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This document presents the policy recommendations of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force for helping the rebuilding of the region affected by the 2011 super-storm.

This report examines four different issue areas to analyze how social media is used in the context of risk and crisis communication, using hurricane Sandy as an example.

This report relates the findings of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) who assessed the damage in Louisiana caused by Hurricane Issac in 2012. It is comprised of an executive summary and six chapters: (i)

Policy research working paper 6216, background paper to the 2014 world development report:

This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters in a general analytical framework, with an

This report addresses how the United States should pursue legislation and policies to ensure that the country revitalizes its critical infrastructure and manufacturing base, reduce serious offshore dependencies and attendant vulnerabilities, and build the

This PDRP is intended to help the Leon County community prepare for the aftermath of a major disaster by providing a framework for the intermediate and long-term recovery.

A statute to provide that the President is authorized to establish a program of disaster preparedness that utilizes services of all appropriate agencies and includes preparation of disaster preparedness plans for mitigation, warning, emergency operations

This agreement establishes a framework for both Canada and the United States to strengthen cooperation in order to more effectively prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate such events. Specific provisions related to