Environment
General environmental issues, waste management, water and sanitation, related policies and regulation
moreOrganizations
IRP partner organizations and organizations working in recovery.
moreMeetings and Trainings
Professional development on recovery issues through conferences, workshops, training and academic programmes
- IRP Regional Workshop in Yogyakarta (PDF, 270.6KB)
Action for Effective Management of Post-Disaster Recovery 3-5 Nov 2009 [IRP] - International recovery forum 2009
Building back better and greener 26-27 Jan 2009 [ADRC, ILO, IRP, UNDP, UNEP, UN/ISDR] - View all
moreTools and Guidelines
Find tools and guidelines useful for recovery operations
- Guidance note on early recovery (PDF, 3.1MB)
2008 [UNDP] - Guidance note on early recovery (PDF, 3.1MB)
2008 [UNDP] - Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (PDF, 286.6KB)
2009 [IRP] - Adapting to Climate Change Can Reduce Disaster Risk (PDF, 297.5KB)
2009 [IRP] - Why environment in recovery (PDF, 259.7KB)
2009 [IRP] - Tools for environment in recovery (PDF, 239.7KB)
2009 [IRP] - Case studies environment in recovery (PDF, 452.7KB)
2009 [IRP] - Checklist for environment in recovery (PDF, 234.1KB)
2009 [IRP] - Post-Tsunami Environmental Assessment: seychelles (PDF, 4.8MB)
2005 [IUCN] - Environmental Stories after tsunami (PDF, 4.6MB)
2005 [IUCN] - Post-Tsunami Environmental Assessment Sri Lanka (PDF, 402.3KB)
2005 [UNEP] - Handbook for estimating the socio-economic and environmental effects of disasters (PDF, 7.4MB)
2003 [ECLAC] - Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
[European Commission] - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
1996 [European Commission] - View all
morePublications
Select recovery documents and publications. Contributions welcome
- GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION (PDF, 413.1KB)
[UNEP] - CHANGING GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE KOSI RIVER SYSTEM IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT (PDF, 1.5MB)
a Paper presented in the Annual Meeting of Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, USA 2009 [Anugrah Narayan College Patna, Magadh University] - CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES OF RESILIENCE (PDF, 989.1KB)
2006 - Early recovery Wenchuan earthquake - Environment (PDF, 1.5MB)
2008 [United Nations in China] - IRP Recovery Status Report 01 Yogyakarta
The Yogyakarta and Central Java Earhquake 2006 Current Status Report 2010 [IRP] - RGS papaer 3, Arsenic contaminated aquifers, a study of the Ganga levee zones in Bihar, India (PDF, 70.4KB)
GLOBAL WARMING AND CHANGING LAND USE PATTERNS IN BIHAR PLAINS, INDIA 2007 [Anugrah Narayan College Patna, Magadh University] - RGS papaer 1, Arsenic contaminated aquifers, a study of the Ganga levee zones in Bihar, India (PDF, 116.3KB)
paper 1 for Annual Conference 2007, Royal Geographical Society, London 2007 [Anugrah Narayan College Patna, Magadh University] - Lessons from Aceh: key considerations in post-disaster reconstruction (PDF, 6.8MB)
2010 [DEC] - Guiding Principles on Coastal Reconstruction after tsunami (PDF, 413.1KB)
2006 [UNEP] - Status of coral reefs in tsunami affected areas (PDF, 5.9MB)
- Forest recovery post tsunami: Sri Lanka (PDF, 161.4KB)
[FAO] - Forest recovery post tsunami: Maldives (PDF, 223.6KB)
[FAO] - Forestry recovery post tsunami: Indonesia: FAO (PDF, 242.6KB)
[FAO] - Rapid Environmental Assessment post tsunami (PDF, 9.3MB)
[UNEP] - Disease impact post tsunami (PDF, 2MB)
2005 - Aquaculture Farm Rehabilitation post tsunami : FAO (PDF, 2.1MB)
- Managing water for drought (PDF, 1.5MB)
2000 - assessment of disaster impact on food supply in Madagascar (PDF, 128.1KB)
2000 [FAO] - Responding to coastal disasters (PDF, 247.1KB)
- Public health after Katrina (PDF, 2.7MB)
- Environmental health management ex-post (PDF, 4.5MB)
1982 [WHO] - Coastal Ecosystem Restoration after tsunami: Lessons Learnt (PDF, 3.8MB)
2007 [UNEP] - RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT BANDA ACEH (PDF, 2.9MB)
2005 - Environment and Reconstruction in Aceh 2 years (PDF, 2.5MB)
[UNEP] - Lessons Learnt from the Tokage Typhoon: Japan (PDF, 869.1KB)
[UNEP] - Assessment of Damage to Coral Reefs from tsunami (PDF, 1.6MB)
2005 - Mangroves in tsunami recovery (PDF, 919.2KB)
2005 [IUCN] - Environmental Stories: After Tsunami
2006 [IUCN] - Managing water for drought (PDF, 1.5MB)
1994 - Lessons from Drought Recovery - Sahel Africa (PDF, 669.4KB)
- Lessons from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
2008 [JICA] - World Conference on disaster reduction (PDF, 894.3KB)
18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan 2005 [UNDP, UN/ISDR] - Reducing risk through environment in recovery operations (PDF, 983.9KB)
2009 [UNEP, UN/ISDR] - Turkey Marmara earthquake assessment (PDF, 820.4KB)
1999 [The World Bank] - Belize: Assessment of the damage caused by Hurricane Keith, 2000 (PDF, 1MB)
Implications for economic, social and environmental development 2000 [ECLAC] - Indonesia: Preliminary damage and loss assessment (PDF, 3.1MB)
