On this page we have listed a somewhat arbitrary collection of post disaster assessment tools, views and information.
PDNA
PDNA: A heavy weight post disaster needs assessment by the European Union, the UN Development Group, and the World Bank.
Go to PDNA
PDNA lessons
Lessons from PDNA: an evaluation report. A comprehensive evaluation of the PDNA framework and its use.
Goto PDNA evaluation
Nepal
A critical blog on post disaster needs assessment on the basis of experiences from the Nepal earthquake.
Go to blog
Children
Involving children and youth with Haiti earthquake as point of departure.
Go to site
Hurricane Nargis
The hurricane Nargis periodic reviews are a good examples of studying and monitori ng the effects of a disaster.
Go to periodic review This is a reference for the first review. There are three more.
EM-DAT
The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) publishes the EM-DAT database. EM-DAT is a comprehensive database of natural and human created disasters since 1900 to the present.
Go to EM-DAT
WFP
The World Food Programme’s assessment tools are obviously biased toward food, but their web page has a lot of relevant information for post-disaster needs assessment.
Go to WFP
Suggestions
Suggestions for adding to this lists are most welcome.
