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

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.

Documents and publications

23 June 2023

How to ensure social inclusion in post-disaster recovery

This policy brief details the impact of this natural hazard on Syrians living under Temporary Protection in Türkiye and how it exacerbates their pre-existing precarious living conditions.

Documents and publications

19 June 2023

From aspirations for climate action to the reality of climate disasters: An investigation of climate change- induced floods and post-disaster reconstruction in Pakistan

The paper studies the phenomenon of “post disaster reconstruction in” Pakistan in the wake of climate change-induced floods of 2022 from the “precarity and possibility” lenses as a global emergency with the help of qualitative field data.