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Recovery

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2023

Shaping a resilient future in response to COVID-19

The paper argues that navigating the twenty-first century requires a fundamental reboot of the logic for economic progress and human development, away from a dominant belief in efficiency and optimization.
Nature Sustainability
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Post-floods reconstruction and building climate resilience: World Bank approves $213 million for the flood-affected communities of Balochistan

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $213 million in financing to improve livelihoods and essential services and enhance risk protection in communities affected by the 2022 floods, with a focus on Balochistan Province.
World Bank, the
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2023

A rapid estimation method for post-earthquake building losses

This study proposed a new approach for rapidly estimating post-earthquake building loss with reasonable accuracy. Rapid estimation of post-earthquake building damage and loss is very important in urgent response efforts.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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Organizations can reduce costly downtime and improve IT resilience with the right disaster recovery testing program, says Info-Tech Research Group in new industry resource

Testing improves and validates organizations' disaster recovery capabilities and identifies required changes to planning documentation and procedures.
CisionWire Info-Tech Research Group
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2023

Social media-based urban disaster recovery and resilience analysis of the Henan deluge

This study proposes an analytical framework for urban disaster recovery and resilience based on social media data that can analyze short-term disaster recovery and assess disaster resilience from the perspectives of infrastructure.
Natural Hazards (Springer)
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Beyond climate mitigation: the Pakistan floods showed there's no turning back

Pakistan has learnt several lessons from its recent floods and the impact of floods on other countries, which it is now looking to implement.
World Economic Forum
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Training

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Structural Detailing and Damage Assessments

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2023

‘We are not in the same boat’: Representations of disaster and recovery in India

The research reported in this paper outlines how contrasting and, in some cases, openly contested narratives can emerge in society around the nature and causes of the event, the impacts and needs of the affected population.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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Documents and publications
2023

2022 Climate risk insurance annual report

2022 Climate risk insurance annual report highlights key insights and achievements from WFP-supported Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) programmes.
World Food Programme