The paper argues that navigating the twenty-first century requires a fundamental reboot of the logic for economic progress and human development, away from a dominant belief in efficiency and optimization.
This publication outlines why post-disaster needs assessments (PDNA) should provide comprehensive details of the economic and social impacts of disasters on countries to swiftly mobilize resources and support resilient recovery.
This report provides a comprehensive review of the current resources for economic recovery post-disaster in South Carolina and explores one mechanism for filling identified gaps in recovery: new disaster insurance models.
Kerala faced an unprecedented disaster in August 2018 when it experienced its worst flooding since 1924, triggered by incessant monsoon rains, impacted 5.4 million people, and claimed over 400 lives.
International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education
This study proposed a new approach for rapidly estimating post-earthquake building loss with reasonable accuracy. Rapid estimation of post-earthquake building damage and loss is very important in urgent response efforts.
This study proposes an analytical framework for urban disaster recovery and resilience based on social media data that can analyze short-term disaster recovery and assess disaster resilience from the perspectives of infrastructure.
This article reports on a decade of research undertaken by the author on the role of schools in disaster response and recovery across four different disaster types in five countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
