Recovery and reconstruction after disaster

Abstract

Disaster recovery is a phase in the emergency management cycle that frequently overlaps with the emergency response. Its goal is to restore normal community activities that were disrupted by disaster impacts through a process involving both activities that were planned before disaster impact and those that were improvised after disaster impact. Disaster recovery is most rapidly and effectively achieved when communities engage in a preimpact planning process that addresses the major recovery functions and incorporates hazard mitigation and hazard insurance into a recovery operations plan.