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Cultural Heritage
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Documents and publications
2023

Rebuilding historic urban neighborhoods after disasters: Balancing disaster risk reduction and heritage conservation after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal

In this paper the authors use quantitative and qualitative data to investigate how traditional housing was transformed during the post-earthquake reconstruction of four historic neighborhoods in the Kathmandu Valley.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE ON THE FRONTLINES AND FAULTLINES IN THE BLACK SUMMER BUSHFIRES
Documents and publications
2022

Aboriginal Community Governance on the Frontlines and Faultlines in the Black Summer Bushfires

This paper presents the experiences of Aboriginal peoples and the response of their communities and organisation to the 2019-2020 bushfires in Australia, captured through various media articles, reports, submissions and testimony.
Australian National University
Traditional Societies' Response to Volcanic Hazards in the Philippines: Implications for community-based disaster recovery
Documents and publications
2007

Traditional Societies' Response to Volcanic Hazards in the Philippines: Implications for community-based disaster recovery

The present article addresses the Aetas' response to the 1991 Mt Pinatubo eruption and subsequent cultural changes, using the concept of resilience.
Mountain Research and Development
Recovery Planning for Natural Resources and Parks in Puerto Rico
Documents and publications
Publications
2020

Recovery Planning for Natural Resources and Parks in Puerto Rico: Natural and Cultural Resources Sector Report, Volume I

This report presents a socioecological system framework for recovery planning, information on observed damage, and 25 courses of action for the recovery from the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center RAND Corporation
Cultural and Historical Resources Recovery Planning in Puerto Rico
Documents and publications
Publications
2020

Cultural and Historical Resources Recovery Planning in Puerto Rico: Natural and Cultural Resources Sector Report, Volume II

This report provides an overview of Puerto Rico's cultural resources and their importance, the findings from numerous rapid assessments of storm damage, and details for the recovery actions in Puerto Rico's economic and disaster recovery plan.
Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center RAND Corporation
Documents and publications
2020

Resilient cultural heritage : Learning from the Japanese experience (English)

This document focuses on best practices and lessons learned from Japan regarding resilient culturage heritage (CH) that might be of assistance in other contexts.
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the World Bank Tokyo Office
Documents and publications
2020

Disaster memorial events for increasing awareness and preparedness: 150 years since the Arica tsunami in Aotearoa-New Zealand

On 15 August 1868, a great earthquake struck off the coast of the Chile-Peru border generating a tsunami that travelled across the Pacific Ocean. Wharekauri-Rēkohu-The Chatham Islands, located 800 km east of Christchurch city, was one of the worst

Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AIDR)
Documents and publications
2020

Remembering, forgetting, and absencing disasters in the post-disaster recovery process

Sustainable post-disaster recovery implies learning from past experience in order to prevent recreating forms of vulnerability. Memory construction supports both the healing process and redevelopment plans. Hence, memory of disaster results from the

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2020

Overall operational guidelines for the culture in city reconstruction and recovery (CURE) framework: Technical note

The Technical Note on Overall Operational Guidance provides further elaboration on the guidance and tools introduced in chapter three of the CURE position paper, ‘Implementing the CURE Framework.’
World Bank, the
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2020

Disaster risk management in the CURE framework: Technical note

The CURE Framework draws from existing frameworks and tools for reconstruction and recovery in urban settings. It seeks to knit together people-centered and place-based approaches to produce integrated policies that share a common cultural thread.
World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the