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Responding to urban disasters: Learning from previous relief and...
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Publisher(s): Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP)ProVention Consortium
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Turkey, United States of America

Disaster response in an urban environment presents a wide variety of challenges. Humanitarian organisations often have more experience of disaster response in rural settings, and local authorities...

Seismic retrofitting quick reference: School facilities that...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Government of Japan
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Japan

This illustrated reference for school facilities planners and designers shows examples of seismic retrofitting of junior and senior high school buildings in two prefectures and their performance...

Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Japan

This document is anExtract from the final report of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (A/CONF. 206/6), held from 18 to 22 January 2005in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The Conference adopted the...

Transitional Shelter - Knowledge Notes
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Japan

Lessons learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake of 1995 and other disasters led the Japanese government to promote the concept of networked relocation following the GEJE, when an...

Earthquake Reconstruction GFDRR
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Chile, Haiti, Japan, World

The unprecedented scale of recent earthquakes in Chile, Haiti and Japan underlines the importance of having the body of knowledge and best practices easily available for affected governments in...

Supply Chain Disruptions and Humanitarian Logistics
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Publisher(s): MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Japan

Yossi Sheffi and Jarrod Goenztel brief the MIT community on the 2011 Japan crisis in relation to the supply chain and humanitarian logistics.
A Guide for Implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action by Local...
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Date: Jun 2014
Location: Japan

The aim of this publication is to serve as a guide for Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) implementation for local governments and stakeholders by customizing the ISDR publication “Words Into Action...

Earthquake Reconstruction
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
Date: Nov 2018
Location: Haiti, Chile, Japan

These notes are the body of knowledge and best practices easily available for affected governments in order to assist them in making crucial decisions for post-earthquake recovery and...

Managing post-disaster debris: the Japan experience
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): UNEP
Date: Jul 2021
Location: Japan

This document can also be found on the official website of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):  https://www.postconflict.unep.ch. This report...

Social Protection and Labor– Disaster Risk Management Toolkit
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): World Bank
Date: Mar 2022
Location: All Countries, Japan, Mali, Mexico, Nepal

This toolkit was conceived for the use of two groups of World Bank Group (WBG) staff and consultants. The primary target users consist of social protection and labor (SPL) specialists who help WBG...

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