PDNA Guidance

The main objective of PDNA–Environment is to prepare a recovery strategy that guides the restoration of environment and natural resources damaged due to a disaster.

The main purpose of this volume is to provide general guidance on conducting needs assessment and recovery planning for core government functions within the context of a PDNA.

This document provides guidance to national and international stakeholders involved in the health sector during Post Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNA) processes and recovery planning.

The objective of this guideline is to assist the government at all levels in understanding the effects and impact of the event on the Housing Sector and to improve the quality of outcomes from the recovery process in housing and settlement reconstruction.

This chapter describes the procedure to assess the effects of a disaster on the tourism sector, and the estimation of post-disaster needs for recovery and reconstruction.

This chapter is intended primarily for members of the PDNA WASH Assessment Team to help them understand the scope of WASH assessments, the challenges and requirements of an Assessment Team and the limitations within which such assessments are being made.

This chapter describes the procedure to assess the effects of a disaster on the Transport Sector, and the estimation of post-disaster needs for recovery and reconstruction.

This chapter describes the procedure to assess the effects of a disaster on the Telecommunications sector, and the estimation of post-disaster needs for recovery and reconstruction.

This tool represents a harmonized and coordinated approach, providing for an objective, comprehensive and government-led assessment of the post disaster damages, losses and recovery needs, and paving the way for a consolidated recovery framework.

This guideline illustrates how to derive financial needs for recovery and reconstruction, following a sector by sector damage and loss assessment. It also explains how to formulate a calendar of investments and identify distribution channels for funding.