This handbook is a guide to the key principles of tsunami preparedness. Its purpose is to enhance the capacity and knowledge of emergency managers with regards to emergency planning for tsunami in Australia. The handbook outlines the key scientific information and principles of risk assessment, warning systems, emergency planning, community education, response management and recovery, in the context of tsunami. The handbook may assist emergency and coastal managers to develop emergency risk management strategies to deal with the threat of tsunami.
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR)
The objective of the rapid building assessment is to generate a consistent approach and terminology for geotechnical assessments during the rapid building assessment process.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment - New Zealand
Hurricane Maria was one of the most devastating storms in United States history. The tremendous force of the hurricane, along with the associated wind, rain, flooding, and critical infrastructure damage, caused incredible disruption to lives and
Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
This report contains the proceedings of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs of the House of Commons of Canada's Parliament. It reports on the efforts of the
The reconnaissance study to gather perishable data was carried out from September 4th to 9th, 2018. The team traveled to three districts that have been affected by the disaster (Alleppey, Idukki, & Ernakulam).
Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association (GEER)
This document uses the post-disaster data collected by the Statistical Department of Tonga to describe the characteristics of the affected population, nature and spatial concentration of the damage by the Cyclone Gita, and the aid required and received.
Based on a case study of the flood disaster of the river Danube in 2013, and particularly the Bavarian city of Deggendorf, this study investigates the role of social vulnerability in recovery projects and planning.
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on topics related to the recovery process in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, such as the importance of understanding the underlying factors of vulnerability, the role of international humanitarian agencies in