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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsThis report discusses how community-led approaches to disaster recovery are regarded as the optimal approach to sustainable disaster recovery, fostering self-reliance and self-determination within affected communities (Dibley, Mitchell, Ireton, Gordon, & Goron, 2019; Olshansky, 2005). However, as noted by Dibley et al. (2019), “[w]hat is less clear…
On the theme of Social Capital and Social Connectedness for Resilience, the committee identified three topics as being particularly important for natural hazard mitigation and resilience: (1) inspiring communities to create and sustain social capital and connectedness, (2)
bolstering community-created digital and public spaces, and (3) building social c…
Using an adapted version of the Community Capitals Framework, the Recovery capitals project promotes a multidimensional and inclusive, systemic approach to disaster recovery. The research emphasises the interactions between natural, cultural, human, social, political, built and financial capital resources in disaster recovery. Researchers are devel…
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 31 is the knowledge report…
This publication explores how the communities in East Gippsland and Wellington Shires, Australia experienced their strength and capabilities following a bushfire event that burned for 106 days before being contained, followed by a global pandemic that led to a statewide lockdown. The intersection of these two events is unprecedented and there were…
• Kamaishi City of Iwate Prefecture, with a population of about 40,000 (before the earthquake), is one of regions seriously damaged when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. About 30% of the total households was damaged mainly due to the tsunami, and a large number of casualties was suffered.
• Reconstruction and town development of the city is p…
This report considers what role insurance played in restoring local economic activity and reducing the longterm impacts of these natural disasters. It examines three severe natural disaster events in Australia between 2019 and 2020: the Townsville floods, Black Summer bushfires, and East Coast hailstorms. Events of this kind are becoming increasingly co…