For as long as they have existed, cities have been destroyed--sacked, shaken, burnt, bombed, flooded, starved, irradiated, and pillaged--in almost every case they have risen again. Rarely in modern times has a city not been rebuilt following destruction
This report aims to extract lessons learned from the ILO’s Aceh Programme in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004, and propose good practices for future ILO crisis responses.
This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development.
This report assesses damages on various aspects such as socio-economic impacts, agriculture, caused by 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. This report also includes the response, recovery and reconstruction plans.
This report is a comprehensive verification of the efforts made for reconstruction from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake over the last decade in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and provides recommendations for similar future shocks.
This report provides a preliminary assessment of damage incurred, with a special focus on reconstruction needs. It provides donors with an initial assessment of possible intervention needs within six months to a year following the floods.