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The objective of the rapid building assessment is to quickly establish the usability of buildings and associated infrastructure where functions may be compromised by a hazard event.

One year on from Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda), this report is based on consultations with 162 children who survived the storm, ages 6 to 17 years.

This is an aid report from the Japanese Red Cross Society three years after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

This report marks the one-year anniversary of the typhoon that struck the central region of the Philippines on the morning of 8 November 2013.

This paper presents lessons learned from previous flood responses in developing countries, based on a structured review of the literature for people working in relief and recovery operations who have to decide if, when and how to intervene after a flood.

The objective of this assessment is to determine the risk factors, damage and activities to contribute to the rehabilitation, reconstruction and safeguards of infrastructure following the floods of February 9-10, 2014 in Burundi.

This research report asserts that the prospects for climate change resilience in Haiti are now intricately tied to post-earthquake reconstruction.

This document considers how the nature of urban space and of urban populations influences disasters in cities; it discusses the question of urban disasters in comparison with rural disasters and factors that can decrease the risk and potential impact of