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Displaying 30 of about 41 resultsThis report is intended to disseminate the lessons learned from the devastating experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake with Mw 9.0 occurred on March 11, 2011, for the sake of future societies. It focuses on topics related to the earthquake and tsunami in terms of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015 (HFA) five priorities for action, which se…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 95, August 2013:
This issue covers articles related to disaster risk reduction and the floods in Uttarakhand. It is intended to national authorities and international organizations such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, Climate and Development Knowledge Network, and others.
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This newsletter reports on Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA)'s completion of its reconstruction portfolio in earthquake affected areas of Pakistan in 2011-2012, as well as on the social impact of its strategies in the following sectors: education, environment, governance, health, livelihood and water and sanitation. It highli…
This document reports on the recovery efforts led by Save the Children in Japan. The report is comprised of four sections: (i) the first section of the report touches on their community grants initiative, their work with child-participation in disaster risk reduction, and their work to mitigate the effects on children of the Fukushima disaster; (ii) the…
This document summarizes the recommendations from major organization from Japanese civil society based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and its numerous challenges with this unprecedented scale of triple disaster (9.0 earthquake, tsunami, and accident at nuclear power plant), and particularly its evolution and adaption to one…
This document discusses the importance of gender sensitivity in disaster risk reduction (DRR), and relates the history and experiences of the Japan Women's Network for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The document is divided into six sections: (i) section one introduces the concept of gender-sensitive DRR and the Japan Women's Network for Disaster Risk Reducti…
This country brief summarizes Lebanon’s efforts in planning for greater disaster resilience. In past years, the country has learned a great deal from its history of disaster response and recovery experiences. It is now planning to implement a more systematic disaster risk reduction (DRR) agenda by institutionalizing measures for disaster prevention, mit…
Typhoon Yolanda was the twenty fourth tropical cyclone that entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in 2013. As of March 2014, a total of 6,268 fatalities, 28,698 injured, and 1,061 missing were reported. It was the deadliest tropical cyclone that hit the Philippines since Typhoon Uring in 1991. Farmers, fishers, and informal sector workers…
This action plan gives an overview of the situation at the national, international and bilateral levels, few days after the category 5 Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) made a direct hit on the Philippines, devastating areas in 36 provinces. It provides a list of the emerging needs and introduces a six-month plan with priority actions which incl…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 98, October 2013:
This issue builds on the experience of the 2011 earthquake in Sikkim. It focuses primarily on the recovery and rehabilitation of the Indian state of Sikkim following the 18 September 2011 earthquake. Filled with well researched articles and summary reports, the theme of this issue is ‘Building a More R…
ERIA Research Project Report 2011-08:
This report consists of the papers from ERIA’s research project on “Economic and Welfare Impacts of Disasters in East Asia and Policy Responses” in Fiscal Year 2011-12. It aims to improve our understanding on how the past and potential impacts of disasters on productions, demands, regional development, and welfare…
This case study reflected on the situation of elderly victims and survivors of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake through the perspective of the disaster cycle. It synthesized measures perceived to be necessary for the future in terms of general health emergency preparedness, response and recovery; and specific concerns for older people during evacuatio…
Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Working Paper, November 2013:
This paper seeks to contribute to the analytical base around build back better through an examination of its application in three disaster responses, the Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake in Haiti. The three cases were selected because they all involv…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 100, November 2013:
This 100th issue takes stock of a wide variety of issues from the field of disaster risk reduction. It contains articles covering emerging issues such as the rebuilding process in Uttrakhand, building resilience in Asia and the Pacific, disaster preparedness in Jammu and Kashmir, the Warsaw Climate C…
This report relates the experiences of those who survived the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami using information gathered at a workshop which included field visits and interviews with local representatives.
The report is divided into four sections: (i) section one explains the background and objectives of the report, and contains a detailed sche…