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These guidelines provide practical guidance and effective tools for humanitarians and communities affected by armed conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate essential actions for

Inter-Agency Standing Committee
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This document presents a strategy developed to respond to the urban challenges facing New Orleans, including the risks of climate change and the natural environment. Guided by 100 Resilient Cities, this document combines local expertise with global best

City of New Orleans
The Triple Disasters of 3.11 and Civil Society in Japan
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Reports and analysis

This report focuses on civil society organizations, in particular those incorporated as Japan’s version of nonprofit organizations which contributed to the recovery and response after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
 The Effectiveness of Pre-Disaster Planning and Post-Disaster Aid: Examining the impact on plants of the Great East Japan Earthquake
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Publications

This document examines the extent to which pre-disaster planning and post-disaster aid can help firms to recover from a natural disaster event.

Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) 独立行政法人経済産業研究所
Documents and publications

This report is an account of four years of grassroots activism, from the aftermath of Japan’s 3/11 earthquake and tsunami to the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), held in March, 2015 in Sendai, a city severely damaged by 3/11. The report documents the efforts of activists from their initial direct help for the victims of 3/11, including addressing the acute and unnecessary suffering of women in the evacuation centers, to later focus on planning and reconstruction policy reform at all levels of government in Japan.

Japan Women's Network for Disaster Risk Reduction
Japan Association for Women's Education
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This white paper explores the lessons learned from Katrina and how the recovery in New Orleans inspired the creation of new methods of building resilience. The paper identifies a number of critical areas to keep stakeholders aligned, including

Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Zurich Insurance Group Limited
Reconstruction from the Viewpoint of Gender Equality
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Case Study

To promote women's participation in reconstruction, this book collects and summarizes cases that can be used as reference from the perspective of gender equality in reconstruction.

Reconstruction Agency (Japan)
Build Back Better: Guidance on Building Flood Resistant Homes
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Tools and guidelines

This document is a technical guidance to support in shelter and housing for recovery efforts from the 2015 Malawi Floods.

Global Shelter Cluster