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2021

The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19: International lessons for local and national government recovery and renewal, Issue 42

This week's Manchester Briefing (Issue 42) details the University of Manchester's Recovery and Renewal Framework, where updates to the framework are explored, its development since April 2020, and how the framework might be applied in practice.
University of Manchester
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Documents and publications
2021

The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19: International lessons for local and national government recovery and renewal, Issue 41

The Manchester Briefing on COVID-19 is aimed at those who plan and implement recovery from COVID-19, including government emergency planners and resilience officers. This week’s Manchester Briefing (Issue 41) examines Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digital Government as policy delivery tools during COVID-19 and how these tools may be used in recovery and renewal. 
University of Manchester
Disasters
8 December 2021

Mexico earthquake 2017

On 19 September, a powerful earthquake struck Puebla, Morelos and the Greater Mexico City area. The event happened only hours after a disaster drill in commemoration of an earthquake that rocked Mexico City exactly 32 years before.
Documents and publications
2020

Stories behind the 2017 earthquakes in Mexico: response-recovery-reconstruction

This publication contains 13 testimonies of those who were in Mexico in the front lines responding to the disaster from the health, education, culture, first response, international cooperation and reconstruction sectors. Around midnight on September 7

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters Japan International Cooperation Agency Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
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Case Studies
2020

Cultural interventions through children's literature and arts-based practices in times of disaster: A case study of reading mediators' response to the Mexican earthquakes

In this article, the researchers present the case study of the 2017 Mexican earthquakes and the post-disaster activities developed by an emergent group of social actors - reading mediators.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Documents and publications
2019

La reconstrucción (al detalle) para volver a casa

A dos años del 19s, ante el cambio de administración en la ciudad y los cambios en la política pública frente a la reconstrucción (aún pendiente), presentamos la actualización del Manual para para la reconstrucción con dignidad.

En esta ocasión, iremos

CIUDADanía19s
Documents and publications
2019

Manual para la reconstrucción con dignidad CDMX 2019: Actualización ante la nueva política pública

A dos años del 19s, ante el cambio de administración en la ciudad y los cambios en la política pública frente a la reconstrucción (aún pendiente), presentamos la actualización del Manual para para la reconstrucción con dignidad.

“Prepararnos ante el

CIUDADanía19s
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
Documents and publications
2018

The inverse response law: Theory and relevance to the aftermath of disasters

In this article, the inverse care law is outlined, its application to medical treatment following disasters considered and an explanation of the inverse response law provided.
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Documents and publications
2018

10: A decade of progress in disaster risk management

This book provides an overview of the progress made in disaster risk management (DRM) in the ten years to 2017, highlighting the achievements of particular countries such as Indonesia, Turkey, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Nepal and Ethiopia. Each chapter

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the