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The Impact of the 2015 Earthquake on Housing and Livelihoods in Urban Areas in Nepal (Final Report)
Documents and publications
Publications

The main objective of the study is to analyze the impact of the disaster in the urban sector and thereby help to the development of an urban housing recovery and reconstruction policy.

Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform
Documents and publications

This paper seeks to inform policy changes that can be considered in the post 2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, drawing lessons from the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand and the Great Eastern Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Both events offer the opportunity for researchers and practitioners to review current practice in disasters response and information sharing.

World Bank, the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Kyoto University 京都大学
Resilient Organisations
Documents and publications

In the context of housing reconstruction in the Philippines in the aftermath of tropical storm Washi, this research explores how to effectively manage resettlement projects.

The paper examines:

  • the coordination mechanisms;
  • the criteria for decision

Elsevier
Documents and publications

This publication presents the Yonmenkaigi System Method, a participatory method for creating collaborative action plans for community building to improve disaster restoration. The method comprises four stages:

  • clarifying the main theme by SWOT analysis

Elsevier
Documents and publications

This publication examines key issues confronting the private sector in:

  • disaster recovery financing;
  • what roles private-sector entities have played;
  • and where there has been successful integration or leadership of these organizations.

The study

RAND Corporation
Documents and publications
Case Study

This document focuses on how recovery frameworks must be informed within a disaster-conflict nexus.

World Bank, the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA) SHELTER RESPONSE OUTCOME ASSESSMENT
Documents and publications
Publications

Planned and implemented with the Global Shelter Cluster and operational shelter in the Philippines, this report examines some of the characteristics influencing shelter recovery after Typhoon Haiyan.

Global Shelter Cluster
Herald vol. 15 -EN
Documents and publications
IRP Herald

IRP Herald Volume 15 is the knowledge report for the Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning (PDRP) Orientation Workshop facilitated by the IRP at the Asian Institute of Management, as well as the Consultation of the Handbook on Build Back Better in Recovery.

International Recovery Platform
Documents and publications

This report, written for the United Nations Development Programme in Nepal, empirically assesses the contemporary landscape of disability in Nepal, with a focus on the unique challenges faced by persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the wake of the earthquakes that devastated Nepal in April and May of 2015.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Social Science Baha
National Federation of the Disabled, Nepal
Documents and publications

The spring 2016 issue of Liaison focuses on lessons from Nepal and other recent disasters. This issue features articles exploring lessons learned from the Nepal earthquake response, in the field of logistics, partnerships and civil-military cooperation

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance (CFE-DMHA)