GCRI · Disaster Resilience and Recovery
Research and evidence
The research behind Disaster Resilience and Recovery: the questions it asks, the models and measurements it uses, how uncertainty is stated and how a result is reviewed and reproduced before it is published.
Research and evidence in four parts.
What the research asks.
- 01
Risk reduction policy
Prevention and risk-informed development.
- 02
Preparedness and continuity
Organisational capacity and continuity.
- 03
Early warning readiness
Warnings, communication and last-mile issues.
- 04
Anticipatory action
Triggers, lead times and action limits.
- 05
Recovery and reconstruction
Safer rebuilding and recovery choices.
- 06
Disaster loss accounting
Direct and indirect loss methods.
What disaster risk research cannot yet answer well enough for decisions.
Disaster research has moved from response to the whole cycle of risk. The agenda follows the points where evidence is weakest: loss accounting, anticipatory action, and recovery that does not rebuild the same risk.
- How can loss and damage be accounted consistently enough to track Sendai targets? See disaster loss accounting.
- When do forecast-based triggers justify acting before a disaster, given false alarms? See anticipatory action.
- What does early warning readiness look like at the last mile? See early warning readiness.
- How can reconstruction reduce rather than reproduce risk? See recovery and reconstruction.
- What local preparedness measures have evidence of effect? See community and local preparedness.
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