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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsBetween March 12 and 14, 2015, Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu as an extremely destructive Category 5 cyclone. Eleven fatalities were subsequently confirmed in Tafea and Shefa Provinces. An estimated 65,000 people were displaced from their homes. Approximately 17,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, including houses, schools, clinics, and other…
This handbook was developed to assist policy makers and project managers engaged principally in large-scale post-disaster reconstruction programs make decisions about how to reconstruct housing and communities, a complex series of decisions that, taken together, will affect the communities involved for many years. However, the handbook should be useful…
To achieve post-disaster recovery of rural households in developing countries, it is necessary to understand the recovery conditions and the factors that play significant roles in the decision-making process. The aim of this paper is (1) to explain the transition of the residential status (i.e., type of places or houses in which affected househo…
For the recovery of rural communities in developing countries, providing appropriate information in an appropriate manner is critical. This study aimed to statistically examine how the content and channels influence the activities of households in developing country rural communities to recover from disasters. As a key recovery activity, we focused o…
Drones in humanitarian action - Case study No. 6
This case study highlights the role drones can play in mapping damages as well as planning protection measures to mitigate risks. The document discusses the case of post-disaster interventions after Hurricane Sandy struck Haiti in 2012.
The results from using the drone allowed precise assessment of…