International Recovery Platform

This handbook was developed to assist policy makers and project managers engaged principally in large-scale post-disaster reconstruction programs make decisions about how to reconstruct housing and communities.

The document emphasizes the significance of understanding vulnerabilities, local knowledge, and sustainable livelihoods to build resilient communities in the aftermath of disasters.

This guidance note shares 'live lessons' learned - told through first-person stories - that contribute to disaster preparedness, mitigation, and a recovery that builds back better.