This report shows how the benefits of building back better could be greatest among the communities and countries that are hit by disasters most intensely and frequently.
World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
IRP Herald Volume 23 is the knowledge report for IRP engagement in the workshop of Urban Risk Reduction and Resilience: Capacity Development for Making Cities Resilient to Disasters in Gujarat, India.
This paper uses qualitative case study analysis to explore post-quake transformations in a rural context. The aim is to gain insight into the distinctive dynamics of disaster response mechanisms, focusing on two initiatives.
In June 2015, about 53,000 people were affected by unusually severe floods in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. The real impact of such a disaster is a product of exposure ("Who was affected?"), vulnerability ("How much did the affected
This report presents the description of the Community Based Emergency Employment program (CBEE) including the monitoring of its progress, developed after Tropical Cyclone Gita hit and devastated Tonga in 2018.
This research aimed to synthesise learning from several SSSR (Support for Shelter Self-Recovery) programmes in order to improve policy and practice in future humanitarian responses.
The purpose of this Environmental Assessment and Review Framework is to provide a framework to review and assess environmental aspects of activities undertaken within a project, including preconstruction, construction and operational phases.
This report describes Japan’s incremental approach to developing, implementing, and facilitating compliance with building regulation over many decades.
World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
The need to consider disaster risk reduction at the time of recovery is well-recognized. Viable disaster risk reduction measures should resolve the root causes of predisaster vulnerabilities. Accordingly, we investigated the recovery from the impact of
