International Recovery Platform

This pedagogic document, prepared by the French Association for Earthquake Engineering, aims at applying these simple but efficient earthquake resistant principles to traditional houses in Nepalese high valley villages using available materials in these

Unprecedented hydro-meteorological events experienced during the 2010-11 'Summer of Disasters' led to all 73 Queensland local governments in Australia being disaster-affected. To help communities recover from these events and build resilience for the

This reports analyzes the economic recovery of 4,000 households in the Philippines that were badly affected by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines and recommends improvements to the role of microfinance in enhancing the financial resilience of such communities.