International Recovery Platform

This post-disaster needs assessment report on Cyclone Evan was prepared in 2013 by the Government of Samoa in collaboration with international partners.

This volume presents eighteen case studies of natural disasters from Australia, Europe, North America and developing countries. By comparing the impacts, it seeks to identify what moves people to adapt, which adaptive activities succeed and which fail

This book addresses the perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. It offers vital lessons to practitioners from scholarship on natural hazards, disaster risk management and