Disaster Recovery

Rajib Shaw is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan.  He worked closely with the local communities, NGOs, governments and international organization, including United Nations, especially in the Asian countries.  He is currently the Chair of the United Nations Asia Regional Task Force for Urban Risk Reduction.  His research interests are: community based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education.  He has published several books in the field of disaster and environmental management.  He is also the Chief Editor of Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management.

• Post disaster recovery: issues and challenges.- Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Institutional Mechanisms for Risk Reduction: A Comparative Study of Three Disasters in India.- Collaborative governance and disaster recovery: The National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) in the U.S..- Typhoon Morakot and institutional changes in Taiwan.- Institution and governance related learning from the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.- Institutional response in education sector in Kesennuma city.- Implication of 2010 Flood in Education Sector in Pakistan.- Role of civil society and its role in formal and informal education as a part of disaster recovery.- New insights of education sector from East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.- School Based Community Recovery in Kamaishi, Japan.- Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction in Indonesia: Review and Lessons from Aceh, Yogyakarta, West Java and West Sumatra Earthquakes.- Coastal Zone Management in Tamil Nadu, India: Challenges and Innovations.- Post-Aila community recovery innovations and ecological planning.- Incorporating Traditional Knowledge in Post Disaster Recovery to Integrate Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction.- Technological and Innovative Measures to Improve Flood Disaster Recovery following Mumbai 2005 Mega-flood.- Mangrove management and cyclone risk reduction in Kachchh, Gujarat.- Adaptive and transformative capacities of communities after disaster: The case of oil spills in Guimaras, Philippines.- Environmental management and urban recovery.- Integrated health care as the future of disaster recovery potentials in tohoku Region.- Role of community radio in post disaster recovery: Comparative analysis of Japan and Indonesia.- Disaster recovery as A development vehicle.