Transcript Learning from Disaster Recovery

Learning from
Disaster Recovery
International Recovery Platform (IRP)
Review of Emerging Lessons
The Indian Ocean Tsunami
Hurricane Katrina
Kashmir Earthquake
What is disaster recovery?
“ ….the permanent construction or replacement of
severely damaged physical structures, the full
restoration of all services, and local infrastructure, the
re-vitalization of the economy and the restoration of
social and cultural life.”
An overview of Disaster Management, UNDP, 1991
Who is undertaking this review?
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This is a combined operation involving:
Government of Japan
 UNDP
 ISDR secretariat incl. PPEW
 ADRC
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The review is being edited by a team led by
Professor Ian Davis
Resilience Centre, Cranfield University, UK
Why is this learning needed?
Because there is a gap. Currently, there is
no documentation that compares disaster
recovery lessons across sectors, cultures
and hazard types.
 To document vital experiences of recovery
management in order to share relevant
knowledge with those needing it.
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Without this study there is a serious risk of
decision makers ‘re-inventing wheels’.
 A template is needed to enable future
recovery studies to be undertaken to aid
comparison and analysis.
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The Learning Cycle
APPLY IN
FUTURE
GAIN NEW
EXPERIENCE
REFLECT
ON
EXPERIENCE
What aspects of recovery
will be examined?
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Following natural disasters.
Following all main natural hazards.
Recovery in all phases, from early phases to
long-term recovery.
All sectors (e.g. livelihoods, shelters) of recovery
management.
Administrative patterns to support recovery
Analysis of recovery will follow thematic lines
of the project.
Who are the audience?
ALL STAKEHOLDERS:
 Government officials responsible for
recovery management.
 UN staff in agencies with recovery roles
(i.e. UNDP, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNCHS,
ISDR etc.)
 Staff in International Development Banks.
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National and International NGO’s.
Private Sector (Construction, Small
Business Sector, Agriculture, Financial
Investment, Insurance, etc.).
Donors supporting Disaster Recovery.
Three dimensional recovery
The review will seek to find lessons concerning
the three dimensions of recovery:
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PSYCHO-SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
PHYSICAL (including the
natural environment)
The review will identify lessons concerning
Three
dimensional
recovery
three dimensions of recovery:
processes
Political
Environmental
Cultural
Context
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The
Recovery
Process
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Physical Recovery:
Buildings / infrastructure /
agriculture / forestry / transport
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Typical issues to be
included
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Long-Term
effects of early
decisions
‘Temporary Housing’ in Skopje that
survived and shaped a city….
1963 - Skopje
1970 - Skopje
1974 - Skopje
1989 - Skopje
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Time Constraints
In Recovery
Risk Reduction in
Recovery
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How will this be undertaken?
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Key recovery documents have been assembled
to form a data base (currently 56 disaster
recovery examples compiled by IRP).
A team of staff in IRP (Hyogo), ISDR Geneva,
Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning
(PPEW Bonn), Colombia and Oxford will
develop the recovery review from December
2005-April 2006 based on analysis along five
thematic lines.
What will be the result
of this exercise?
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Improved global recovery management
Better understanding concerning the integration
of psycho-social, economic, and physical
recovery actions.
Advice on ways to incorporate risk reduction
into recovery.
Better use of money invested in recovery
through an ‘evidence based approach’ based on
what works and what fails.