The ten lessons on responding to urban disasters identified by the report are:
- Work with and through municipalities wherever possible.
- Find and use neighbourhood networks and capacities.
- Work with the local private sector and don’t compete unfairly.
- Focus on long term homes, not short term shelter.
- Keep people in or close to their neighbourhoods, if safe.
- Assume skills and resources can be found locally.
- Assume fast changing environments and have an exit strategy.
- Use cash to stimulate markets.
- Use the right tools for working with complex sets of stakeholders.
- Prepare now for the next big urban disaster.
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