Build Back Better

IRP provides recovery guidance and a comprehensive library of recovery resources to support the practice of disaster recovery and building back better.
All Recovery Resources
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COVID-19 Response and Recovery Guidelines ASEAN
2022
The Guidelines were designed to support ASEAN Member States in establishing their regional and national transport connectivity recovery plans with a focus on resilience and sustainability.
Association of South East Asian Nations The ASEAN Secretariat
2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires Recovery
2021
This infographic shows the impacts of the 2019-20 Bushfires and the Australian Government's efforts to support the recovery.
Australia - government
Bushfire Recovery for Wildlife and Habitat
2021
This infographic shows the overview of the Australian Government's efforts including impacts, funding and action, to support the recovery of its native wildlife and their habitats from the devastating Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20.
Australia - government
Design considerations for post natural disaster (fire) on-ground assessment of status of species, ecological communities, habitats and threats
2020
This report aims to highlight design considerations for conducting surveys to assess fire severity, habitat condition, threats, and the status of priority threatened species and ecological communities listed as most vulnerable to the 2019-20 wildfires.
University of Melbourne
THE BACKBONE OF REGIONAL AND RURAL ECONOMIES: SMALL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
2021
This study assesses the impact of natural disasters to small businesses, using two case studies, the Townsville floods of 2019 and the ‘Black Summer’ Bushfires of 2019-20, as well as the role that insurance plays in the economic recovery of the regions.
SGS Economics and Planning
Polling – Bushfire crisis and concern about climate change
2020
This report presents the findings from the survey of Australians about direct experience of bushfires and smoke of the 2019 bushfires, and about climate change concerns and attitudes.
The Australia Institute
After the fires the Impacts of the 2019-20 Black Summer Bushfires on the Wellbeing of Emergency Services Personnel
2021
This report presents findings from the first wave of the After the Fires survey about the impacts of exposure to the 2019-2020 bushfire events on the wellbeing and resilience of first responders.
University of Western Australia
ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ON THE FRONTLINES AND FAULTLINES IN THE BLACK SUMMER BUSHFIRES
2022
This paper presents the experiences of Aboriginal peoples and the response of their communities and organisation to the 2019-2020 bushfires in Australia, captured through various media articles, reports, submissions and testimony.
Australian National University
BUSHFIRE RECOVERY PROJECT No. 2
2021
This report is one of a series of Bushfire Science Reports prepared by the Bushfire Recovery Project, presenting the latest evidence from the scientific literature about bushfires, climate change and the native forests of southern and eastern Australia
Griffith University Australian National University
BURNT ASSETS The 2019-2020 Australian Bushfires
2020
This report explores how to value the environmental impacts of bushfires, illustrated with a simple analysis of how greenhouse gas emissions from bushfires reduce forest carbon (stocks), which are then partially restored through natural regrowth (flows).
World Wildlife Fund - US