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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...
This handbook on sustainable reconstruction in urban areas seeks to unpack the problemsthat many organisations are confronted with while providing step-by-step guidance on howto design and...
This report summarizes the “just-in-time” advice provided by the World Bank to the government of the Philippines (GoP) immediately after Typhoon Haiyan.
Post-disaster reconstruction is a complex process. It requires multi-sectoral involvement, very significant resources and a wide range of skills. For a humanitarian agency the decision to engage...
This report is intended to help housing and shelter practitioners improve future post-disaster shelter responses and housing recovery programs and the integration between them. The report covers...
The case studies in this document are set in different scales and geographies, tackling a wide realmof issues connected to urban housing recovery — locally in Nepal and globally. The case studies...
UNOPS can help the Government of Pakistan and other
partners deliver humanitarian and reconstruction services to
the millions of people affected by the recent floods.
As the lead...
On October 8, 2005, a violent earthquake of 7.6 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted northern Pakistan (epicenter 95km northeast of Islamabad), causing entire villages to disappear under a pile...
On December 26, 2004, a massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 occurred off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake had a depth of 10km and triggered massive tsunamis that...
The "Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Pakistan" Collection presents a selection of reports, evaluations and presentations concerning DRR in Pakistan. This collection addresses the following topics...