Earthquake recovery : a survival manual for local government.

Recovery management and financing -- Rebuilding and reconstruction -- Housing recovery -- Recovery of public facilities and services -- Business recovery

This handbook was conceived as a way to share the lessons learned by communities that have already had a major earthquake. The information presented is practical advice for those who have decision-making responsibilities and front-line authority. It will also be pertinent to public and private organisations and citizen volunteers who must augment the work of general government. While it focuses on the recovery phase after an earthquake, the most effective strategy for local government is to anticipate, as much as possible before an earthquake, the resources that will be needed and plan how they will be deployed. Given the reality of competing priorities, however, local officials frequently give little thought to recovery issues. Model ordinances and sample forms from jurisdictions have been inserted to help expedite the many decisions. There are also abundant hints from damaged jurisdictions on the recovery process