Research and Commentary

Planned Relocations, Disasters and Climate Change

November 10, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

Natural Disaster Recovery in Urban Areas

October 17, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

Coping with Disaster and Preparing for the Future: An On-the-Ground View of Japan’s Earthquake Recovery Effort

September 13, 2011, Ry Beville

Struggles Facing Developed Countries in Dealing with Disasters

June 7, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

Natural Disaster Response in Japan and Fiji

June 6, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Building Resilience to Natural Disasters

June 6, 2011, Walter Kälin

A Year of Living Dangerously: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2010

April 2011, Elizabeth Ferris and Daniel Petz

Recovering Nation: Battered Japan Searches for Bearings

April 2011, Peter Ennis

Protecting Civilians in Disasters and Conflicts

March 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

Beyond the Disaster: A Call for Japanese Leadership in International Disaster Response Law

March 22, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris and Kei Hakata

What a Difference a Government Makes: Japan's Earthquake

March 14, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

What Does Protection Mean When Disasters Strike?

March 11, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

Climate Change and Internal Displacement: A Contribution to the Discussion

February 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

A Research Trip to Haiti: Personal Reflections

January 12, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

Haiti and Future Humanitarian Disasters

January 12, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

Haiti Recovery Mired by Security and Political Concerns

January 11, 2011, Elizabeth Ferris

IASC Operational Guidelines on the Protection of Persons in Situations of Natural Disasters

January 10, 2011

Disasters and Displacement: Gaps in Protection

November 16, 2010, Megan Bradley and Roberta Cohen

When Disaster Strikes: Women's Particular Vulnerabilities and Amazing Strengths

November 10, 2010, Elizabeth Ferris

Natural Disasters and Human Rights: Comparing Responses to Haiti and Pakistan

November 3, 2010, Elizabeth Ferris

Web Chat: Pakistan’s Flood Emergency

September 15, 2010, Elizabeth Ferris

Burning Issues for Haiti's Recovery

September 9, 2010, Elizabeth Ferris

@ Brookings Podcast: Pakistan Flood Fallout

September 3, 2010, Elizabeth Ferris

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Earthquakes and Floods: Comparing Haiti and Pakistan

August 26, 2010, Elizabeth Ferris

Assessing the Flood Disaster in Pakistan

August 20, 2010, Elizabeth Ferris