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This document presents the key lessons learned from a team of experts reassembled to evaluate Japan’s long-term efforts to recover from the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and to prepare for future catastrophes. Based on extensive literature and interviews with Japanese officials and experts, it identifies four critical areas that affect response to a catastrophe: (i) recovery and resiliency of critical infrastructure, (ii) environmental remediation, (iii) compensation and disaster assistance, and (iv) population resiliency. In each area, it makes key observations, determines findings, and develops recommendations for learning from Japan’s experience.

This book is intended to provide an overview of the concept of ecosystem approach to disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR), natural resource management and disaster linkages, incorporating Eco-DRR concepts in various phases of disaster management, including post disaster recovery in wide range of human and natural environmental settings.

The aim of these guidelines is to promote a change in the approach to community infrastructure, informed by emerging practices, capitalizing on the experiences and expertise in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and other recent events.

The overall aim of the training package is to increase awareness on natural hazards and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to key stakeholders with knowledge on disaster management to empower the actors to support their organizations in developing disaster

Southasiadisasters.net, issue no. 83, March 2012:

This issue presents articles covering different aspects of microinsurance within the disaster risk reduction (DRR) context. The articles, contributed by experts and practitioners from DRR and insurance

This document deals with the ethical principles of the whole disaster cycle: from prevention to reconstruction via the emergency phase, irrespective of the duration of the disaster (sudden or progressive) or its context (simple or complex emergency). It

In GriffithREVIEW edition 35 - Surviving:

Using as an example the 4 May 2007 tornado that levelling 95 per cent of the town of Greensburg, Kansas, and killing eleven of its fourteen hundred residents, this essay addresses the balance between the need

This document was developed based on reviews of preparedness measures in areas at risk of earthquakes and reviews and evaluations of response and recovery operations following recent earthquakes. It is divided into three broad sections based on activities

Disaster risk management (DRM) updates from the World Bank and GFDRR:

This first edition of the DRM quarterly is intended to bring the latest knowledge, experiences, and tools to people around the world dedicated to build a more resilient world. It

This year’s annual report features a detailed analysis of the cumulative impact and results GFDRR has achieved over the five-year period since its inception in 2006. Based on advice received from its Consultative Group (CG) over the last year, the