Governance

The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2022 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.

The Joint Communique sets out the agreements reached at the conclusion of the 5th Edition of the World Reconstruction Conference on 23-25 May 2022 in Bali, Indonesia.

This case study documents the lessons learned and contributions of the post disaster needs assessment and disaster recovery framework toward implementing recovery from the August 2021 earthquake in Haiti's Southern Peninsula.

This article analyzes the reasons for the flawed response to the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and proposes improvements in future disaster policy.

These case studies describe institutional structures, legal frameworks, and management lessons gleaned from practical experience, providing recovery leaders with insights suited to their context, disaster scenarios, and institutional landscapes.

This detailed report focuses on the impact that Hurricanes Irma and Maria had on the ability of Puerto Rico’s municipalities to govern and deliver services to their constituents.

This report is a survey of Indonesia’s laws and policies at the national and regional levels relating to disaster recovery. It examines legal and policy instruments adopted specifically to support recovery from the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami.

This paper focuses on how resilience considerations can be better integrated into industrial policy, building on the guidance offered by the Sendai Framework and the broader emergency management literature.

This report surveys the scope that exists under World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements for Members to take trade measures in support of disaster response, disaster recovery ; and disaster resilience.

This document presents information and data about the Manipur earthquake in India for outlining the damage pattern, rescue, relief and recovery operations held and to study the post-earthquake measures taken.