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

Jha, Abhas K.; Barenstein, Jennifer Duyne; Phelps, Priscilla M.; Pittet, Daniel; Sena, Stephen

dc.creator	Jha, Abhas K.
dc.creator	Barenstein, Jennifer Duyne
dc.creator	Phelps, Priscilla M.
dc.creator	Pittet, Daniel
dc.creator	Sena, Stephen
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:32:54Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:32:54Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:35:59Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:35:59Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000334955_20100127044847
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8045-1
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2409
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242806
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
dc.subject	ADB
dc.subject	AFFORDABLE HOUSING
dc.subject	ARCHITECT
dc.subject	ARCHITECTURE
dc.subject	AUDITING
dc.subject	AUDITS
dc.subject	BUILDING CODES
dc.subject	CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	CITIES
dc.subject	CIVIL SERVICE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	CRED
dc.subject	DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject	DESCRIPTION
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	DISASTER
dc.subject	DISASTER ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	DISASTER EVENT
dc.subject	DISASTER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DISASTER PLANNING
dc.subject	DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
dc.subject	DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RECOVERY
dc.subject	DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER SITUATION
dc.subject	DISASTER SITUATIONS
dc.subject	DISASTER TYPES
dc.subject	DISPLACED PERSON
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKE
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	EARTHQUAKES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	EMERGENCIES
dc.subject	EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	EMERGENCY OPERATION
dc.subject	EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
dc.subject	EMERGENCY RECOVERY
dc.subject	EMERGENCY RECOVERY LOAN
dc.subject	EMERGENCY RELIEF
dc.subject	EMERGENCY RESPONSE
dc.subject	EMERGENCY SHELTER
dc.subject	ENGINEER
dc.subject	ENGINEERS
dc.subject	ERL
dc.subject	EXPLOSION
dc.subject	FEMALE
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	HABITAT
dc.subject	HOMES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	HOUSES
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HOUSING DESIGN
dc.subject	HOUSING POLICY
dc.subject	HUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subject	HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
dc.subject	HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	IMPACT OF DISASTERS
dc.subject	INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
dc.subject	INFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	LAND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	MUNICIPALITIES
dc.subject	NATIONAL EMERGENCY
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NEIGHBORHOOD
dc.subject	NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	PHYSICAL PLANNING
dc.subject	PUBLIC BUILDINGS
dc.subject	RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	RESETTLEMENT
dc.subject	RISK ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SITE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SLUM
dc.subject	SUBSIDIARY
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TENANCY
dc.subject	TORNADOS
dc.subject	TOWNS
dc.subject	TRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENT
dc.subject	TRANSITIONAL SHELTER
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	TSUNAMI
dc.subject	TSUNAMIS
dc.subject	UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	URBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	URBAN LAND
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	VICTIMS
dc.subject	VOLCANOES
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.title	Safer Homes, Stronger Communities : A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication