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This briefing paper examines the recovery process one year after typhoon Haiyan hit 171 municipalities in the central Philippines and displaced more than 4 million people. It provides recommendations for the national government, the local government units, the international donors and the national and local NGOs and civil society organizations to ensure recovery strengthens the rights and resilience of affected communities and calls for clear focus on integrating disaster risk reduction and management into local governance processes.

This document highlights the relief activities by civil society organizations that entered the disaster-stricken areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake and record the issues/problems and their causes in order to provide lessons for the future.

This year’s World Disasters Report focuses on culture and risk. It explores the different ways in which culture affects disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and how disasters and risk influence culture. It examines why people choose to

This guide highlights key disability concerns to officials and experts responsible for emergency planning in their communities. It seeks to assist them in developing plans that will take into account the needs and insights of people with disabilities

The document contains information about the National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza, details from the International Conference in Support of the Reconstruction of Gaza.

IRP Herald Volume 5 is the knowledge report for the Second World Reconstruction Conference (WRC 2) as well as the ASEAN High-Level Conference on Assistance for the Recovery of Yolanda-Affected Areas (ARYA).

As a corpus of records and data of tsunami damage in Miyako City, this volume will endure a long, effective use for study on development of disaster-resistant towns and awareness-raising/educational activities on disaster prevention.

An official document formally adopted by UN Member States as the outcome of the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, in which countries recognize the need to support and invest in these nations so they can achieve sustainable