Recovery Planning

The purpose of this handbook is to provide authoritative guidance to people within government and its agencies, non-government organisations and communities on how to plan for the orderly management of an evacuation before, during and after an emergency or disaster.

This is an Action Plan for Disaster recovery published by the state of Rhode Island describing outlines the strategies and initiatives to address the impacts of the hurricane and allocate resources effectively.

This report shows key results and findings from a study about the recovery process in Chennai after the 2015 South Indian floods. Household data was collected ten months after the disaster in Mylapore and Velachery, two constituencies of Chennai.

The PDNA report covers the damage, losses, and recovery needs following hurricanes Irma and Maria, which impacted Barbuda and Antigua in 2017. A recovery strategy and summary of identified priority actions for recovery is included in the report.

This product provides guidance to recovery managers, CDEM Groups and local authorities on strategic planning for recovery from emergencies.

This is the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Tools for India developed by the Government of India under National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project assisted by the World Bank.

On 14 August 2017, Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone was affected by devastating landslide and floods affecting over 7,000 people both from the Western Rural and Western Urban districts of the country .

This study of Colorado’s 2013 floods aims to help communities learn how to improve recovery decisions that decrease their vulnerability to a wide variety of hazards and prepare for future disasters that may strike. It explores policy planning, lessons, and changes made in the aftermath of the 2013 floods in the seven affected communities (Boulder, Lyons, Longmont, Estes Park, Loveland, Evans and Greeley).

This guidance highlights key environmental issues throughout the recovery and reconstruction process and is designed for humanitarian agencies, government officials, and community groups involved in supporting affected populations for recovery and longer-term reconstruction.

This handbook provides an overview of innovations in disaster rapid assessment. It is aimed at disaster managers, post-disaster assessment analysts and field staff collecting data.