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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsThis report evaluates the performance of the New Orleans hurricane protection system and studies the vulnerabilities posed to the city and the region by hurricanes. More specifically, the objectives of the study are defined as: (i) the design and status of the hurricane protection system pre-Katrina; (ii) storm surges and waves generated by Hurricane K…
This Iowa Disaster Recovery Framework (IDRF) includes input from the Iowa Disaster Recovery Tabletop Exercise held June 24, 2010, lessons learned from the 2008 disasters, including the establishment of the Rebuild Iowa Advisory Commission and the Rebuild Iowa Office, and the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) currently in development.
The purp…
This report evaluates the perception and preparedness, flood impacts, and recovery of Lewis County (Washington) businesses affected by the December 2007 Pacific Northwest Floods. It specifically addresses the type of businesses engaged in pre-event flood preparedness and questions whether business owners and managers perceived these activities to have b…
This guidance note shares 'live lessons' learned - told through first-person stories - that contribute to disaster preparedness, mitigation, and a recovery that builds back better. It asserts that telling live lessons have great value as a way to create monuments and memorials, and can be transformative and therapeutic activities for individuals and who…
This information paper gives a brief description of ongoing USAID/OFDA disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes active in fiscal year 2009, grouped according to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) priority that the respective programme promotes. It intends to engage communities, national and local governments, international and regional organizations,…