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Planning for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction
- Title
- Planning for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction / Jim Schwab with Kenneth C. Topping, Charles C. Eadie, Robert E. Deyle and Richard A. Smith.
- Author
- Schwab, James
- Publication
- Chicago, IL : American Planning Association, ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA9108 .A545 no.483/484 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 346 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Planning advisory service report ; no. 483/484
- Uniform Title
- Report (American Planning Association. Planning Advisory Service) ; no. 483/484.
- Subject
- Emergency management > United States
- Natural disasters > Government policy > Planning. > United States
- Emergency management > United States > Case studies
- Disaster relief > United States > Case studies
- Natural disasters > Government policy > United States > Case studies
- Disasters
- Disaster Planning > organization & administration
- Disasters
- Relief Work > organization & administration
- Housing > standards
- disasters
- Disaster relief
- Emergency management
- Natural disasters > Government policy
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Government publications – United States.
- Case Reports
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Note
- Cover title.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-324).
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 1884829252
- 9781884829253
- LCCN
- 99216935
- OCLC
- ocm41402875
- 41402875
- SCSB-577575
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library