Recovery

The restoring or improving of livelihoods and health, as well as economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets, systems and activities, of a disaster-affected community or society, aligning with the principles of sustainable development and “build back better”, to avoid or reduce future disaster risk.

Latest Recovery additions in the Knowledge Base

Post Disaster Damages and Needs Assessment (PDNA): Needs for Building Back Better Initiative in Chitral after GLOF and Floods Extreme Events

Documents and publications

16 August 2023

Post Disaster Damages and Needs Assessment (PDNA): Needs for Building Back Better Initiative in Chitral after GLOF and Floods Extreme Events

This post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) for Chitral, Pakistan, following the July 2023 floods, identifies the damages and needs of affected communities, and provides recommendations for rebuilding and enhancing Chitral's resilience to future disasters.

Documents and publications

11 August 2023

Thematic report on local, Indigenous and traditional knowledge for disaster risk reduction in the Pacific

This is the thematic review of local, Indigenous and traditional knowledge in disaster risk reduction in Pacific Island countries submitted to UNDRR to inform the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework 2015-2030.

Update

3 August 2023

“I decide my own destiny”: Taking ownership for a resilient Sindh

“I built my house [stronger and higher] to avoid future destruction,” explains Wazira confidently as she shows us how she has built the foundations of her new house strong enough for it to withstand potential consequences of disasters.

World Bank, the

Update

6 August 2023

6 months after a devastating earthquake, Turkey’s preparedness is still uncertain

In a bid to prevent damage from any future quake, both the national government and local administrations are racing against time to alleviate the pain of the February quake while also preparing their cities for potential disasters in the future..

Associated Press

Documents and publications

27 July 2023

Local recovery and preparedness for the pandemic

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘Local Recovery and Preparedness for the Pandemic’.

Documents and publications

13 July 2023

Crisis and recovery: Learning from COVID-19’s economic impacts and policy responses in East Asia

This volume examines: (a) the links between impacts on firms and households, in particular through the employment channel, and (b) governments’ fiscal responses to the COVID crisis, through transfers, subsidies, and taxes.

Documents and publications

7 July 2023

Lessons from Mabi: Five years of recovery from the 2018 Western Japan flood

This knowledge-sharing document was written with a view to capturing the key lessons from the early response to the long-term recovery of Mabi town.

Building Back Better - Practice review and knowledge-building for frontier Issues

Documents and publications

27 June 2023

Building Back Better - Practice review and knowledge-building for frontier Issues

This document provides a detailed review of the current state of knowledge and frontier issues related to building back better in recovery. This paper was developed to contribute to the dialogue at the July 2023 meeting of the G20 DRR Working Group.