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Displaying 6 of about 6 resultsThe 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that struck most of coastal cities in Aceh has motivated a numerous changes in the world of disaster risk reduction including to the policies and regulations at local level in Aceh, Indonesia.
This paper is aimed at elaborating the changes of policies and regulations in Aceh captured and monitored during 12-year of the tsu…
This brief documents some of the positive as well as the negative experiences in Sri Lanka recovery process during the then years following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. It presents a summary of the main factors influencing recovery outcomes in Sri Lanka, including: i) the nature and extent of settlement planning; ii) the role of local institutions inc…
Working Paper Series No. 6, June 2015:
This study looks at how people and organizations - in the midst of post-disaster devastation and loss - are able to see and seize opportunities for change towards sustainability. The post-disaster recovery process from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastating Aceh, Indonesia is one of the cases with mixed account…
This paper seeks to inform policy changes that can be considered in the post 2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, drawing lessons from the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand and the Great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Both events offer the opportunity for researchers and practitioners to review current practice…
This report identifies lessons from six countries that have faced significant disaster recovery challenges and employed different management approaches: China, New Zealand, Japan, India, Indonesia, and the United States.
The authors offer the following recovery recommendations that reflect the set of core principles of primacy of information, stakehold…
This document is a summary of the experiences and lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) in Sendai City.
Sendai has tackled the recovery process since the region was hit by the most powerful earthquake and tsunami ever recorded in Japan. The earthquake preparedness measures put in place before GEJE had a definite effect d…