding a better city and taking part in the national government's "Future City Initiative" to tackle environmental issues and an ageing society.

This research discusses the willingness of homeowners to relocate or rebuild following Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

It is difficult to say exactly how many people around the world will be forced to move as the effects of climate change grow starker in the coming decades. But mass displacement is already happening as climate change contributes to natural disasters such as desertification, droughts, floods, and powerful storms.

This newsletter discusses how, in light of the projected increase in the frequency and intensity of disasters associated with climate change, the number of people displaced by disasters will rise. Existing national, regional and international legal

This article provides an account and analysis of the progress on the conceptual and practical dimensions of climate change and disaster displacement. It reflects on the role of international law in such processes and reviews the capacity of existing legal