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Displaying 45 of about 46 resultsThis document provides a detailed review of the current state of knowledge and frontier issues related to building back better in recovery. The key objectives of this paper are to reflect the breadth and depth of how BBB has come to be understood and made actionable during disaster recovery, and to crystalize and illustrate, drawing on specific case stu…
In this paper the authors use quantitative and qualitative data to investigate how traditional housing was transformed during the post-earthquake reconstruction of four historic neighborhoods in the Kathmandu Valley. The 2015 Nepal earthquakes devastated the Kathmandu Valley and exposed the challenges of conserving and restoring architectural heritage i…
For over a decade, WFP has been supporting climate risk insurance as an important piece of the strategy for building women’s economic empowerment. WFP presents the story of women that have access to WFP’s climate risk insurance and related interventions. The fast recovery and protection from loss and damages that access to climate risk insurance can pro…
The 4RF document provides programmatic priorities, policy framework, institutional arrangements, financing strategy, and implementation arrangements for resilient recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in the aftermath of the 2022 floods. Goal of preparing the Resilient Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Framework (4RF) is to ensure…
This study proposes an analytical framework for urban disaster recovery and resilience based on social media data that can analyze short-term disaster recovery and assess disaster resilience from the perspectives of infrastructure and people’s psychological states. Measuring disaster resilience from the perspective of long-term recovery ability is impor…
Australians are facing increasingly severe and frequent extreme weather disasters driven by climate change. In December 2022, Climate Council, supported by Beyond Blue, undertook an extensive two-part national study designed to better understand the impact of climate-fuelled disasters on mental health in Australia, and how best to support the wellbeing,…
The report delves into the critical yet often overlooked phase of recovery, emphasizing the need to prioritize and integrate resilience in recovery efforts to prepare vulnerable communities for current and future climate impacts. The key findings and recommendations within the report underscore the importance of adopting a holistic, risk-informed, multi…
This chapeau paper provides a high-level overview of financing mechanisms, their purposes, and opportunities to increase financing for disaster risk management. It is complemented by more in-depth papers prepared for the G20 Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction on different aspects of financing mechanisms discussed in this paper.Without major invest…
The July 2023 floods in Chitral have had a devastating impact on multiple sectors, causing extensive damage to infrastructure, housing, education, transport, communications, water resources, agriculture, fisheries, and protective structures. The floods disrupted livelihoods, left communities vulnerable, and necessitated urgent assistance and support.Rap…
This study captures the progress and challenges in integrating local, Indigenous and traditional knowledge (LITK) and practices for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Pacific Island countries and recommendations for future work on how LITK can be used to “build back better” after disasters. The inclusion of LITK for risk reduction in national and…
This volume examines: (a) the links between impacts on firms and households, in particular through the employment channel, and (b) governments’ fiscal responses to the COVID crisis, through transfers, subsidies, and taxes. It identifies and explains changes in household well-being by examining the economic effects of the pandemic on labor markets.More t…
This study proposed a new approach for rapidly estimating post-earthquake building loss with reasonable accuracy. Rapid estimation of post-earthquake building damage and loss is very important in urgent response efforts. The current approach leaves much room for improvement in estimating ground motion and correctly incorporating the uncertainty and spat…
The PDNA presents a comprehensive report that assesses the cumulative impacts of Tropical Cyclone Freddy on Malawi and its vulnerable populations. In early March 2023, Malawi experienced one of the worst tropical cyclones on record. Tropical Cyclone Freddy developed in the Western Indian Ocean and moved eastwards, influencing torrential rains over the s…
This brief explores how new satellite imagery technology can help predict the impact of tropical cyclones in climate vulnerable countries such as Fiji, analyze their potential compounding effects, and improve disaster risk management.
The paper discusses how satellite imagery can be combined with granular socioeconomic data to boost the “nowcasting” me…
This study shifts attention beyond estimating building damage as the main source of information after an earthquake by introducing an approach to rapidly identify the obstacles that lead to the lack of household recovery progress. Following a disaster, crucial decisions about recovery resources often prioritize immediate damage, partly due to a lac…