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This Housing Subsector study was performed in order to collect and analyze important information regarding the housing-related needs and priorities of the people affected by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Mercy Corps’ areas of intervention.

The document was developed to ensure safe and methodical recovery from incidents affecting populations in Chatham County.

IRP Herald Volume 13 is the knowledge report for the workshop on “Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation into Development Policies and Planning”, the IRP Strategy Retreat, and the annual report meeting for the DRA.

This report presents the outcome of a project carried out with the aim to establish an efficient system of infection surveillance to cover all of the clinics in Rikuzen-Takata of Japan in the wake of the the Great East Japan Earthquake – using only the resources that were locally available: The project also aimed to maintain this system until most of the evacuation centres would be closed.

This study was conducted to evaluate the main causes and damages of flood (2010) in district Charsadda.

This book identifies and recommends recovery practices and novel programs most likely to impact overall community public health and contribute to resiliency for future incidents. It makes the case that disaster recovery should be guided by a healthy community vision, where health considerations are integrated into all aspects of recovery planning before and after a disaster, and funding streams are leveraged in a coordinated manner and applied to health improvement priorities.

This edition adds new insights to the original text of the 1982 Guidelines , provides a more updated format and gives updated resources and reflects current thinking within the shelter sector.

This working document presents key considerations to ensure gender equality and women empowerment principles inform the transition process and reconstruction planning after the 2015 Nepal earthquake.