Contents Notes |
This comprehensive handbook for disaster response and recovery can help community leaders and planners educate their constituencies on how informed decisions and choices can affect the rebuilding process and yield a safer, more sustainable community. It includes a primer in disaster operations, a planner's tool kit for both emergency and long-term measures, a section on hazard identification and risk assessment, and several comprehensive case studies. Foreward / by James L. Witt -- Preface / by Cecelia G. Rosenberg -- The role of planners in post-disaster reconstruction -- A primer in disaster operations -- Policies for guiding planning for post-disaster recovery -- The planning process -- A planner's tool kit -- Legal and financial issues -- Hazard identification and risk assessment -- Flood case study: Arnold, Missouri / by Jim Schwab -- Tornado case study: Plainfield, Illinois / by Jim Schwab -- Hurricane case study: Opal in the Florida Panhandle / by Richard A. Smith and Robert E. Deyle -- Wildfire case study: Oakland, California / by Kenneth C. Topping -- Earthquake case study: Loma Prieta in Santa Cruz and Watsonville, California / by Charles C. Eadie -- Reference list -- Glossary of key technical terms -- Disaster recovery programs, federal response plan -- Directory of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offices -- The Natural Hazards Element in the Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook. |