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Displaying 495 of about 576 resultsThis report details how previous studies have documented the negative impacts and unexpected secondary effects of post-disaster housing development. Here, it builds on this tradition to explore how post-disaster urban planning and risk mitigation measures affect internal migrations after a major disaster.
In the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan E…
Industries create jobs, catalyze investments, and bring technological advancement to a country. However, as industries expand across borders and become increasingly complex, so do their risks, including impacts from disasters and climate change. Disasters,1 including earthquakes and extreme weather events, are disrupting industrial activities and, as a…
This report's central task is to inquire into, and report on, national natural disaster arrangements – that is, arrangements involving all levels of government, the private and not-for-profit sectors, communities, families, and individuals. These arrangements concern all phases of disaster management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
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This issue of Southasiadisasters.net offers a detailed overview of the various direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. India now holds the dubious distinction of having the second highest number of COVID-19 cases trailing only to the United States of America. As India settles to live with the "new normal" of rising COVID-19…
The report focuses on the South Japan flooding of July 2020, and tries to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected both the preparedness and the recovery. As highlighted in the World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Risk Report, the world has been undergoing increasingly complex risk landscapes over the recent years, and it is not enough to have po…
Southasiadisasters.net, issue no. 93, June 2013:
This issue presents articles related to ecosystem, climate change, recovery and gender, in relation to disaster management planning in India and beyond. The content includes: (i) ecosystem based flood relief to recovery in Uttarakhand; (ii) a view from Delhi - emerging challenges of disaster risk reduct…
This document explains resilience in the context of disaster and climate change, giving nine examples of case studies from Action Contre la Faim (ACF) resiliency projects around the world. The document is comprised of six sections: (i) section one defines resilience and the effects of shocks and stresses; (ii) section two explains ACF's target groups f…
This guide highlights key disability concerns to officials and experts responsible for emergency planning in their communities. It seeks to assist them in developing plans that will take into account the needs and insights of people with disabilities before, during, and after emergencies. It also is designed to help emergency managers, planners, and res…
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 report examines the recovery experience of small, remote Nepalese communities in the aftermath of disaster. The aim is both to provide academic insight and to contribute to the formulation of better recovery strategies, policies and plans by government and other “external” agencies. To this end the report identifies the actions taken by disaster af…
The executive guide to business continuity management (BCM) provides senior management with an overview of the key concepts and processes that are required to implement and maintain an integrated, robust business continuity management program that allows individuals to: (i) better understand the uncertainty about the future; (ii) realise the potential f…
This study provides an overview on disasters and conflicts in 57 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries during the last four decades, including a review of disaster risk reduction strategies from The Yokohama Strategy to the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA) an…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 120, November 2014:
This issue focuses on the need for the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (or HFA2) to provide mechanisms which address the exigencies of urban risks. It highlights policy discourses and institutional mechanisms such as frameworks for city resilience and rapid vulnerability profiling t…
Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 99, October 2013:
This issue focuses on the preparedness activities that took place against the backdrop of Cyclone Phailin. Based on the theme ‘when preparedness works’, this issue provides a lot of information and insight into the roles of all major stakeholders that responded proactively to the threat of Phailin to k…