Recovery Planning

This report evaluates local and federal plans for strengthening community resiliency post-Sandy and offers guidance on post-disaster rebuilding and building in anticipation of future disasters in a way that helps preserve the environment, boost economic prosperity, and foster a high quality of life. It contains a comprehensive, practical set of 23 recommendations focused on four areas: (i) land use and development; (ii) infrastructure, technology and capacity; (iii) finance, investment and insurance; and (iv) leadership and governance.

This paper challenges the world to remember the Philippines long after the TV cameras have gone. It provides a snapshot of the humanitarian response’s initial successes and struggles.

This action plan gives an overview of the situation at the national, international and bilateral levels, few days after the category 5 Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) made a direct hit on the Philippines, devastating areas in 36 provinces.

A comprehensive plan that contains actionable recommendations both for rebuilding the communities impacted by Sandy and increasing the resilience of infrastructure and buildings citywide.

This post-disaster needs assessment report on Cyclone Evan was prepared in 2013 by the Government of Samoa in collaboration with international partners.

This handbook seeks to unpack the problems that many organizations are confronted with, while providing step-by-step guidance on how to design and implement housing reconstruction programmes in cities. It describes the specific dimensions of reconstruction and rehousing strategies, providing context-based options that have proven successful in recent disasters. It also incorporates risk-reduction measures within reconstruction methodology in order to prepare for any future disaster.

This report extends the focus of the UNISDR-PwC initiative, looking specifically at the long-term opportunity for public-private sector collaboration in building or rebuilding risk-resilient infrastructure. It describes why building disaster-resilient infrastructure is critical for a region’s competitiveness, both nationally and globally. It also illustrates how the private sector can offer innovative solutions to help communities build or rebuild disaster-resilient infrastructure.

This document is the summary of the findings of Griffith University, which was commissioned by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) to examine the experiences and learnings arising from the communities that have experienced the challenges of recovering from and adapting to the impact of disasters. Four case studies were undertaken to research communities recovering from disasters such as cyclones, floods and bushfires.

This document presents the policy recommendations of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force for helping the rebuilding of the region affected by the 2011 super-storm.

This issue presents articles related to ecosystem, climate change, recovery and gender, in relation to disaster management planning in India and beyond. The content includes: (i) ecosystem based flood relief to recovery in Uttarakhand; (ii) a view from Delhi - emerging challenges of disaster risk reduction for the Asian Development Bank; (iii) ecosystem based disaster risk reduction; (iv) climate risk and district disaster management plan of Puri district, Odisha; (v) climate-smart revolution; (vi) addressing natural hazards in planning; (vii) long-term recovery issues in disaster management planning - emerging global trends; (viii) Yogyakarta declaration on disaster risk reduction; (ix) disaster risk reduction in post disaster shelter reconstruction - case study in the Indian sunderbans delta; (xi) gender, risk, and community mobilization in Uganda; (xii) what does the IPCC SREX report mean for India?; (xiii) protecting communities from climate change; (xiv) IUCN in Asia, a note for exploration.