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Displaying 120 of about 127 resultsThis brief is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents efforts undertaken by the government of Vanuatu, with support from GFDRR and the World Bank, to recover after the destructive Tropical Cyclone Pam that swept across the Pacific nation in March 2015. It includes some main results…
This publication outlines results from a UNDP partnership with the Government of Odisha, that demonstrated how low-cost, disaster-resilient building technologies enabled communities to build structures that could better withstand natural disasters. The report provides guidelines for communities and governments in addressing the housing needs of the most…
This report addresses the subject of nuclear disasters. It elaborates on the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster intending to answer question such as: What have been the impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster?; What is the current condition of the victims of the nuclear disaster?; What is going on at the nuclear plant site and what risks still exist? and; Wha…
This booklet is a collection of lessons learned by Iwate Prefecture in light of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, as well as proposals for disaster risk reduction alongside case studies of the reconstruction in Iwate Prefecture, which experienced great losses of lives and property from the earthquake and the massive tsunami and aftershocks that f…
This report covers the period from July 2013 to June 2014. It highlights progress and results achieved against GFDRR’s work plan, grants, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing activities. It is organized according to its Five Pillars of Action: Risk Identification, Risk Reduction, Preparedness, Financial Protection, and Resilient Recovery.
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Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) Working Paper, April 2014:
This report gives some thought as to how far resilience and 'linking relief, rehabilitation, and development (LRRD)' could be made practically useful. It describes how LRRD can be defined conceptually, how it can be put into practice, and explains the implications of LRRD for the existing aid…
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…
This briefing paper elaborates upon four key points in mitigating hazards in the recovery phase. It explains that wise land-use planning prior to any natural event becoming a disaster is the best and most cost-effective means of reducing risk from hazards. In this sense, the publication underlines the importance of externalizing future costs to disaster…
This topic guide on mainstreaming environment and climate change into humanitarian action is intended for Climate, Environment, Infrastructure and Livelihoods Advisers in the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and other development professionals. It is presented in 4 main sections and includes a glossary, reference list/bibliography, lis…
Drawing on the rights-based approach laid out in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons (IASC Framework) and reflected in many of the Philippines’ own domestic standards, this report analyses efforts to resolve the displacement crisis generated by Typhoon Haiyan.
According to the IASC Framewo…
This white paper considers preparation for and recovery from major electricity outages, with a focus on customer-side measures. It examines how disaster preparedness and post-disaster recovery may benefit from standards and the design of plans for coordinated activity.
Microgrids, the white paper explains, are a solution to many of the issues identifie…
This document contains the proceedings of the scientific workshop where lessons learned following the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami were explored and shared. The proceedings summarize the collective efforts by scholars who have examined the Great East Japan Earthquake from various angles.This document seeks to document landmarks of the disaste…
In October 2008, a major tropical storm produced one of the worst adverse natural events ever to affect the Republic of Yemen. Flooding from the storm caused an estimated $1.6 billion in damage and losses, or about 6% of the country’s GDP. This case study presents the recovery process in Yemen after this major event. It highlights the challenges that re…
This case study documents ongoing recovery since the occurrence of Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013, which caused unprecedented damage to nine regions, including 591 municipalities and 56 cities spread across 44 provinces. About 16 million persons were affected, many of whom lost their sources of livelihood.The findings and conclusions should be conside…
This document presents the recovery case study of Mozambique after the three biggest floods recorded in the country: the first in 2000/2001, the second flooded Central Mozambique in 2007/2008, and most recently the 2013 floods. It focuses on the policies and practices of recovery from that time until the present. This document summarizes the key finding…