Recovery Collection: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) 2013

'Hopefully, the timely preparations and warnings by the state forecasters contributed to the fact that minimal damage was sustained,' presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte told IRIN. 'The government’s performance in past typhoons shows that we have the capability to keep doing better in terms of disaster risk management and reduction'...

In addition to the creation of the shelters themselves, the projects promote a wider understanding of how communities can best protect themselves in the future by passing on, and training carpenters in, techniques to rebuild safer shelters. In this way, communities are taking an active role in the recovery process and helping themselves to become more resilient to future disasters...

This publication critically examines urban policies and projects from the perspective of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, urban resiliency, inclusive cities, and the impacts of the informal economy.

This document addresses disaster risk reduction in the context of the Typhoon Haiyan, presents lessons from the humanitarian response to the disaster and highlights the important coordination role of the Philippines government in it.

This case study documents ongoing recovery since the occurrence of Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013, which caused unprecedented damage to nine regions, including 591 municipalities and 56 cities spread across 44 provinces.

This report summarizes the “just-in-time” advice provided by the World Bank to the government of the Philippines (GoP) immediately after Typhoon Haiyan.

This strategy paper continues IOM’s planned strategies for disasters risk reduction and management (DRRM) for the year 2015 and onwards.

This is a Household Economic Approach (HEA) to explore and evaluate livelihood recovery in fishing and coconut farming sones in the Philippines following the devastating effects of Typhoon Yolanda.

President Aquino signed a US$3.73 billion, 8,000-page, eight-volume rehabilitation and recovery master plan in late October, nearly one week before the one year anniversary. The plan, among others, is to build nearly 200,000 homes that can resist storms with 250km per hour winds, and rehabilitate damaged irrigation systems, roads, bridges and sea- and airports...

This briefing paper examines the recovery process one year after typhoon Haiyan hit 171 municipalities in the central Philippines and displaced more than 4 million people. It provides recommendations for the national government, the local government units, the international donors and the national and local NGOs and civil society organizations to ensure recovery strengthens the rights and resilience of affected communities and calls for clear focus on integrating disaster risk reduction and management into local governance processes.