International Recovery Platform

This graphic novella provides ethical representations of developing country contexts through Natalia, the novella's protagonist, whose story is about how low-income Puerto Rican families recovered from the impacts of 2017's Hurricane Maria.

The publication provides insights into the challenges and lessons of disaster recovery, emphasizing the importance of planned recovery efforts in building resilience.

Using the disaster risk reduction paradigm and United Nations principles for post-disaster interventions, this report analyses the actions of the Italian civil protection agency following the April 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila (Abruzzo, Italy), especially