This report presents lessons learned from emergency support provided for long-term community recovery by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
This report is in part a catalog of how different natural catastrophes have affected the world, but more importantly, it’s a platform for recognizing common themes and ultimately, a framework to understand how resilience can be improved in communities
This document reports on Java Reconstruction Fund's achievements and progress in reconstruction in the five years since a major earthquake struck Central Java on May 27, 2006. It includes the prioritisation of disaster risk reduction in all aspects of its
This book provides reference documents of good practices and integration and the use of local knowledge and action to mitigate the impacts of disasters.
This informal discussion paper provides an overview of the three sub-topics on disaster laws proposed for the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (International Conference), to be convened in Geneva, from 28 November to 1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
This short publication responds to calls from AusAID staff for simple, practical guidance on what integration of disaster risk reduction, climate change and the environment may mean for their programs. While there is general consensus that these issues
This book was published for launch at the third Session of Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (GPDR) and it is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
This study looks closely at the lessons that may be drawn from the unprecedented aid effort after the Asian tsunami. It presents data gathered by local scholars in key disaster-affected countries including Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, focusing on
Como parte de su programación en Haití (y resto de El Caribe), Oxfam ha venido implementado diferentes proyectos para la reducción de riesgos de desastres, especialmente de seguridad alimentaria y promoción de me- dios de vida sostenibles. La
Oxfam International Secretariat
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Emphasizing non-traditional approaches to disaster recovery and rebuilding communities, this document brings together leading research from top academics and scholars on the different ways various societies have experienced disasters, learned from them
