Table of Contents

Prologue 1. The Dynamics of Recovery: Two Examples 2. The Context of Recovery 3. Models of Recovery: Development and Phases 4. Models of Recovery: Safety and Organisation 5. Recovering From What? The Impact of Disaster 6. Some Key Elements of Recovery 7. Dilemmas in Recovery Management 8. Lessons Relating to Sheltering and Housing 9. Sheltering and housing options 10. Resilient Recovery 11: What makes recovery from disaster successful? A survey of expert opinion 12. (Edward De Bono's) "Thinking Hats" 13. Emerging principles of recovery. Bibliography

Appendix 1. Survey Answers to the Question: What in your view are the most important aspects of a successful recovery operation following a natural disaster?
Appendix 2. Key Books and Websites on Disaster Recovery

About the Author

Ian Davis, David Alexander

Reviews

"Those involved in recovery after disaster are often too busy to document lessons learned and hardly ever able to return later to assess the long-term impact of their projects. To see Ian and David tap into over 40 years of recovery experience to produce truly independent lessons and suggestions for a way forward is extraordinary. Recovery from Disaster provides readers with a wealth of learning from the past and new ways of looking at that through a wide range of models. The book should be of great benefit to those currently involved in post-disaster work." - Theo Schilderman