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Learning Lessons from Disaster Recovery: The Case of Honduras July 2008 Author: World Bank This study was conducted as part of the lessons learned after major natural disasters review, carried out by the ProVention Consortium. It comprised a field mission and a community survey. Hurricane Mitch was an exceptional event, which hit Honduras in 1998, resulting in the largest natural disaster experienced in Honduras in recent memory. Honduras was particularly vulnerable to its effects because of environmental degradation, rapid population growth, inadequate infrastructure, and massive disparities in the distribution of wealth.
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How to create and run a platform? 1997-2007: Ten years of experience 2007 Author: Edited by PLANAT (Swiss National Platform for Natural Hazards) With this document, Switzerland reflects the ten years of experience with its national platform PLANAT and to share it with the international community. The Swiss experience shows that a dedicated team effort and the interaction of key players from line ministries, disaster management authorities, academia, civil society and other sectors involved with disaster reduction are much more important than financial resources, institutional means or even legal matters.
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Gender Perspective: Working Together for Disaster Risk Reduction 2007 Author: Edited by UN/ISDR Good Practices and Lessons Learned
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Natural Disaster Hotspots – Case Studies 2006 Author: World Bank The Hotspots initiative aims to identify geographic areas that are most vulnerable to hazards. The project results consist of a global analysis of disaster risks associated with six major natural hazards – cyclones, droughts, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes. Three case studies address specific hazards. Three other case studies address regional multi-hazard situations in Sri Lanka, the Tana River basin in Kenya, and the city of Caracas, Venezuela.
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Learning Lessons from Disaster Recovery: The Case of Mozambique 2005 Author: World Bank This report is part of a ProVention Consortium review of lessons learned from recovery after major natural disasters analysing the strengths and weaknesses of recovery assistance from governments, donors, and civil society after the disasters occurred. Mozambique offers an example of a post-conflict country faced with major flood events in 2000 and 2001. It also offers an example of recovery in an extremely poor and primarily subsistence livelihood population. The review provides an overview of the recovery processes and highlights livelihoods and agriculture.
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Preventable Losses: Saving Lives and Property through Hazard Risk Management. 2004 Author: World Bank A Comprehensive Risk Management Framework for Europe and Central Asia
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Community-based Disaster Risk Management – Experience gained in Central America 2003 Author: Edited by GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit) This publication compiles the approaches implemented by GTZ in Central America. The aim is to document strategies and experience for the application of community-based disaster risk management by organizations in development cooperation and promote exchange on the strategies of other organizations and in other regions of the world. The publication addresses personnel in development cooperation as well as counterparts and decision-makers in the partner countries.
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