This stocktake intends to inform governments, development partners, and wider civil society about the key features of available sovereign-level instruments and their performance, successes and limitations to date based on clearly defined criteria.
Northland's disaster recovery focused on setting clear priorities, coordinating government and community efforts, and supporting local groups. The region made solid progress, with an emphasis on reducing future risks and building resilience.
This study explored how government place-based planning and citizen-driven placemaking transform place identity of lost places after the 2011 Japan tsunami.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
This report describes new hospital-specific initiatives and recommendations to improve Kanazawa Medical University Hospital's system, which was the closest university hospital to the disaster area of the 2024 Noto earthquake.
This study investigated how disaster case management (DCM) and disaster public housing reconstruction influence housing recovery using 4 open-data sources.
The Build Back Better Sector Guides provide practical resources to support clients, partners, and staff of the Asian Development Bank to enhance the climate and disaster resilience of communities, infrastructure and systems.
This study evaluates the performance of various Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) models in analyzing post-earthquake images to classify structural damage according to the EMS-98 scale, ranging from minor damage to total destruction.
This case series aimed to summarize the secondary problems and mortality risks in patients involved in relocation after disasters after Fukushima nuclear accident.
The 2023 report highlights severe disaster losses in China and Asia, as well as rising heat risks in South Asia and Africa. It calls for global collaboration, better early warning systems, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable planning.
Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)