Case studies

The aim of this paper is (1) to explain the transition of the residential status (i.e., type of places or houses in which affected households stay) after the disaster event and (2) to reveal the factors affecting the housing decisions.

This study aimed to statistically examine how the content and channels influence the activities of households in developing country rural communities to recover from disasters.

This compendium contains a collection of good practices and lessons learned about comprehensive risk management approaches, taking into account the specific needs of developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.

This book was compiled by the Reconstruction Agency to introduce the various "challenges" of companies and organizations in the three prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima toward industrial reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The village/town-university collaboration provides the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction with a model for developing a multi-disciplinary and multi-hazard approach to public DRR policy during the recovery phase of a nuclear accident.

This paper will examine the cases on how different groups of people, community disaster governance from gender and diversity perspective.

This study explores the perceptions of health effects and support received by people affected by the 2011 southeast Queensland flood six years after the event.

This is case studies about the microinsurance for disaster recovery, including business venture or humanitarian intervention, and an analysis of potential success and failure factors.