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On January 12, 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale shook Haiti for 35s. It was the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in 200 years and one of the most severe at the world level. Such earthquake caused an unprecedented situation in Haiti, with enormous repercussions affecting all sectors of society, well beyond the areas directly affected by the catastrophe. The essay, after introducing the issue of the economic impact of natural catastrophes, offers the example of the Post-Disaster Needs and Assessment Report for Haiti as an innovative reference instrument for damage reporting and reconstruction organization. The Report, developed with the assistance of many international organization, from the UN to the European Community, has been designed not only to assess the whole of the territorial values destroyed or damaged referring to direct, indirect, and systemic damage, but also to enlighten the most important impacts and the reconstruction needs for different economic sectors and territorial resources. It therefore offers a complete list of elements to take care of together with the timing and organization of the reconstruction phase.
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Pesaro, G. (2018). The Economic Impacts of Natural Hazards: Lessons Learnt from the PDNA International Damage Assessment Project Implemented in Haiti After the Earthquake of 2010. In: Petrillo, A., Bellaviti, P. (eds) Sustainable Urban Development and Globalization. Research for Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61988-0_25
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