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Recovery

The restoring or improving of livelihoods and health, as well as economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets, systems and activities, of a disaster-affected community or society, aligning with the principles of sustainable development and “build back better”, to avoid or reduce future disaster risk.

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Environmental disasters, natural recovery and human responses

Natural disasters destroy more property and kill more people with each passing year. Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, fires and other natural events are becoming more frequent and their consequences more

photo by the Uncultured Project, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution
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Bangladesh: disaster lessons learned

Communities are learning how to protect themselves, thanks to disaster mitigation, preparedness and awareness programmes carried out by Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteers...
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Cyclone devastation, Jaber
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Madagascar: violence of cyclone Ivan overwhelms careful preparations

“Recurrent disasters are making people vulnerable. Precautions have to be taken for the future, especially in terms of construction,” said Volana Rarivoson, of the World Food Programme...
The New Humanitarian
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International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns of potential disastrous flood crisis in southern Africa

"This is why we should...respond to the coming crisis and further develop disaster preparedness activities,” said Peter Rees, Head of the International Federation Operations Support Department....
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Communicating Disasters cover image clip, a TVE Asia Pacific and UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok publication
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Communicating disasters: new book seeks the common ground

Exploring how 'the power of conventional and new media can be harnessed to create more disaster resilient communities'...
Television for Education - Asia Pacific
photo by Tony_Puerzer
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Tsunami three-years: communities take significant steps towards recovery with support of the Red Cross Red Crescent

Three years on from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers and staff are working with communities along the road to recovery...
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Documents and publications

World disaster report 2001, focus on recovery

As un/natural disasters become ever-more frequent, aid dollars and development gains are being washed away. Catastrophe is no longer a brief dip on the curve of development but a danger to the process itself. The poorest of the poor are becoming more

Documents and publications

Learning from disaster recovery: guidance for decision makers [executive summary]

This project aims to fill a major gap in international knowledge through the careful analysis of recovery operations following a diverse range of natural disasters that have occurred during the past twenty years. The intention is to learn vital lessons by

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