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Displaying 45 of about 130 resultsThis publication reports on the outcomes of a pilot project to ‘operationalize’ the Making Cities Resilient Campaign in three cities in Africa – Narok and Kisumu in Kenya and Moshi in Tanzania, commenced in 2012 by the UNISDR regional office for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. It also describes disaster prevention activities undertaken by pilot cities, an…
In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, a majority of the designated evacuation centers (mostly in the form of school buildings or public gymnasiums) were severely damaged. In the drive to build back better and safer, the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation and its partners aimed to build safer and more structurally sound, dual‐purpose evacuat…
La ley núm. 20.444 que crea el fondo nacional de la reconstrucción y establece mecanismos de incentivo tributario a las donaciones efectuadas en caso de catástrofe, dicho fondo está destinado a financiar la construcción, reconstrucción, reposición, remodelación, restauración o rehabilitación de infraestructura, instalaciones, patrimonio histórico arquit…
This guide aims to strengthen the Educational sector and the national system in the prevention of disasters through the definition of school plans for emergencies in which students, teachers, administrative staff and family have a specific function to address emergencies and disasters, and through the inventory of available resources. It is considered a…
This research examines the long-term recovery trajectories after Hurricane Ike (2008) in Galveston, Texas using parcel-level data for multifamily, single-family, and duplexes over an eight-year period. In the literature, there is relative consensus on how housing damage is shaped by pre-impact conditions at household and neighborhood levels. However, sy…
This manual aims to be helpful to all the engineers who are working for the reconstruction related to the 2015 Nepal earthquake. It will help them to fill up the inspection check sheet so they pass inspection by the Government of Nepal. This manual is based on recognized engineering principles and practices. It consists of simplified calculations a…
This Results in Resilience story describes how the Africa Caribbean Pacific-European Union Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (ACP-EU NDRR) Program has supported Dominica following Hurricane Maria in September 2017, through a first project to conduct a Post-Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNA) and another project which aims to improve the application and upta…
In response to the Gorkha Earthquake which struck Nepal on 25 April 2015, this report documents the status of temporary shelters across the 14 districts most affected by the earthquake. It also explores the reconstruction issues and challenges that affect families that are in temporary shelter, as well as assessing their needs in terms of further t…
This report briefly summarises the approach to community-managed DRR at the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Asia, throughout assessment, planning and resource mobilisation phases to improve preparedness, response and recovery in India, Myanmar, Nepal and the Philippines. It also describes the work to protect livelihoods and economic as…
This report describes a multi-country study conducted by the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) on people’s perceptions of using CRS‑recommended hazard‑resistant construction practices. The study involved communities in five countries where CRS had implemented post-disaster reconstruction projects in the last six years: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the…
Beyond reconstruction: re-envisioning Haiti with equity, fairness, and opportunity:
This paper addresses the decisions already being implemented in Haiti on relief, reconstruction and recovery, and calls for a 'build back better' approach. It sets out some basic rules and principles for the reconstruction process, and highlights some of Oxfam’s concer…
This assessment report of the 2008 earthquake in China is part of UNCRD's research project on community-based disaster prevention and housing earthquake strengthening projects. It reviews the recovery plan for urban and rural housing reconstruction, which also aims at spreading knowledge on disaster prevention and reduction and boosting awareness of all…
...and urgent actions required in all disaster-prone countries to improve disaster-risk assessment, prevention and mitigation:
This resolution, adopted unanimously by the 122nd IPU Assembly in Bangkok, 1 April 2010, acknowledges that both disasters and climate change hit poor nations and communities the hardest, and that disaster risk reduction for im…
This document relates the experiences of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in the wake of the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka. The document is comprised of twelve chapters: (i) chapter one explains the immediate effects of the tsunami, including the breadth of disaster, loss of life, and emergency efforts; (ii) chapter two discusses…
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En el boletín de Salud Pública y Gestión del Riesgo del CRID de enero podrá consultar sobre el nuevo portal en francés para Haití sobre emergencias y desastres, información sobre la sistematización y lecciones aprendidas del proyecto de OPS "Hospitales seguros y riesgo urbano en Centroamérica", materiales de sensibilización, convocatorias y…