International Recovery Platform

This document considers how the nature of urban space and of urban populations influences disasters in cities; it discusses the question of urban disasters in comparison with rural disasters and factors that can decrease the risk and potential impact of

This handbook provides solid advice to practitioners and policymakers who are faced with complex, uncertain circumstances of  the immediate and long-term impacts of disaster interventions that must be dealt with quickly and effectively. The toolkit

IRP Herald Volume 2 is the knowledge report for a workshop on Disaster Recovery Planning for local governments impacted by Typhoon Haiyan.