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. Nnew content is added continuously.

For a quick overview of all categories of information included,
use the Site Map option at the top of this page.

Note: We have just increased the size and amount of coverage given to international organizations and information sources. Use the site map for more details.

New: Draft version of the National Disaster Recovery Framework, released on February 5th by the Dept. of Homeland Security.

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News 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.

New paper by 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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This project was created and is managed by Claire B. Rubin, President of Claire B. Rubin & Associates.

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