Barenstein, Jennifer DuyneJha, Abhas K.Phelps, Priscilla M.Pittet, DanielSena, Stephen2012-03-192012-03-192010978-0-8213-8045-1https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2409Safer 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING STANDARDSADBAFFORDABLE HOUSINGARCHITECTARCHITECTUREAUDITINGAUDITSBUILDING CODESCENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGYCITIESCIVIL SERVICECLIMATE CHANGECOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCREDDAMAGE ASSESSMENTDAMAGE ASSESSMENTSDESCRIPTIONDEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONDISASTERDISASTER ASSISTANCEDISASTER COMMUNICATIONSDISASTER EVENTDISASTER MANAGEMENTDISASTER PLANNINGDISASTER PREPAREDNESSDISASTER RECONSTRUCTIONDISASTER RECOVERYDISASTER REDUCTIONDISASTER RISKDISASTER RISK REDUCTIONDISASTER SITUATIONDISASTER SITUATIONSDISASTER TYPESDISPLACED PERSONEARTHQUAKEEARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTIONEARTHQUAKESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEMERGENCIESEMERGENCY MANAGEMENTEMERGENCY OPERATIONEMERGENCY OPERATIONSEMERGENCY RECOVERYEMERGENCY RECOVERY LOANEMERGENCY RELIEFEMERGENCY RESPONSEEMERGENCY SHELTERENGINEERENGINEERSERLEXPLOSIONFEMALEFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTHABITATHOMESHOUSEHOLDSHOUSESHOUSINGHOUSING DESIGNHOUSING POLICYHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN SETTLEMENTSHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEHURRICANEHURRICANESIMPACT OF DISASTERSINFORMAL SETTLEMENTSINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTIONINTERVENTIONSLAND DEVELOPMENTLAND USELAWSLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMANAGEMENT ACCOUNTINGMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL EMERGENCYNATURAL DISASTERSNEIGHBORHOODNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSPHYSICAL PLANNINGPUBLIC BUILDINGSRECONSTRUCTIONRESETTLEMENTRISK ASSESSMENTRISK MANAGEMENTSAFETYSITE DEVELOPMENTSLUMSUBSIDIARYTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETENANCYTORNADOSTOWNSTRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENTTRANSITIONAL SHELTERTRANSPORTTSUNAMITSUNAMISUNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN LANDURBANIZATIONVICTIMSVOLCANOESWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8045-1