All Recovery Resources

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Policies and plans
The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2017 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan, including recent progress on disaster measures and policy initiatives with a particular focus on those implemented in FY2016.
Documents and publications
In this article, the inverse care law is outlined, its application to medical treatment following disasters considered and an explanation of the inverse response law provided.
Policies and plans
The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2015 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.
Documents and publications

This paper discusses the opportunity to build government capacity to make use of various new financing instruments, such as reserve funds, contingent lines of credit, and insurance programs, for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. By preparing

Documents and publications
This research study documents the gendered impacts of Hurricane Maria on practices around water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in rural Puerto Rico.
Documents and publications
This paper measures the longer-term effect of a major earthquake on the local economy, using night-time light intensity measured from space, and investigate whether insurance claim payments for damaged residential property affected the local recovery process. It focuses on the destructive Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) 2010-2011 in New Zealand as a case study.
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Documents and publications
Reports and analysis
In 2018, the state of Kerala witnessed large-scale flooding, which affected millions of people and caused 400 or more deaths. This document examines the return period of extreme rainfall and the potential role of reservoirs in the recent flooding.
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments
This report presents the results of the rapid assessment of the damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Sagar in Djibouti City and the most affected areas, and offers recommendations and a preliminary estimate of recovery and reconstruction needs.
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks
This economic and disaster recovery plan lays out the Government of Puerto Rico’s strategic vision and goals and provides a detailed framework for achieving them.
Documents and publications

This study aims to fill a knowledge gap on the extent to which community-level mitigation activities impact business disaster recovery efforts in the US. Using data gathered from 25 semi-structured interviews with businesses and local government staff

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