Recovery Information Sharing Project

Selected Resources re Disaster Recovery at the Community Level

This site offers a collection of documents,citations, and links, dealing with community recovery from major disasters. For a quick overview of all categories of information included, use the Site Map option at the top of this page.

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Hurricane Sandy

From the Boston Globe, On Feb. 7 - Bloomberg outlines plan for 1st billion dollars in Sandy aid.  Finally, some details about recovery spending plans.  And what I find notable is the first mention of Sec. Shawn Donovan, who has been given the lead for recovery.

N.Y. state Governor offers a courageous recovery effort that features a major buy out: see Cuomo Seeking Home Buyouts in Flood Zones; Feb. 4. This is an example of a sensible and courageous recovery plan component.

Some sage and practical advice is offered by the Association of State Floodplain Managers in their recent 9-page paper titled Hurricane Sandy Recovery, Using Mitigation to Rebuild Safer and More Sustainable Communities. (Released 12/13/12). The paper provides practical suggestions for all sectors to get involved.  One more push toward resilience.

Other Sources:

Assoc. of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) in CA has an excellent set of resources re recovery. 3/2/11

State of Florida. Post-Disaster Redevelopment Planning. Issued October, 2010; 158 pages. Excellent, comprehensive planning guidance for long-term recovery.

Copy of GAO's slide presentation at Higher Education Conference, June 9, 2010 on Long-Term Recovery from Disaster. (24pp.)

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Other Sources:

FEMA. Recovery Resources Available.

Claire B. Rubin (July 2009) titled Long-Term Recovery from Disasters; The Neglected Component of Emergency Management in Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

Daniel Alesch et al. (2009) Managing for Long-Term Community Recovery in the Aftermath of Disaster. Paperback book, 200 pp. Available from the new site:DisasterBookstore.com. Now in its second printing.

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