International Resources - newly revised

WORLD BANK

World Bank (2009) Safer Homes, Stronger Communities. Large handbook ( 418 pp.)
http://www.housingreconstruction.org/housing/sites/housingreconstruction.org/files/
SaferHomesStrongerCommunitites.pdf

UNITED NATIONS

U.N. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2007) Building Disaster Resilient Communities: Good Practices and Lessons Learned. A compilation of articles contributed by Non-Governmental Organizations
(NGOs) working in various poor and vulnerable communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Central Asia, South-East Asia and Asia.

Active Learning Network for Accountability and Perform-ance in Humanitarian Action (2009). Responding to Urban Disasters; Learning from Previous Relief and Recovery Operations. Available from Relief Net website.

Date: Jul 2009

AUSTRALIA

Emergency Management Australia . Recovery Manual (2002); 164pp.

EMA. (2003) Community Development in Recovery from Disaster. 37 pp.

EMA (2002) Economic and Financial Aspects of Disaster Recovery. 25 pp.

CANADA

Public Safety Canada. An Emergency Management Framework for Canada

New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management:

(1) Focus on Recovery: A Holistic Framework for Recovery in New Zealand (2005). Report is 29 pp; pdf version

(2) Recovery Management (2005). Report is 91 pp; pdf version available.

Norman, Sarah (2006). New Zealand’s Holistic Recovery in the Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 21, No. 4, November 2006.

Mitchell., James K. ( Rutgers Univ. , 2006) Re-Conceiving Recovery. Paper delivered at Recovery Symposium in Mapier, New Zealand, 2004.

Rotimio, James O.B. et al. (2006) The Regulatory Framework for Effective Post-Disaster Reconstruction in New Zealand . Conference paper delivered at post-Disaster Reconstruction Meeting, in Italy, 2006.

Becher, J. et al.  Pre-Event Recovery Planning for Land Use in New Zealand . GNS Science Report 2006/23. June 2006.

UNITED KINGDOM

City of London (August, 2008). London Recovery Management Protocol. 61 pp.

U.K. National Recovery Guidance; Recovery Plan Guidance Template.

Benfield Research Centre, United Kingdom Disaster recovery, vulnerability and capacity assessment, community development, management planning and audit, risk assessment . http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/background-papers/documents/Chap5/thematic-progress-reviews/recovery/UNDPBCPR-ERT.doc