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Displaying 6 of about 6 resultsThis research focuses on using flood damage reports in conjunction with contour maps, geographical information systems, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data, photographs, and spatial averaging to develop total (high) flood elevation data sets. It is important that a sustainable community better prepare for and design mitigation processes for major f…
This report identifies eleven options that could improve the United States of America's federal approach to disaster recovery. It explains how these options could be implemented and the strengths and limitations of each. The federal approach to disaster recovery is fragmented across more than 30 federal entitities. This approach is the produce of over 4…
The International Recovery Platform Herald (IRP Herald) is the periodic newsletter of the International Recovery Platform. The IRP Herald reports on IRP activities and serves as the knowledge report for the annual International Recovery Forum, as well as recovery-related content from other major conferences.
IRP Herald Volume 33 is the knowledge report…
This study analyzes the content of Twitter data collected during Hurricane Harvey to identify the data of the highest relevance for assessing the impacts on infrastructure through automatically grouping the tweets by topics of discussion. More specifically, the researchers aimed to answer three research questions: (1) What are the common themes of discu…
This report identifies ways for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program to develop a multihazard, forward-looking, risk-based approach to mitigation that also incorporates issues of equity and community well-being in its application and evaluation processes. Much of the disruption and damage caused by these disasters could h…
This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on disaster response and recovery from various types of hazards, with regard to preparedness, evacuation, volunteering, early recovery, awareness and knowledge of different types of hazards, and preparedness capacity development. This study targets hazards such as Cyclone Amphan in India, the Kumamoto flood…