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"Double Debt Disaster" examines an increasingly serious and widespread, yet underexamined, phenomenon: obstacles to recovery from catastrophes caused by the concurrence of pre-disaster obligations with post-disaster capital needs and the destruction of collateral assets. No case is more instructive for understanding these problems than the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, which entered history as the costliest disaster prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

German Institute for Japanese Studies
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Co-production of recovery plans with the public is the focus of this week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 33). The briefing identifies three core barriers to co-production (Pace, Distance [physical and social], and Complexity [of the context]) to provide a broad framework to facilitate co-production of recovery and renewal from COVID.

University of Manchester
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This report explores the current situation of internally displaced people (IDPs) three years after the last drought in 2017, looking at the same locations as the research carried out in 2019. It examines local integration efforts carried out through

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
The Great East Japan Earthquake Restoration Report <Digest>2011-2013
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This publication aims to prevent the memories of the Great East Japan Earthquake from fading and to pass them on to future generations. 

宮城県 Miyagi Prefectural Government
Miyagi Prefecture’s Restoration and Reconstruction Efforts
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This is a report on the progress of Miyagi Prefecture's reconstruction efforts.

宮城県 Miyagi Prefectural Government
Japan: Earthquake and  Tsunami Final Repor
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Publications
Reports and analysis

The report outlines the response and recovery efforts by the JRCS following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, detailing the context of the disaster, the use of funds, and the ongoing challenges over a ten-year period.

Japanese Red Cross Society
NRA Experience Paper on Retrofitting of Private Housing Post 2015 Gorkha Earthquake
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Publications

This paper provides insights into the practical aspects and outcomes of retrofitting initiatives in the aftermath of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake.

National Reconstruction Authority
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The publication on good practices and lessons learned are a collection of experiences gained from the participatory process and achievements from the ARISE project. The integrated provision of emergency supplies, capacity building, and process

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
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This research examines the long-term recovery trajectories after Hurricane Ike (2008) in Galveston, Texas using parcel-level data for multifamily, single-family, and duplexes over an eight-year period. In the literature, there is relative consensus on how

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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This report describes the challenges that many of Australia’s children and young people face as a result of where they live, calling for more support for them before, during and after disasters, and an urgent review of government policies.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)