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Building Back Better: 6 Investment Criteria to Drive a Sustainable Reconstruction of Ukraine’s Built Environment
Documents and publications
Publications

Following the "build back better" principle, the report calls on multilateral donors and the Ukrainian government to allocate funding to projects that meet ambitious energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate adaptation, and circularity criteria.

Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE)
Analysis of war damage to the Ukrainian science sector and its consequences
Documents and publications
Publications

This publication is intended to inform UNESCO’s strategy for supporting a recovery plan for Ukraine’s science sector.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Herat Earthquakes 2023: Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
Documents and publications
PDNA - Post Disaster Needs Assessments

This PDNA report provides an assessment of the severe impacts of the earthquakes which struck Herat, Afghanistan in October 2023, and provides a vision and guiding principles for recovery.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
European Union
World Bank, the
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
United Nations - Headquarters
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The Great East-Japan Earthquake and Devastating Tsunami
Documents and publications
Publications

Japan has a long history of fighting against great earthquakes that cause structural damage/collapses, fires and/or tsunami. The Tohoku region are well trained for tsunami-evacuation procedures, with the mindset of “Tsunami, ten-den-ko.”

Japan Science and Technology Agency
Innovation for Resilient Coastal Structures to Reduce Tsunami Disaster
Documents and publications
Publications

The Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami on March 11, 2011, caused unprecedented damage mainly in northeast Japan. This paper introduces the characteristics of the tsunami and resultant damage.

Fuji Technology Press
Effects of Post-Disaster Aid Measures to Firms: Evidence from Tohoku University Earthquake Recovery Firm Survey 2012–2015
Documents and publications
Publications
Reports and analysis

The paper finds that group subsidy and debt reduction had important roles in the recovery of business activities and demonstrates the importance of a panel survey in understanding and guiding policies for the resilience of the regional economy.

Journal of Disaster Research
Fuji Technology Press
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Documents and publications

This study aims to provide an approach for assessing flood insurance in a context of low previous exposure to such products, to allow for a better consideration of the research context.

Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (Springer)
The Environmental Consequences of the War against Ukraine. Preliminary Twelve-Month Assessment
Documents and publications
Publications

This report contributes to response and recovery planning in Ukraine by providing a preliminary assessment of the environmental damage and risks caused between February 2022 and February 2023.

Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS)
Zoï Environment Network