Literature Review on Law and Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction
Client
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Duration
September 2019 - February 2020
Our project team
Victoria Bannon
Hannah Irving
Rosanna Drew
Julia Hartelius
David Dalgado
Type of work
Literature review
Research and analysis
Reports and editing
Key themes
Climate change
Development
Disaster law
Disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Environment
Gender equality and social inclusion (GESI)
Gender responsiveness
Infrastructure
Recovery and reconstruction
About this project
This literature review contributes to the work of the IFRC Disaster Law Program to support governments to strengthen their domestic legal frameworks to enable more effective disaster recovery.
Its findings go toward the development of a set of recommendations for law and policymakers in the area of disaster recovery and reconstruction. The recommendations fill a gap in existing tools that inform the IFRC Disaster Law Program’s technical advice.
The findings highlight key themes identified across the literature, and the integration of ‘recovery’ in international law, soft law, bilateral agreements, regional and national legal frameworks. Recovery and reconstruction are generally considered in the broader context of disaster management, which will inform recommendations following the literature review.