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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.
NEW:
Fairfax County VA is working on a Long-Term Recovery plan and is sharing resources on its website during the development process. Go to their website for more details. [posted Aug. 4]
Copy of GAO's slide presentation at Higher Education Conference, June 9, 2010 on Long-Term Recovery from Disaster. (24pp.)
New Recovery Directorate Organization at FEMA. This is a 32-page set of organization plans.
Important new Congressional Research Service Report: Potential Stafford Act Declarationf for the Guld Boast Oil Spill, Issues for Congress, by Francis X. McCarthy. May 13, 2010. CRS Report #R41234
OMB memo re Social Service and Small Business Coordination Plan for Responding to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, May 17, 2010.
We now have a blog to compliment this site -- go to RecoveryDiva.com and try it out!
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Iowa. Community and Regional Recovery Planning. Excellent website with a wealth of practical information, include a Community Recovery Toolbox. [March 2010]
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FEMA. Recovery Resources Available, April 2010.
Draft version of the National Disaster Recovery Framework (Feb. 5, 2010),released by the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Input to the NDRF: Report of an workshop held by HUD/DHS (Jan. 12, 2010), regarding private sector input to the NDRF.
Institute for Sustainable Communities. Sustainable Development and Long-Term Disaster Recovery.
Some selected comments on the NDRF:
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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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To contribute, comment, or ask questions, please write to the Project Manager.
This project was created and is managed by Claire B. Rubin, President of Claire B. Rubin & Associates.
Photo Credit: FEMA/DHS
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