Safer Homes, Stronger Communities : A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters

Safer homes, stronger communities: a handbook for reconstructing after disasters was developed to assist policy makers and project managers engaged in large-scale post-disaster reconstruction programs make decisions about how to reconstruct housing and communities after natural disasters. As the handbook demonstrates, post-disaster reconstruction begins with a series of decisions that must be made almost immediately. Despite the urgency with which these decisions are made, they have long-term impacts, changing the lives of those affected by the disaster for years to come. As a policy maker, you may be responsible for establishing the policy framework for the entire reconstruction process or for setting reconstruction policy in only one sector. The handbook is emphatic about the importance of establishing a policy to guide reconstruction. Effective reconstruction is set in motion only after the policy maker has evaluated his or her alternatives, conferred with stakeholders, and established the framework and the rules for reconstruction. As international experience and the examples in the handbook clearly demonstrate, reconstruction policy improves both the efficiency and the effectiveness of the reconstruction process. In addition to providing advice on the content of such a policy, the handbook describes mechanisms for managing communications with stakeholders about the policy, for improving the consistency of the policy, and for monitoring the policy's implementation and outcomes.

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Main Authors:	Barenstein, Jennifer Duyne, Jha, Abhas K., Phelps, Priscilla M., Pittet, Daniel, Sena, Stephen
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2010
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, ADB, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ARCHITECT, ARCHITECTURE, AUDITING, AUDITS, BUILDING CODES, CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY, CITIES, CIVIL SERVICE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CRED, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS, DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, DISASTER, DISASTER ASSISTANCE, DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS, DISASTER EVENT, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PLANNING, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION, DISASTER RECOVERY, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RISK, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DISASTER SITUATION, DISASTER SITUATIONS, DISASTER TYPES, DISPLACED PERSON, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION, EARTHQUAKES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMERGENCIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY OPERATION, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY RECOVERY, EMERGENCY RECOVERY LOAN, EMERGENCY RELIEF, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY SHELTER, ENGINEER, ENGINEERS, ERL, EXPLOSION, FEMALE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HABITAT, HOMES, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSES, HOUSING, HOUSING DESIGN, HOUSING POLICY, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, HURRICANE, HURRICANES, IMPACT OF DISASTERS, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION, INTERVENTIONS, LAND DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE, LAWS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL EMERGENCY, NATURAL DISASTERS, NEIGHBORHOOD, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, PHYSICAL PLANNING, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, RECONSTRUCTION, RESETTLEMENT, RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, SAFETY, SITE DEVELOPMENT, SLUM, SUBSIDIARY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TENANCY, TORNADOS, TOWNS, TRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENT, TRANSITIONAL SHELTER, TRANSPORT, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMIS, UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN LAND, URBANIZATION, VICTIMS, VOLCANOES, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
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