WHY Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Study for India ?

1. Post Disaster Needs Assessment Study for India(January 2014 to August 2015)underNational Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project

2. WHY Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Study for India ? • Lack of a standard protocol for PDNA • In the name of PDNA, focus only on Damage as the Replacement value of totally or partially destroyed physical assets • Losses in the flow of economy unaccounted for • Impact of disasters on social sectors unaccounted for

3. WHAT We Want to Achieve through this Study? Evolving Tools and Techniques, to be integrated with in the existing system, to Include: • Damage as the replacement value of destroyed physical assets that MUST be included in the Recovery and Reconstruction process • Losses in the flow of economy that arise from temporary Absence of damaged assets • Socio-economic Losses- livelihood etc • Environmental Losses • Impact on post-disaster Economic performance

4. Objectives • To evolve standardized PDNA tools relevant to India • To revamp the entire system of Post Disaster Needs Assessment in India as per the new PDNA tools • Provide recommendations for integrating the new PDNA tools in the existing procedures • Identification and building the capacities/ advocacy of relevant stakeholders • Create a panel of experts for subsequently undertaking assessments using the new PDNA tools

5. Scope of the Study Jammu & Kashmir Bihar Assam Uttarakhand West Bengal Odisha Gujarat Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Tamil Nadu * Selection of States has been done based on the geography, experience of states in conducting some Damage and Needs Assessment study and nature of disaster proneness

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