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This paper evaluates how the Philippines utilize social protection systems and programs to help households better manage disaster risk.
Exposure and vulnerability to natural disasters and the effects of climate change are particularly high in the Philippines. At the same time, the Philippines has developed one of the most a…
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, September 2015, Volume 6, Issue 3, pp 310-314, doi:10.1007/s13753-015-0066-1:
This short article explains the management process of the recovery and reconstruction utilized by the Tohoku Regional Bureau — an inter-organizational process — from a business process management perspective and creates a simple…
Oxfam Briefing Paper 208 :
This paper considers the successes and challenges of the response to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake so far, and looks at what must be done to ensure that Nepal recovers in a way which makes it more resilient and more equitable.
The humanitarian response by the Government of Nepal and others has been largely successful. More…
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2013;91:784-789. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.13.117945:
This report presents the outcome of a project carried out with the aim to establish an efficient system of infection surveillance to cover all of the clinics in Rikuzen-Takata of Japan in the wake of the the Great East Japan Earthquake – using only…
This working document presents key considerations to ensure gender equality and women empowerment principles inform the transition process and reconstruction planning after the 2015 Nepal earthquake. The guidance is informed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) commitments to mainstream gender in humanitarian action, Government of Nepal relevan…
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 report describes in detail the damages, impact and strategy to rebuild and to rehabilitate better and safer the city of Chitral which was hit by worst floods during July-August 2015. These unprecedent floods spread devastation beyond proportions and most of the Chitral and Mastuj subdivisions were destroyed. The data and field visits collected in t…
This handbook provides a framework for identifying an effective recovery strategy following a biological incident, as well as a compendium of practical, evidence-based recovery options to assist with the remediation of environmental biological contamination. The handbook is designed to support decision makers in developing a recovery strategy for food p…
This edition of Humanitarian Exchange addresses disaster risk reduction in the context of the Typhoon Haiyan, the worst disaster ever to hit the Philippines. It presents lessons from the humanitarian response to the disaster and highlights the important coordination role of the Philippines government in it. Featured articles assess the early warning eff…
The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive overview of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) activities in relation to disaster risk reduction and response. The report showcases the tools and methodologies developed by the JRC to help in all phases of disaster management, from preparedness and risk management to recovery an…
School of Economics and Finance Working paper: 03/2015:
The paper implements a novel way to aggregate the separate measures of disaster impact - the number of fatalities, of injuries, of people otherwise affected, and the financial damage that natural disasters cause - and apply it to two recent catastrophic events: the Christchurch (New Zealand) earth…
This policy proposal outlines Keidanren's efforts to strengthen the cooperation among companies in terms of Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) following the Great East Japan Earthquake, both in an effort to enhance disaster prevention and reduction and reinforce the competitiveness of the Japanese business community.…
This document gives an overview of the challenges and progress made by Japan in disaster risk management (DRM). The document explains Japans disaster management system and the countermeasures taken by Japan in preventing, preparing, responding to, and recovering from disasters. It explains disaster reduction activities of citizens and draws attention to…
This disaster risk reduction situation report on the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake is divided into three parts: historical disaster impacts, risks and scenarios, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) implementation status. It provides an overview of Nepal's nationally reported losses 1971-2013 and internationally reported losses 1900-2014; probabilistic ec…
This document presents the main outcomes, shared lessons and proceedings from the forum on post-disaster recovery organized by ADB in Manila on 20–21 October 2015. This forum provided a venue to share common challenges and possible solutions on planning and managing recovery programs based on lessons and good practices. It was organized with support fro…