This publication highlights lessons learnt, asserting that awareness and preparedness enabled flood prone communities in Gaibandha, Bogra and Srajgong districts of Bangladesh to cope with and recover from the floods of 2007. Adjacent communities, who were
This document describes and evaluates the workings of Cordaid's Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction programme during and after the eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia in October and November 2010. Part two of two, it describes how the established
Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid
This paper advocates that an inclusive and participatory approach, People-Centred Reconstruction (PCR) should be at the heart of all approaches to housing and livelihoods after disasters.
The main goal of this text is to introduce the systems approach to disasters management community as an alternative approach that can provide support for interdisciplinary activities involved in the management of disasters. The systems approach draws on
This document reports on the network's successes in disaster preparedness, response and recovery; health promotion; food security; development; gender equality; promotion of humanitarian principles and values; and its efforts to reduce stigma and
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
This assessment provides a clear analysis of the extent of the damage and losses caused by the 2010 floods and identifies financing needs required to formulate recovery actions, implement medium-term recovery plans and develop a long-term DRR strategy.
Moldova - governmentEuropean UnionWorld Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)United Nations - Headquarters
This document is a national recovery plan for the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010, describing damage and losses, vision and action plans for reconstruction.
This paper describes the experiences of the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation in community-driven measures to avoid disasters, in disaster preparedness and in disaster response.
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This report focuses on the role of regional development organizations, including those designated as EDA economic development districts (EDDs), in the long-term post-disaster economic recovery process.
National Association of Development Organizations, the
This report is specifically designed to review and document good practices and experiences of the Government and people of China in the recovery and reconstruction operations following the Wenchuan Earthquake.
China Earthquake AdministrationUnited Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)International Labour OrganizationInternational Recovery Platform