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Earthquake and Tsunami 2004 Indonesia Preliminary Damage and Loss Assessment
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This document represents a preliminary assessment of damages and losses in Indonesia due to the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami.

Indonesia - government
Documents and publications
DRF - Disaster Recovery Frameworks

Focus on Recovery provides a framework for recovery planning and management in New Zealand for local government, Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Groups and government departments.

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
Documents and publications

This report, Indonesia: Preliminary Notes on Reconstruction sets the groundwork by highlighting a range of possible responses based on existing domestic programs and borrowing from global best practices.

Indonesia - government
Learning lessons from disaster recovery: the case of Mozambique
Documents and publications
Case Study
Publications

This report analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of recovery assistance from governments, donors, and civil society after the disasters occurred.

World Bank, the
Policies and plans
Policy type
National legal frameworks

This act provides for an integrated and coordinated disaster management policy in South Africa that focuses on preventing and reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters.

South Africa - government
From Relief to Recovery: The Gujarat Experience
Documents and publications
Case Study
Publications

This report sets out to promote transition recovery as a tool for sustainable development by defining the UNDP concept of transition from relief to recovery as pioneered in Gujarat.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Policies and plans
Policy type
National legal frameworks

This act provides for the institutional framework for disaster prevention and management in Japan, including the organization, functioning, powers and responsibilities of central and local disaster prevention councils.

Japan - government
Policies and plans
Policy type
National legal frameworks

This act provides for the functioning of Lesotho's disaster management plan, disaster reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery plan, disaster management authority, national disaster relief task force, and district and village disaster management teams.

Lesotho - government
City of Los Angeles Emergency Operations Organization Recovery and Reconstruction Plan
Documents and publications
Publications

In 1987 the City of Los Angeles launched an innovative process of planning for post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction, dealing with both the pre-event and post-event periods and serves as a checklist for Departments.

City of Los Angeles
The Reconstruction of Lisbon Following the Earthquake of 1755: A Study in Despotic Planning
Documents and publications
Publications

This paper is a description and analysis of the plan for the rebuilding of Lisbon following the earthquake of 1755.

University of Massachusetts Amherst