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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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This study examined recovery needs and actions after Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Sint Maarten (2017), using a SIDS recovery framework to assess whether key sectors and recovery priorities were adequately addressed.

Deltares
Aerial picture of a flooded Texan residential area
Statements and messages

Many in Sandy Creek remain stuck in a recovery system that wasn’t designed for them.

Grist Magazine
Clearing of rubble in Syria through a donor funded project.
Feature

Syria became one of the earliest countries to implement UNDRR's DELTA Resilience system, which will help it better understand and reduce the disaster risks it faces as it recovers from years of war.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Rethinking architectural education post-disaster: an analytical framework for curricular transformation after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes thumbnail
Documents and publications

This study conducts a comparative analysis of the presence and evolution of disaster and earthquake-focused courses in Turkish public and foundation universities between 2022 and 2025.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature)
Evolution of earthquake crisis management and recovery in Italy after 2009: An expert commentary thumbnail
Documents and publications

This paper presents an expert commentary on lessons learned across five dimensions: governance, community engagement, technical assessment tools, professional mobilization, and urban reconstruction.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Report: Cyclone Ditwah, Sri Lanka 2025 thumbnail
Documents and publications

This is a comprehensive assessment that will guide Sri Lanka's recovery and reconstruction efforts following one of the most devastating disasters in its recent history.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
World Bank, the
Man in an informal settlement in Ethiopia
Research briefs

Nearly a quarter of the land in Ethiopia is degraded. It has lost its quality and can no longer grow crops, support plant life, or hold water as it used to.

Conversation Media Group, the
Characterizing changes in postfire debris-flow hazard as burned areas recover thumbnail
Documents and publications

Updating post-fire debris-flow hazard thresholds with satellite-tracked vegetation recovery reduces false alarms and improves predictions for years 2 and 3 after a wildfire.

Geological Society of America, the
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