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Assoc. of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). Excellent listing of resources for local governments re recovery planning. 12/09

NOLA.com Update on improvements in recovery process in New Orleans, as of August 22, 2009.

Becker, Christine. (2009) Disaster Recovery: A Local Government Responsibility (Cover Story), Public Manager Magazine

Local Plans / Local Assistance Teams

CNN. (April 29, 2009. Article re Greensburg, KS rebuilding as green community.

Greensburg, KS. (December 2008). Municipal Leader of the Year, featured in American City and County Magazine. City Manager Interview re Recovery of Greensburg, KS. Not that both leadership and vision are featured as key drivers of the successful recovery of this small town. They rebuilding with a plan that focussed on environmentally sound development.

Stockton, MO.(December 2005) Long TermCommunity Recovery Planning Process; A self-help guide. (110 pages.)

Recovery Strike Teams, Composed of Local Officials:

Florida Example (source = ICMA)

Series of Studies Post-Katrina re local impacts and outcomes

Univ. of New Orleans, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology.

Community Resilience -- see also the section on urban planning on this site.

Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI). Series of reports on community resilience, based on field work in Gulf Coast States. For example, see Cutter et al., Community and Regional Resilience: Perspectives from Hazards, Disasters, and Emergency Management. Sept. 2008.

Craig E Colton, Robert W. Kates, and Shirley B. Laska. Three Years After Katrina: Lessons for Community Resilience, in Environment , Sept./Oct. 2008, Vol. 50, Iss.5, pages 36-48. This is an excellent article, giving specific details about resilience.

Model Recovery Ordinance. Author is Ken Topping (AIP), CA consultant and faculty member of CA Polytech in San Luis Obispo. [no date]

City of San Francisco. New report on San Francisco and its earthquake risk (Feb. 3, 2009) is now available from www.spur.org. Press clip available here.-

Hurricane Katrina

Public Administration Review. Dec. 2008, Special Issue. Mega-Disasters and Federalism by Marc Landy. Despite the title, the article does address recovery post-Katrina.

On the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, some new studies and data are available. Many of these provide valuable baseline data for those researching the effects of recent disasters.

• The Brookings Institution has issue its Anniversary Edition; Three Years After Katrina Report ( August 2008). See their website for both the full report or an executive summary report.
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new report; titled New Orleans Three Years After the Storm. The executive summary is 7 pages and the full report is 81 pages. (August 2008)
• LA Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Disaster Recovery Index -- data on recovery measures.
• Craig E Colton, Robert W. Kates, and Shirley B. Laska. Three Years After Katrina: Lessons for Community Resilience, in Environment , Sept./Oct. 2008, Vol. 50, Iss.5, pages 36-48. This is an excellent article, giving specific details about resilience.