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This document captures good practices from the Indonesian Red Cross (Palang Merah Indonesia/PMI) risk reduction projects.

It was compiled and shared with the national disaster response agency (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana/BNPB) as PMI’s

The main objective of this training material is to build the capacity of water managers and others to develop strategies for coping with hydro-climatic disasters such as floods and drought within the context of water resources management. An added

This handbook was made to provide simple information to home owners, designers and builders, and building monitors to teach principles of good design and good construction in a natural hazard prone area. Thoroughly studied, they will also guide on whether

This report presents the proceedings of a workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 29 to 30 June 2006. This follow-up workshop, to the initial meeting in March/April 2005, where various approaches to the rehabilitation of affected agricultural lands were discussed and proposed and a Regional Strategic Framework was formulated, had as its focus: a review of progress to date with the objective of identifying gaps that may have arisen; an assessment of long-term strategic plans for each of the countries, moving from an initial emergency response phase to structured long-term plans for the rehabilitation of the agricultural sector; and development of coordination strategies and linkages for current and future interventions.

This fact sheet presents a project that supports local population in planning and implementing reconstruction in the aftermath of heavy rain in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

A post-tsunami well recovery support initiative and an assessment of groundwater salinity in three areas of Batticaloa and Ampara Districts:

The present document is the report of a project that was conceived as a first phase of a larger effort to support

This report is a follow-up evaluation of linkages between immediate relief, rehabilitation (or reconstruction) and development (LRRD) related to the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. The LRRD2 evaluation report covers experiences up to the end of 2008 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, i.e. from the four years after the disaster. A number of organisations and government agencies have supported this evaluation in various ways, with the aim to provide conclusions and lessons learned that are useful for mitigating the consequences of possible future disasters.

The post-tsunami housing reconstruction in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka, led by the Belgian Red Cross, focused on building houses and essential infrastructure, empowering beneficiaries through an owner-driven approach.