International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)

IJDRR

Mission

The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR) is the journal for researchers, policymakers and practitioners across diverse disciplines: earth sciences and their implications; environmental sciences; engineering; urban studies; geography; and the social sciences. IJDRR publishes fundamental and applied research, critical reviews, policy papers and case studies with a particular focus on multi-disciplinary research that aims to reduce the impact of natural, technological, social and intentional disasters. IJDRR stimulates exchange of ideas and knowledge transfer on disaster research, mitigation, adaptation, prevention and risk reduction at all geographical scales: local, national and international.

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A multi-country comparative analysis of the impact of COVID-19 and natural hazards in India, Japan, the Philippines, and USA
This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on disaster recovery from various types of hazards, with regard to preparedness, evacuation, early recovery, awareness and knowledge of different types of hazards.
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Analysis of workload required for removal of drifting pumice after a volcanic disaster as an aspect of a port business continuity plan: A case study of Kagoshima Port, Japan
This report discusses how for most major ports in Japan, a business continuity plan (Port-BCP) has been developed to cope with potential functional disorder in port operations caused by natural disasters.
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Leverages and obstacles facing post-cyclone recovery in Saint-Martin, Caribbean: Between the ‘window of opportunity’ and the ‘systemic risk’?
The aim of this study is to analyse the ‘window of opportunity’ of the post-Irma reconstruction in Saint Martin. 
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Sharing experience by residents of past disaster sites: Effects of time from disasters and types of experience
This report discusses how sharing past disaster experience among the community is an important method of disaster risk reduction.
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Agent-based modelling of post-disaster recovery with remote sensing data
In this study, researchers developed an agent-based model to simulate and explore the post-disaster recovery (PDR) process in urban areas of Tacloban, the Philippines devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Disaster risk management, and PD
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Quantitative modeling of residential building disaster recovery and effects of pre- and post-event policies
This paper proposes a methodology based on a multi-layer Monte Carlo simulation to model a two-stage recovery process for residential buildings: functional 
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Maladaptation, fragmentation, and other secondary effects of centralized post-disaster urban planning: The case of the 2011 “cascading” disaster in Japan
This report details how previous studies have documented the negative impacts and unexpected secondary effects of post-disaster housing development.
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Enschede cries – Restoring ontological security after a fireworks disaster
The article claims that to those affected, disaster is an existential experience. For them, it is an unexpected existential ‘event’ clearly separating a ‘before’ from an ‘after’.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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