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COVID-19 Response and Recovery Guidelines ASEAN
Policies and plans
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2022

COVID-19 response and recovery guidelines for resilient and sustainable international road freight transport connectivity in ASEAN

The Guidelines were designed to support ASEAN Member States in establishing their regional and national transport connectivity recovery plans with a focus on resilience and sustainability.
Association of South East Asian Nations The ASEAN Secretariat
WRC5 Joint Communique
Documents and publications
Publications
2022

World Reconstruction Conference 5 Joint Communique on Reconstructing for a Sustainable Future

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.
World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery - UNDP United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction International Recovery Platform
Cover
Documents and publications
Publications
2022

Detecting damaged buildings using real-time crowdsourced images and transfer learning

This paper presents an automated way to extract the damaged buildings images after earthquakes from social media platforms such as Twitter and thus identify the particular user posts containing such images.
Nature Scientific Reports
This is the first page of the publication.
Documents and publications
2022

Digital twin-driven intelligence disaster prevention and mitigation for infrastructure: Advances, challenges, and opportunities

This paper proposes a scientific concept of digital twin-driven systematic construction of intelligent disaster prevention and mitigation for infrastructure (IDPMI), which intends to clarify the potential of digital twin (DT) in disaster management.
Natural Hazards (Springer)
Documents and publications
2021

Agent-based modelling of post-disaster recovery with remote sensing data

In this study, researchers developed an agent-based model to simulate and explore the post-disaster recovery (PDR) process in urban areas of Tacloban, the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Disaster risk management, and PDR in particular

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Documents and publications
2020

Sustainable energy for disaster resilience – Cyclone Fani response 2019

The report provides an overview of SEEDS' work in partnership with SELCO Foundation in the Cyclone Fani affected region of Puri district, Odisha. This report discusses their joint work on the ground in using sustainable energy as a tool for disaster

Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Development Society
Documents and publications
2020

Ecosystem‐based adaptation to climate change: Lessons learned from a pioneering project spanning Mauritania, Nepal, the Seychelles, and China

Societal Impact Statement

Ecosystem‐based adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being used to reduce the impacts of climate change on vulnerable people and landscapes. The international EbA South project implemented EbA interventions across three countries

The New Phytologist Trust Wiley
practical lessons for recovery from the covid-19 pandemic
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2020

Practical lessons for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: principles for recovery

This publication offers a set of guiding, action-oriented principles and practical cases to support recovering communities as they plan and implement recovery.
International Recovery Platform
Compendium of good practice on post disaster recovery in the Latin America and Caribbean Region
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2020

Compendium of good practice on post disaster recovery in the Latin America and Caribbean Region

This compendium presents good practices in post-disaster recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to spread and highlight the work and recovery processes taking place in different countries of the region.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
Small Island Mapping with UAVs
Documents and publications
Tools & Guidelines
2019

Technical Guidelines for Small Island Mapping with UAVs

This report is intended for local technological agencies of island nations that work to operationalize UAVs as a standard data collection tool.
World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Open Data for Resilience Initiative