This concept note addresses one main lesson learned by United Nations agencies regarding international disaster assistance following the 12 January 2010 earthquake in Haiti: to build back better. The paper states that short term emergency
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Illustrating a wide range of practical applications, this book explains how hospitals and healthcare facilities can improve their emergency management and disaster preparedness through the use of GIS. It aims to raise the level of understanding of the
This document looks at the five years of international cooperation and political will following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. It draws lessons learned on the development and consolidation of tsunami and other sea level related hazard warning systems, striving to consolidate global coverage and international development, and to include disaster risk reduction initiatives within recovery and reconstruction activities and, more generally, within development strategies.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - HeadquartersIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
This book addresses the growing demand for reconstruction at scale following devastating impact of disasters on the world's population on the increase, influenced by climate change, urbanization, and persistent high levels of poverty, among other factors
This briefing note advocates for a sustained international reconstruction effort which will effectively translate into a new start for Haiti, and which would meet the country’s long-term development needs. It particularly calls to integrate disaster risk
This document describes the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) support to disaster risk management, including major financing for post-disaster recovery, investments in preventing and mitigating disaster impacts and analytical work
World Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
This perspective document aims to support cooperation and decisionmaking in transboundary basins on a range of relevant or emerging issues related to climate change, and addresses adaptation to possible impacts of
World Water CouncilUnited Nations Economic Commission for EuropeRWS Centre For Water Management
This document gives options for rebuilding the community, meeting the evident needs of the most vulnerable people and filling key gaps in Haiti’s reconstruction regarding shelter and relief, water and sanitation, health and recovery. It states that risk
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
This post-disaster needs assessment is intended to conduct a socio-economic analysis to assess the damage, losses and reconstruction needs after the 2010 floods in Togo.
Togo - governmentWorld Bank, theGlobal Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
This document reports on a workshop aiming at spearheading the “whole-of-government” approach to address disasters in the Philippines. It presents lessons that have been learned from each major disaster and contribute to the continuous improvement of
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (Philippines)