The report explores New Orleans' complex recovery after Hurricane Katrina, highlighting the tension between rapid reconstruction and long-term betterment, and the potential for broader reforms to influence the city's future trajectory.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
The Master Plan for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation establishes structural and non-structural intervention strategies to reduce vulnerability to disasters and create conditions for readiness and response in cases of emergency.
Cash for Recovery looks at the feasibility of cash-based responses in post-disaster situations. It is an in-depth study of a scheme in Sri Lanka designed to meet the needs of extremely poor and labour-scarce households.
The document discusses the UNDP's effective response to the 2004 tsunami in the Maldives, highlighting significant progress in shelter recovery projects and emphasizing the importance of sustainable development for the country's future.
The constant possibility of natural disasters posed a financial and social problem for the Turkish government. This issue led to the establishment of the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) in 1999.
The document outlines Sri Lanka’s comprehensive strategy for post-tsunami recovery, detailing how the government, coordinated rebuilding of infrastructure, restoration of livelihoods, and long-term development.
This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University 地球環境学堂・地球環境学舎・三才学林
This report assesses damages on various aspects such as socio-economic impacts, agriculture, caused by 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. This report also includes the response, recovery and reconstruction plans.
This report is a comprehensive verification of the efforts made for reconstruction from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake over the last decade in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and provides recommendations for similar future shocks.
