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Displaying 15 of about 16 resultsThis paper presents an automated way to extract the damaged buildings images after earthquakes from social media platforms such as Twitter and thus identify the particular user posts containing such images. After significant earthquakes, we can see images posted on social media platforms by individuals and media agencies owing to the mass usage of…
Rice, Texas A&M engineers simulate restoration strategies for reinforced concrete columns.
HOUSTON – Steel-reinforced concrete columns that support many of the world’s bridges are designed to withstand earthquakes, but always require inspection and often repair once the shaking is over.
Civil engineers at Rice and Texas A&M have develop…
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The Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) and SW Nepal would like to invite you to a workshop on Nepal Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction. The aim of the workshop is to investigate the recovery and reconstruction and 'built back better' approach, analysing both the physical reconstruction and the institu…
No two disasters are the same, and neither are their aftermaths. Pakistan was hit with a 7.6 magnitude quake in 2005, which took over 85,000 lives and destroyed over 500,000 houses. Nepal endured a 7.8 magnitude tremor ten years later resulting in the loss of 8,970 lives and the destruction of 800,000 houses.
However, the topographies of the earthquake…
This policy brief presents the summary findings and policy recommendations produced in these two notes. In March and December 2020, Croatia was hit by series of earthquakes that caused substantial damage and losses to people, infrastructure, and the economy. In the aftermath, the World Bank supported the government of Croatia with technical assistance a…
This case study documents the lessons learned and contributions of the post disaster needs assessment and disaster recovery framework toward implementing recovery from the August 2021 earthquake in Haiti's Southern Peninsula.
Following the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that devastated the three departments of the Southern Peninsula of the Republic of…
These case studies accompany the Handbook on Recovery Institutions is to inform the design of effective institutional arrangements for disaster recovery. They describe institutional structures, legal frameworks, and management lessons gleaned from practical experience across the globe. The case studies aim to provide recovery leaders with critical insig…
It’s been a month since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted and cut off Tonga’s domestic and international communications. While satellite providers rushed to assist with restoring a basic connection, local media report that current services meet only 12.5% of national demand.
It’s the second time in three years that Tongans have faced a comm…
This paper summarises the findings of a mission that conducted damage assessment following an earthquake in Turkey and Greece in October 2020, which was followed by a tsunami. The epicentre was some 14 km northeast of Avlakia on Samos Island, and 25 km southwest of Seferihisar, Turkey, triggering also a tsunami. The event has been followed by…
Puerto Rico has suffered the compounded effects of multiple disasters since the devastating impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017. At the end of 2019, the island was impacted with recurrent seismic activity in the southwest region, and in January 2020 the unset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All these disasters are underscored by a crushing…
This contributing paper examines the interplay between official adaptive social protection (ASP) and grassroots efforts based on a case study of the rural reconstruction and recovery that took place after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China. Previous research has broadly demonstrated that these grassroots efforts have, to a certain extent, re…
Tongans are still recovering from the devastation from the January 15 underground volcanic eruption. Nova reports that 84% of the nation’s residents are affected by the 300-mile ash cloud from the explosion and the tsunami (Noron, 2022).
Residents find it hard to access safe drinking water and groundwater. The agricultural sectors consisting of crops,…
VIDEO ON-DEMANDEvent DescriptionAt the midpoint of implementation of the Sendai Framework, countries continue to experience significant challenges with building back better in practice, and achieving improved recovery outcomes. Disaster recovery has been the least researched area in disaster risk reduction, with few long-term longitudinal stud…
More than 340 people are dead or missing following a relatively small but shallow 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency reported around 7,700 people were injurred due to falling structures and debris; while 73,000 people were displaced, and about 62,000 housing u…
The International Recovery Platform Herald (IRP Herald) is the periodic newsletter of the International Recovery Platform. The IRP Herald reports on IRP activities and serves as the knowledge report for the annual International Recovery Forum, as well as recovery-related content from other major conferences.
IRP Herald Volume 34 is the knowledge report…