1. Learn From Experience
  2. Countries

Learn From Experience

IRP provides collections of resources from recovery experiences to support learning and improve preparedness to build back better.
Country
Items: 23
Documents and publications
1999

Natural disaster management

This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.

This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction Tudor Rose
Documents and publications
2011

Risk returns

This book was published for launch at the third Session of Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (GPDR) and it is the latest in a series of volumes addressing natural disasters, and how their impact can be reduced by effective capacity building and

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Tudor Rose
Documents and publications
2001

The socio-economic consequences of the earthquake at Izmit, Turkey (17 August 1999)

This study examines the economic and social consequences of the 17 August 1999 earthquake, known as the Izmit earthquake, which affected a third of Turkey's total population and caused substantial human and material losses.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Documents and publications
Disaster Recovery Guidance
2010

Guidance note on recovery: telling live lessons

This guidance note shares 'live lessons' learned - told through first-person stories - that contribute to disaster preparedness, mitigation, and a recovery that builds back better.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction International Recovery Platform
Documents and publications
2007

Global report on human settlements 2007, disaster at a glance: A tale of two cities, economic impacts of the Kobe and Marmara earthquakes

This brief report presents economic Impacts of the Kobe and Marmara Earthquakes.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme - Headquarters
Documents and publications
2000

Structural engineering reconnaissance of the August 17, 1999 Kocaeli (Izmit), Turkey, earthquake

This report presents information on the development of building and seismic codes in Turkey, behavior of buildings, and industrial facilities in the epicenter region of Izmit earthquake in 1999.
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Center
Documents and publications
2000

Event report: Kocaeli, Turkey earthquake

This report documents the event of the Kocaeli Earthquake in Turkey in 1999. In addition to providing background information on the event, this report includes the following sections: the earthquake and its geologic effects, building and infrastructure damage, industrial facilities, and insured and economic losses. The report also includes a section on consequences and future implications.
Risk Management Solutions
Documents and publications
1999

Izmit Turkey earthquake of August 1999 (M7.4) an EQE briefing

A briefing on the implications of the Izmit Earthquake,Turkey, 1999.
EQECAT
Documents and publications
2000

Survey report on the reconstruction following the earthquake in Marmara, Turkey on August 17, 1999

This report provides tables with data and statistics documenting damage to infrastructure, an overview of response activities, and inventory of recovery and reconstruction efforts of Marmara Earthquake in 1999.
Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Documents and publications
2006

Disaster risk reduction and the International Federation

This brochure, while providing an overview of the global context, seeks to explain what disaster risk reduction means for the International Federation and to set out a framework to help the 185 member National societies to make communities safer and more

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies