1. Home
  2. Build Back Better

All Recovery Resources

Items: 2571
Cover_Routledge
Documents and publications
Case Study
Reports and analysis

This article reports on the housing reconstruction project in the state, focusing on three questions: what are the key planning decisions, what are the main implementation challenges, and what are the lessons learnt?

Routledge
Post-disaster Housing: Lessons Learnt from the 2004 Tsunami of Sri Lanka
Documents and publications
Publications
Reports and analysis

The post tsunami house reconstruction programme in Sri Lanka was two pronged.This study assesses the progress and effectiveness of each programme.

Springer Nature
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

Tropical Cyclone Gita passed over the Tongatapu and ‘Eua island groups. This post-disaster rapid assessment summarizes damages and losses to several different sectors, human and social impacts, and recovery and reconstruction needs,

Tonga - government
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Documents and publications

Linking humanitarian response and development is a key agenda driven by multiple factors across both humanitarian and development landscapes. It is also a topical issue in Fiji, a South Pacific Island nation which is exposed to natural hazards

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Documents and publications

This brief outlines research conducted to learn from Fiji’s experience of response and recovery after Tropical Cyclone Winston hit in 2016. The research found that the humanitarian response to the cyclone had no substantive influence on the longer-term

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
Documents and publications

Pacific island countries are exposed to significant risks from natural disasters. As a disaster relief measure, Fiji allowed pre-retirement pension withdrawls in the wake of Cyclone Winston in 2016. Motivated by this policy action, this paper provides a

International Monetary Fund
Documents and publications

This report captures transformative insights from a historic hurricane season that will help the agency, the emergency management community, and the US improve preparedness, disaster management and recovery in the future.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Documents and publications
Publications

This report analyzes the damage of the 2017 Hurricane Maria on the US Virgin Islands and covers the recovery and resilience initiatives across 14 different sectors.

United States of America - government
Documents and publications
PDNA Guidance

This Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) review is the first instance of the participating institutions assessing the demonstrated effectiveness of PDNAs as the practice has evolved over the 55 post-disaster assessments conducted since 2008.

World Bank, the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Commission
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Documents and publications

This research brief provides context about how the recovery process is unfolding in the Hurricane Harvey-affected region and how the area can prevent a similar situation from happening again. It examines how localities, states and the nation approach

Rice University
Texas A&M University System