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This policy brief addresses key questions and outcomes of the efforts to resettle communities in Mozambique in recovery from Cyclone Idai.

These are the interim observations from the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements about the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires.

Each week the University of Manchester brings together relevant international practices and examples on recovery from COVID-19. The weekly briefing is curated by the Global Resilient Cities Network to bring key lessons and examples targeted for resilience

Older adults consistently experience the greatest proportion of casualties during and after natural disasters compared to younger age groups. In 2005, approximately half of all deaths resulting from Hurricane Katrina were among persons age 75 years or

The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2020 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.

The report evaluates Hurricane Dorian's devastating impact on The Bahamas, estimating $2.5 billion in damage and highlighting the need for resilient reconstruction and improved disaster preparedness across all sectors.

The Post-Event Review Capability (PERC), which was launched in 2013 by the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, provides a process and framework for the systematic analysis of a disaster event, focusing on how a specific hazard event became a disaster.

The Kerala floods demonstrated how the usage of Information Technology (IT) and social media backed by public volunteering could build a self-evolving data crowdsourced platform that could aid the rescue and rehabilitation processes.