![Rebuilding away from the coast: Whose risk is really reduced?](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mm2-470x140.png)
By Michelle Annette Meyer, PhD The Philippines faces a long road of recovery decisions that will affect the population’s risk for generations to come. One…
![Neighbourhood-based approaches to development, displacement, and disaster](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Flamands-139-470x140.jpg)
What do integrated neighbourhood approaches in Port-au-Prince, camp management-based approaches in Baghdad and participatory slum upgrading in Bangkok have in common? – well, a lot…
![Typhoon in the Philippines: reading between the lines of sensationalist journalism](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ReadingYolandaMedia-470x140.jpg)
For those who followed the news of the Philippines in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda, the picture was one of a flailing government…
![Post-disaster repairs: the prequel and a splintered worldview](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
If you ever catch yourself wondering about social justice and infrastructure delivery, then this mini-series of blogs about post-disaster repairs is for you. As the…
![Learning "lessons learned" from past disasters](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Learning_Lessons_learned_Graphic_21-470x140.jpg)
It is shocking how many “lessons learned” documents rehash the same lessons that had supposedly been learned already. The conclusion seems clear: we are very…
![Post-disaster decision making](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Humanitarian-Decision-Makers-Taxonomy-cropped-470x140.png)
Disaster recovery can be described as a ‘process of interaction and decision-making among a variety of groups and institutions’ (Mileti, 1999). It is also complex,…
![How to bridge theory, policy and practice in post-disaster shelter?](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Shelter-PechaKucha-Posters-470x140.jpg)
Earlier this year Laura Heykoop, Bernadette Devilat and I ran a Shelter Research PechaKucha to test one way of bridging the theory-policy-practice divide. The aim…
![Anchalee Koyamaholds Taweewattana districk, Bangkok Thailand November 2011 (Photo by Gideon Mendel)](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Living-with-Floodwaters_Gedeon_Mendel2-470x140.jpg)
I recently found this 4-minute film by Gideon Mendel on floods in Bangkok. It is a beautiful piece. What makes it so striking is that…
![Post-tsunami housing in Indonesia](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Post_tsunami_housing_Indonesia-470x140.jpg)
Habitat for Humanity supported more than 25,000 families to repair or rebuild their homes following the Indian Ocean Tsunami – but what lasting effect did…
![Pasar Peunayong, Banda Aceh. Source: Norhasan This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license via http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pasar_Peunayong,_Banda_Aceh.jpg](https://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Pasar_Peunayong_Banda_Aceh-470x140.jpg)
Since the introduction of the Humanitarian Cluster Approach in 2005 ‘early recovery’ has become part of the common vocabulary of humanitarian action. But where does…