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Critical infrastructure

The physical structures, facilities, networks and other assets which provide services that are essential to the social and economic functioning of a community or society.

One failure can trigger a chain reaction.

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Floods 2009 Senegal Post Disaster Needs Assessment -FR
Documents and publications

This post-disaster needs assessment estimates the costs of recovery and reconstruction resulting from the impacts of the August 2009 floods in Dakar, Sengal.

Senegal - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Union
Documents and publications

This Report presents the findings of the first national assessment of the risks of climate change for the whole of Australia’s coastal zone. It focuses on risks to settlements and infrastructure, ecosystems and industries in the coastal zone.

Its

Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Floods 2009 Namibia Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)
Documents and publications

This Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) assesses damage and losses incurred as a result of 2009 floods, and provides an assessment of recovery and reconstruction options that could provide resilience to future events such as droughts and floods.

Namibia - government
World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Union
Typhoon Ketsana 2009 Lao PDR Damage Loss and Needs Assessment
Documents and publications

This PDNA addresses the damages and losses from the impacts of Typhoon Ketsana, and identifies resource needs in the medium and longer term to address the urgent requirements for recovery and restoration of the livelihoods of the affected population

Lao People's Democratic Republic - government
World Bank, the
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Australian Agency for International Development
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
Typhoon Ketsana 2009 Cambodia Post-Ketsana Disaster Needs Assessment Part I Main Report
Documents and publications

The Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) evaluates the damages and losses from the impacts of Typhoon Ketsana, and addresses needs for recovery, resilient reconstruction and sustainable restoration of livelihoods of the affected population.

Cambodia - government
World Bank, the
United Nations - Headquarters
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
West Sumatra Earthquake 2009 Indonesia Damage Loss and Preliminary Needs Assessment
Documents and publications

This report presents the assessment of the damage, losses and human recovery needs resulting from the earthquakes in West Sumatra and Jambi.

Indonesia - government
National Agency for Disaster Management (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana)
Earthquake and Tsunami 2009 Samoa Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
Documents and publications

This Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) draws upon the findings of various assessments carried out in the immediate aftermath of the disasters and presents estimates for loss and damage as a result of the 2009 earthquake and tsunami in Samoa.

Samoa - government
World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Update

West Sumatra province, recently hit by a deadly 7.9 magnitude earthquake, is likely to experience an even bigger quake, and buildings need to be constructed to withstand this, experts say...

The New Humanitarian
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