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Displaying 1461 of about 1461 resultsBetter preparing Solomon Islanders for future disasters, and building resilience, is an important part of recovery planning, the government has recognised.
Risk-resilient recovery planning is now an official function of the Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination (MDPAC), which last month formally integrated a disaster Recovery Coordinati…
By Laura Huffman
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The city is already betting big with its Bayou Greenways 2020 project, which will restore 3,000 acres of land along its bayous, creating parks and trails. The Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium has suggested that slowing water down with natural infrastructure should be a priority and open space be preserved.…
Produced by The University of Manchester, UK (Professor Duncan Shaw, Dr Jennifer Bealt, and Professor Ruth Boaden) in partnership with the Global Resilient Cities Network (Lina Liakou and Femke Gubbels)
What is the weekly briefing on Cities for a Resilient Recovery?
Each week the University of Manchester brings together relevant international practic…
By Silvia Danielak
Local government and humanitarian actors are faced with tough choices of prioritising, managing and balancing resources, locations and constituencies.
Following heavy rains in November 2016, flash floods washed through the Setswetla informal settlement adjacent to Alexandra in Johannesburg. The floods destroyed several dozen ho…
By Robert Muir-Wood
Since the year 2000, only one city located in an advanced market economy has been severely impacted by an earthquake. This was the Mw6.2 event that occurred on February 22, 2011, in Christchurch, the capital of South Island, New Zealand, with an epicenter at Port Hills on the southern edge of the city.
This event was part of the 20…
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Forced displacement is one of the most common and immediate impacts of disasters. Facilitating people’s movement to avoid their exposure to life-threatening situations via evacuations or planned relocations is one of the most effective ways of reducing mortality and injury. Having to flee one’s home, however, particularly…