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Displaying 15 of about 15 resultsThis Rapid Damage and Impact Assessment report was prepared by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica following the devastating impacts of Tropical Storm Erika on August 27, 2015. It was undertaken jointly with technical support from the World Bank in close conjunction with other development partners and international organizations. …
This final report presents the outcomes of the Making Cities Resilient New Orleans-Gothenburg exchange. The exchange was part of the United Nation's Making Cities Resilient campaign and concerned with disaster resilience with particular focus on high water levels and flood risk shared by the two coastal cities. With the objective of exchanging informati…
This book looks at how nation's leaders, in government, business, religion, academia, and beyond, facilitated Chile's recovery. It argues that strong national leadership on the one hand, and deeply rooted institutional practices on the other played a key role in Chile's remarkable comeback from the Chilean earthquake. Besides from offering reasons for f…
This book identifies and recommends recovery practices and novel programs most likely to impact overall community public health and contribute to resiliency for future incidents. It makes the case that disaster recovery should be guided by a healthy community vision, where health considerations are integrated into all aspects of recovery planning before…
This study examines an aspect of wildfire disaster mitigation and recovery that has not been previously investigated. It seeks to analyse to what degree homeowners have actually adopted and implemented FireSmart measures to mitigate the risk of future wildfire losses. It assessed current wildfire risk in 445 homes, reconstructed since these wildfires oc…
This document presents the outcomes of a survey conducted by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce with the aim to better understand the full impacts of the flood that occurred in 2013, and to assess both disaster mitigation efforts and flood recovery programs. The survey was conducted among the Chamber's members and the community at large.
The flood caused…
This fact sheet summarizes the support that the European Union (EU) has and will continue to provide to Haiti to aid in Haiti's recovery and in building its resilience to withstand future disasters. This support comes after the devastating earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010 that took 222,750 people's lives, injured many thousands and made 1.5 millio…
This document presents the recovery case study of Haiti after 2010 earthquake. It focuses on the policies and practices of recovery from that time until the present. This document summarizes the key findings from the case study.
The document is part of a series of case studies developed by the World Bank’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Rec…
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Este documento tiene como propósito que las autoridades de los tres niveles de gobierno, las entidades tanto públicas como privadas y la ciudadanía en general, conozcan, implementen y ejecuten los procesos y subprocesos de la Preparación, Respuesta y Rehabilitación. Este fue desarrollado por el Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil como herra…
This publication illustrates JICA’s efforts at mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) through its various programmes and initiatives. It offers a comprehensive cross-mixing of themes related to the Post-2015 Framework for DRR (HFA2) as well as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and mainly focused on the Asia-Pacific Region.
Specifically, the…
This publication critically examines urban policies and projects from the perspective of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, urban resiliency, inclusive cities, and the impacts of the informal economy. The 2014 volume marks the fifth year of the “Reducing Urban Poverty” competition, with chapters examining the following topics:
a c…
This document presents a strategy developed to respond to the urban challenges facing New Orleans, including the risks of climate change and the natural environment. Guided by 100 Resilient Cities, this document combines local expertise with global best practices to confront the most urgent threats and seek ways to address the city's legacy of inequity…
Section 1.0 provides the purpose, scope and vision of the framework that will help explain the overall concept of operations by defining how the framework will be used and by whom. This section includes core values and key themes established by the planning committees and should remain front and center throughout the framework and in all aspects of reco…
This white paper explores the lessons learned from Katrina and how the recovery in New Orleans inspired the creation of new methods of building resilience. The paper identifies a number of critical areas to keep stakeholders aligned, including prioritizing flooding as the paramount risk, devoting more resources to preventive measures rather than post-ev…
This paper is part of a series of reports and concept papers that Clean Energy Group (CEG) will publish in the next two years on the issue of Resilient Power. Resilient Power is the ability of a community to provide clean, reliable energy in the face of power outages, an increasingly regular event due to severe weather.
The aim of the Resilient Power P…