The December 26, 2004 natural disaster 2005 [BAPPENAS] - Tsunami: Impact and recovery (PDF, 309.2KB)
Maldives post-Tsunami damage and needs assessment 2005 [The World Bank] - India: Post-Tsunami recovery program (PDF, 1.9MB)
Preliminary damage and needs assessment 2005 [ADB] - Pakistan 2005 earthquake (PDF, 1.2MB)
Preliminary damage and needs assessment 2005 [ADB] - Indonesia: Post-earthquake damage and loss assessment for Central Java and Yogyakarta (PDF, 5.8MB)
2006 [ADB, BAPPENAS] - Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh: Damage, loss, and needs assessment for disaster recovery and reconstruction (PDF, 7MB)
2008 [European Commission] - 2008 Cyclone season in Madagascar: Damage, loss, and needs assessment for disaster recovery and reconstruction (PDF, 6.2MB)
Cyclone Fame, Ivan and Jokwe in Madagascar 2008 [The World Bank] - Pakistan 2005 earthquake (PDF, 3.8MB)
Early recovery framework 2005 - Sri Lanka 2005 post-Tsunami recovery program (PDF, 551.8KB)
Preliminary damage and needs assessment 2005 [ADB] - View all
moreRecovery Cases & Reports
- Mangroves for the Future (PDF, 2.1MB)
promoting investment in coastal ecosystem conservation 2007 [IUCN] - Linking environmental management and disaster mitigation (PDF, 361.2KB)
2007 [UNEP] - Back to business in a conducive environment (PDF, 685.7KB)
GTZ-supported economic reconstruction in Aceh in the frame of German development cooperation 2007 [GTZ] - Progress in building an "end-to-end" Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System (PDF, 498.5KB)
2007 [UNESCO] - Recovery reports: Thailand (from Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004) (PDF, 2.3MB)
2007 [Ministry of Interior, Thailand] - Recovery reports: Pakistan (from South Asia Earthquake 2005) (PDF, 5.5MB)
2007 [ERRA] - Tsunami Recovery Status Report: Maldives (PDF, 2.1MB)
2007 [Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment, Maldives] - Tsunami Recovery Status Report: Indonesia (PDF, 3.3MB)
Lessons learned and recovering from tsunami disaster 2007 [State Ministry Of Research And Technology, Indonesia] - Further implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action - expectations for Hyogo - (PDF, 342.8KB)
2008 [UN/ISDR] - Mainstreaming environment in into recovery: Myanmar (PDF, 592.6KB)
2009 [UNEP] - Disaster hazards in Bhutan (PDF, 2.7MB)
2009 [Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Bhutan] - Overview of innovative techniques in environmentally-aware recovery for infrastructure (PDF, 694.1KB)
Applications of selected research outputs for the mitigation and management of crisis and recovery operations 2009 [SEACAP] - Environment and disaster recovery (PDF, 2MB)
Assessing environmental dimension 2009 [UNEP] - Recent recovery experience with regards to the integration of environment and climate change concerns (PDF, 2.4MB)
2009 [Ministry of Interior, Thailand] - Recent recovery experience with regards to the integration of environment and climate change concerns (PDF, 2.2MB)
2009 [CPGU] - Building Back a Green and Low-Carbon Community (PDF, 534.1KB)
Putting environment and climate change at the heart of recovery and reconstruction 2009 [ILO] - Resilient recovery processes that take into account ecosystem and ecosystem service (PDF, 2.7MB)
2009 [NDMA] - Sustainable recovery and reconstruction framework (SURRF) (PDF, 357.4KB)
2008 [GFDRR] - Regional workshop on best practices in disaster mitigation
Lessons learned from the Asian urban disaster mitigation program and other initiatives 2002 [UNDP, UN/ISDR] - A case for an international platform (PDF, 145.1KB)
Comparative study on recovery and reconstruction [ADRC] - Report on recovery and reconstruction following the Orissa Super Cyclone in October 1999 (PDF, 112.8KB)
Comparative study on recovery and reconstruction [ADRC] - Good practices
Total disaster risk management [ADRC] - A preliminary assessment of damage from the flood and cyclone emergency of February-March 2000 (PDF, 258.6KB)
2000 [The World Bank] - Gujarat earthquake recovery program assessment report (PDF, 148.4KB)
2001 [ADB] - Grenada: Hurricane Ivan preliminary assessment of damages (PDF, 52.6KB)
September 17, 2004 2004 [The World Bank] - Guyana: Preliminary damage and needs assessment (PDF, 730.9KB)
Following the intense flooding of January 2005 2005 [The World Bank] - Natural catastrophes and developing countries project
2001 - Forearmed for surviving natural disasters
2005 [UNDP] - Eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991 (PDF, 141.1KB)
Comparative study on Recovery and Reconstruction [ADRC] - Sharing Japan's experience in natural disasters
Anthology of Good Practices - to create a global culture of prevention - [Cabinet Office, Japan] - National report of Japan on disaster reduction (PDF, 2.5MB)
for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (18-22 January 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) 2005 [Cabinet Office, Japan] - View all
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