This paper provides an accounting of where and when mitigation and recovery investments have occurred in Louisiana, thereby generating a mitigation investment portfolio for the state.
An exploratory data analysis of FEMA OpenData sets, supplemented by
California must comprehensively reshape how we rebuild after wildfires—or risk an unthinkable surge in costs and major setbacks to the state’s housing supply amidst a record housing crisis. That’s the finding of Rebuilding for a Resilient Recovery: Planning in California's Wildland Urban Interface, released today from researchers at the UC Berkeley Center for Community Innovation and non-partisan, non-profit think tank Next 10.
This report discusses how sharing past disaster experience among the community is an important method of disaster risk reduction. This study distinguishes three groups of residents in disaster-affected areas: the direct experience group, the same
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
The focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 38) is the role of the individual in relation to crises and the benefits of public involvement in emergency planning. We discuss how recovery reinstates preparedness, while renewal enhances resilience
In this issue paper, the authors propose a novel overarching framework that promotes a progressive vision for policy and practice to support a transformative urban recovery (Tur). The Tur framework aims to help key stakeholders – including policymakers, health officials, local governments and international agencies – to identify opportunities for achieving multiple benefits in climate resilience, urban health equity and inclusive livelihoods.
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
This document outlines the AHA Centre’s 2025 work plan, detailing strategic priorities, operational activities, and coordination mechanisms to strengthen disaster management and emergency response across ASEAN Member States.
Asean Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management
This publication contains 13 testimonies of those who were in the front lines responding to the 2017 earthquakes in Mexico from the health, education, culture, first response, international cooperation and reconstruction sectors.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
The Socio-Economic Recovery Plan (SERP) for Namibia outlines a strategy to address the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, focusing on health, social protection, economic recovery, and resilience.
Risk communications as part of the Local Resilience Capability is the focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 37). The briefing explores the communication of risk before and during emergencies, and identify how two-way communications are central to local resilience capabilities.
This Handbook highlights the importance of localization of the SDGs, helps assess the impact of COVID-19 on women’s economic security and recovery, and offers tools to develop feasible solutions for economic recovery and gender equality.
