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Displaying 30 of about 127 resultsThis case study was conducted in 2014 to document the lessons learned from the housing recovery operation carried out in the wake of Cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh in 2007. The cyclone, which caused damage to over a million houses, prompted arguably the largest ever housing recovery in the country’s disaster history. In a first, housing was considered…
This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the analytical support provided by the World Bank in close collaboration with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) on the basis of the Government-led Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) following the…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 126, February 2015:
This issue focuses on the theme of Managing Risk and Building Resilience in Humanitarian Action in India. This issue's contents includes: (i) Community Based Disaster Management of WOTR; (ii) Role of ADRRN in HFA2 Implementation; (iii) A Toolbox for Assessing Loss and Damage; (iv) A Journey to Resili…
The policy has been developed to guide disaster risk management mainstreaming in Malawi by devising policy strategies aimed at achieving the long term goal of reducing disaster losses in lives and in the social, economic and environmental assets of communities and the nation as envisioned in the “Social Support and Disaster Risk Management” section of t…
This Act regulates the protection of people, animals, property, cultural heritage and environment against natural and other disasters.
It defines as the basic tasks of the system of protection against natural and other disasters to be the following: (i) detection, monitoring and research of natural and other disaster hazards; (ii) prevention of natural…
This 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 study was conducted to evaluate the main causes and damages of flood (2010) in district Charsadda. Most of the villages in Charsadda District are prone to floods during summer mainly because of torrential rainfall, melting of snow and ice, deforestation and over grazing in the catchment areas of rivers flowing across Charsadda. Overflowing the natu…
This report presents the work carried out by CBM together with Nepalese Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs), in some of the worst-hit districts by the 2015 earthquakes. By providing access to medical and psychosocial rehabilitation and support and working on many levels to ensure that mainstream relief and recovery is disability-inclusive, CBM's over…
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 2015, 6 (Suppl 1):5–9, doi:10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.2.HYN_007:
This paper analyzes the period of overlap between response and recovery phases in the Philippines occurred three to seven months post-Typhoon Haiyan from February 2014 to July 2014. It highlights the need to define a period of transition from r…
This report provides a description of the accident and its causes, evolution and consequences, based on the evaluation of data and information from a large number of sources available at the time of writing. It consists of a report by the IAEA Director General and five technical volumes. It is the result of an extensive international collaborative effor…
This act sets out a comprehensive legal framework for disaster risk management. It provides for the establishment of the Disaster Management Agency, as well as for disaster risk management and the National Disaster Management Plan, coordination mechanism for disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery, establishment and manageme…
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 8 is the knowledge report…
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 12 is the knowledge report…
This year's study compiles the latest statistics on the size and scope of the humanitarian system and assesses overall performance and progress in the period 2012-2014. The humanitarian system’s performance is assessed within its core functions of responding to major sudden-onset emergencies and supporting populations in chronic crisis, as well as its l…
This report focuses on the first five months after the Nepal Earthquakes of 2015. Interviews conducted during the Earthquake and Megacities Initiative (EMI) Field Mission in June were supported by extensive desk research conducted by the authors to document pertinent information on the response and early recovery activities involving the Government of N…