International Recovery Platform

This paper measures the longer-term effect of a major earthquake on the local economy, using night-time light intensity measured from space, and investigate whether insurance claim payments for damaged residential property affected the local recovery process. It focuses on the destructive Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) 2010-2011 in New Zealand as a case study.

La finalidad de este material es específica y única: La Prevención de Desastres por tsunami, a través de conocimientos, del desarrollo de capacidades, valores, actitudes y hábitos, orientados a la realización de acciones adecuadas para la preparación ante

This report presents the results of the rapid assessment of the damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Sagar in Djibouti City and the most affected areas, and offers recommendations and a preliminary estimate of recovery and reconstruction needs.