Disaster relief and rehabilitation in the United States : a research assessment.

Bibliography: p. 68-74

Disaster relief and rehabilitation in the U.S. is performed by numerous groups, agencies and individuals, and is composed of various activities which cut across state and local boundaries. This report discusses the processes of relief and rehabilitation, and focuses on the processes that are incompletely understood: how the availability of funds for relief and reconstruction may affect the implementation of other adjustments and the continuing vulnerability to hazards; how to coordinate all the short-term and long-term services the adjustment includes; and what services should be offered. The processes are evaluated in terms of their contribution to optimal relief procedures and their effects on other disaster-mitigation procedures, and research recommendations are made for areas that need more examintaion