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Displaying 135 of about 179 resultsFloodplain buyouts are a flood mitigation strategy of acquiring frequently flooded properties and returning them to open space. A primary source of federal funding for post-flood buyouts is the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Unfortunately, these funds can take months or years to mak…
This status paper has been prepared by HRRP with the objective of providing a snapshot of progress in urban reconstruction to date, the challenges and opportunities in urban reconstruction, and some suggestions for next steps in Nepal.
The document introduces the context, provides photographs of common housing typologies found in urban areas, shares ex…
The following report aims to unpack some of the main issues that are contributing to this plateau in progress. It presents the collective analysis of the Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform (HRRP) and the Inter-Agency Common Feedback Project (CFP) of the key factors that are preventing progress in the reconstruction programme. Based on the anal…
This report identifies how Americans understand the correlation between disasters and housing displacement and how these situations will be handled. The report provides an overview of how Americans (and Californians) view their current state of disaster preparedness – from their personal finances, to housing to community involvement – and the vital role…
The following report is an overview of points raised by the HRRP at stakeholder consultation meeting with the World Bank held on the 24 July 2018, following reconstruction after the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
The objective of the consultation was to “understand the concerns and issues of the relevant stakeholders and their views on how to improve and…
This report comments on a survey that was carried out by the HRRP in relation to reconstruction after the Nepal earthquake in 2015, following the election of local officials at ward and municipal level in 2017. The objectives were as follows:
To understand the impact of Nepal’s new administration structure on Community Reconstruction Committees…
This Primer introduces engineering and development professionals to the basic steps in the process of planning and executing post-disaster seismic retrofit of housing projects funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is intended to provide USAID officers and host country officials with the steps, principles, and best…
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami catastrophically struck the eastern part of Japan on March 11, 2011. Fire and Disaster Management Agency reported that the number of deaths was 19,667 and the number of missing persons was 2566 as of September 7, 2018. Also, 121,783 buildings were heavily damaged and 280,965 buildings were moderately dama…
Over the past several decades, inter-governmental agencies, government officials, United Nations and NGO field staff and others working in protection or support capacities with refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have become increasingly involved in efforts to secure durable and rights-based solutions to all forms of displacement based on t…
One of the areas of importance to effective risk reduction lies in the provision of safe, structurally secure shelter, which is closely related to the sustainability issues of the type of construction, for example. It is important for the reconstruction or provision of shelters to be of a
sustainable nature, with the aim to ensure increased permanency o…
Dialogue on risk reduction and sustainable recovery in housing sector Stockholm Forum for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, October 23, 2007.
A report on the responses to hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and their effect on the state of housing:
With the only point of consensus being that “things could have been done better”, this paper looks at the responses to disaster to see if any lessons can be learned and applied to future events within a long-term context. It focuses on the impact o…
On 2 and 3 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck the coast of Myanmar and moved inland across the Ayeyarwady Delta and southern Yangon Division, causing many deaths, destroying livelihoods, and disrupting economic activities and social conditions. This report describes the human loss and assessment of damage to physical assets, the subsequent losses sustained…
The May 27, 2006 earthquake struck Yogyakarta and Central Java. Yogyakarta is a center for Javanese traditional arts and culture, the ancient temples of Borobudur and Prambanan, and is home to a royal family whose lineage goes back to the Mataram era in the 16th century. It is also a center of Indonesian higher education. Striking in the early morning h…
Hurricane Ivan struck Grenada with full force on September 7, 2004. The storm was well organized with a sharply defined eye. At that time, the storm was rated as category 3 on the Safford-Simpson scale.
Hurricane Ivan affected the entire island of Grenada. The vase majority of the severe damage was experienced in the southern portion of the island belo…