Recovery Information Sharing Project

Selected Resources re Disaster Recovery at the Community Level

This site is a central location for collecting and sharing citations and
links to worthwhile documents and other sources 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.

We recently coverage of international organizations and information sources. Use the site map for more details.

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NEWSCLIPS:

Draft version of the National Disaster Recovery Framework (Feb. 5, 2010),released by the Dept. of Homeland Security. Some selected comments are below:

Continuity Central. Four Senators Criticise the NRF. (March2, 2010)

Brookings. Comments on the NDRF. (Feb. 26, 2010)

SEMP Biot #690. (Feb. 2010). What is the Draft National Disaster Recovery Framework?

Recent Items:

EmergencyMgmt.com (12/17/09) Long-Term Recovery Needs Coordination, Deserves More Attention. Feature article (2 pp.) on the website of this online magazine.

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.

Misc. Documents:

Daniel Alesch et al. (2009) Managing for Long-Term Community Recovery in the Aftermath of Disaster. Paperback book, 200 pp. Available from PERI. Just released, a practical guide for community officials. Based on years of field work, this is a useful book.

Post-Hurricane Ike Studies:

City of Galveston, Recovery Plan. April 10, 2009, The local plan for recovery.

City of Galveston's Recovery Information website.

Two recent studies on the impact of Hurricane Ike: one done by the State of Tx and the other done by FEMA.
(As of 2/24/09)

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Natural Hazards Observer (Jan. 2009) Toward a National
Disaster Recovery Act of 2009. Excellent article by Ken
Topping, addressing a very important need.

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Other Documents:

FEMA. Hurricane Ike Impact Report. (Jan. 2009). This is the
"first-ever attempt to comprehensively compile the damage
assessment and impact information of federal, state, and local governments for use in the long-term recovery process."

GAO. Disaster Recovery; Past Experiences Offer Insights for Recovering from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Other Recent Natural Disasters.(Sept. 27, 2008). GAO-08-1120. 41pp. This
report is rather disappointing, in terms of offering insights and
guidance to public officials charged with recovery from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

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This project was created and is managed by Claire B. Rubin, President of Claire B. Rubin & Associates.

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