Holistic disaster recovery : ideas for building local sustainability after a natural disaster.
Material type: TextPublication details: Fairfax, Va. : Public Entity Risk Institute, Revised 2005Subject: This hadbook was originally produced in 2001 as a guide for local practitioners on how to build sustainability into a community during the recovery period after a disaster. In the fall of 2005, after witnessing the catastrophic devastation of the Gulf coast of the United Stated from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and as the nation was embarking on a recovery period of unprecented scale in its history, the Natural Hazards Centeer at the University of Colorado took a second look at holistic disaster recovery and how it could be imprived to help communities take a comprehensive and long-term approach to recovery.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.348 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 900100083 |
Contents: Introduction to sustainability -- The disaster recovery process -- Participatory processes in disaster recovery -- Using disaster recovery to maintain and enhance quality of life -- Building economic vitality into recovery -- Promoting social and intergenerational equity during disaster recovery -- Protecting environmental Quality during disaster recovery - Incorporating disaster resilience into disaster recovery.
This hadbook was originally produced in 2001 as a guide for local practitioners on how to build sustainability into a community during the recovery period after a disaster. In the fall of 2005, after witnessing the catastrophic devastation of the Gulf coast of the United Stated from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and as the nation was embarking on a recovery period of unprecented scale in its history, the Natural Hazards Centeer at the University of Colorado took a second look at holistic disaster recovery and how it could be imprived to help communities take a comprehensive and long-term approach to recovery.
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