Japan has a long history of fighting against great earthquakes that cause structural damage/collapses, fires and/or tsunami. The Tohoku region are well trained for tsunami-evacuation procedures, with the mindset of “Tsunami, ten-den-ko.”
The Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami on March 11, 2011, caused unprecedented damage mainly in northeast Japan. This paper introduces the characteristics of the tsunami and resultant damage.
The paper finds that group subsidy and debt reduction had important roles in the recovery of business activities and demonstrates the importance of a panel survey in understanding and guiding policies for the resilience of the regional economy.
This study aims to provide an approach for assessing flood insurance in a context of low previous exposure to such products, to allow for a better consideration of the research context.
Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (Springer)
This report contributes to response and recovery planning in Ukraine by providing a preliminary assessment of the environmental damage and risks caused between February 2022 and February 2023.
This study emphasized the sustainable development of the two case studies and highlighted different private residential housing types: 1) a dome-shaped reinforced structure house and 2) a conventional reinforced concrete structural frame house.
This HEA study investigated the extent of post-earthquake recovery in the disaster zone by measuring the basic components of household livelihoods and by assessing gaps between income earned and income needed to meet basic needs.
This report presents the details of the Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) that was carried out for the Agriculture Sector of Ukraine as part of the third RDNA report.
This white paper is based on a desk review of literature on housing, land and property (HLP) in Sudan, as well as observations by humanitarian actors currently in Sudan.
This document aims to complement GIS-based damage assessments with qualitative impact analyses to enhance the understanding of infrastructure damage impacts, with a particular emphasis on service availability and accessibility.
