This guide is intended to demonstrate the value of using built environment professionals more widely in disaster risk reduction and response. It shows how their skills and expertise can be applied at all stages of disaster management. It highlights that
Royal Town Planning InstituteRoyal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsInstitution of Civil EngineersRoyal Institute of British ArchitectsMax Lock Centre
The main objective of this training material is to build the capacity of water managers and others to develop strategies for coping with hydro-climatic disasters such as floods and drought within the context of water resources management. An added
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - HeadquartersUnited Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for AfricaInternational Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources ManagementNile IWRM Capacity Building Network
This handbook was made to provide simple information to home owners, designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area. Thoroughly studied, they will also guide on whether
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale ZusammenarbeitUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)European CommissionEuropean Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
This report presents the proceedings of a workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 29 to 30 June 2006. This follow-up workshop, to the initial meeting in March/April 2005, where various approaches to the rehabilitation of affected agricultural lands were discussed and proposed and a Regional Strategic Framework was formulated, had as its focus: a review of progress to date with the objective of identifying gaps that may have arisen; an assessment of long-term strategic plans for each of the countries, moving from an initial emergency response phase to structured long-term plans for the rehabilitation of the agricultural sector; and development of coordination strategies and linkages for current and future interventions.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
This fact sheet presents a project that supports local population in planning and implementing reconstruction in the aftermath of heavy rain in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale ZusammenarbeitFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
This report is a follow-up evaluation of linkages between immediate relief, rehabilitation (or reconstruction) and development (LRRD) related to the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. The LRRD2 evaluation report covers experiences up to the end of 2008 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, i.e. from the four years after the disaster. A number of organisations and government agencies have supported this evaluation in various ways, with the aim to provide conclusions and lessons learned that are useful for mitigating the consequences of possible future disasters.
DARA - SpainSwedish Agency for International Development Cooperation
This document presents the major challenges in Aceh’s transition and governmental priorities, benchmarks and outcomes in virtually every sector of peace building, recovery and development activity in the aftermath of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami.
Indonesia - governmentUnited Nations - HeadquartersUnited Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)Asian Development Bank (ADB)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)European UnionWorld Bank, theUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) - Headquarters
This report presents the findings from a statewide assessment of emergency preparedness programs and initiatives for racially and ethnically diverse communities in California. By using a multi-faceted research methodology, the report charts the current