All Recovery Resources

These are the interim observations from the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements about the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires.

Each week the University of Manchester brings together relevant international practices and examples on recovery from COVID-19. The weekly briefing is curated by the Global Resilient Cities Network to bring key lessons and examples targeted for resilience

Older adults consistently experience the greatest proportion of casualties during and after natural disasters compared to younger age groups. In 2005, approximately half of all deaths resulting from Hurricane Katrina were among persons age 75 years or

The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2020 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.

The report evaluates Hurricane Dorian's devastating impact on The Bahamas, estimating $2.5 billion in damage and highlighting the need for resilient reconstruction and improved disaster preparedness across all sectors.

In this article, the researchers present the case study of the 2017 Mexican earthquakes and the post-disaster activities developed by an emergent group of social actors - reading mediators.

The aim of the Vanuatu Recovery Strategy is to support communities impacted by TC Harold and COVID-19, by providing a framework to recover, rebuild and emerge stronger and more resilient.

Journey to recovery describes the collaborative approach being taken across Australia to recover from the devastating 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires.

The report explores how shelter support for housing reconstruction, including through self-recovery, can contribute to physical and mental wellbeing in the short- and long-term for people recovering from disasters. The report aims to share knowledge about the connections between housing and mental and physical health and contains recommendations to inform humanitarian shelter responses and ensure wide co-benefits of post-crisis rebuilding, especially in self-recovery contexts.

This document highlights some lessons learned from experiences of drought and Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe along with providing recommendations to improve resilience programming in the future.