Welcome to the Recovery Lessons Learned & Information Sharing page. This page will serve as a national online network for the exchange of ideas surrounding the Disaster Recovery Community. We encourage feedback and contributions to help develop a “one stop shop” for those involved in planning, capacity building and disaster recovery operations. Please submit your comments or materials via the e-mail address to Kevin.Burr@fema.dhs.gov.
Lessons Learned & Information Sharing Sections
Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear
GENERAL RECOVERY ISSUES
- The Road Home? An Examination of Louisiana’s Road Home Program
- Disaster Recovery as a Social Process
- Baseline Indicators for Disaster Resilient Communities
- Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions
RECOVERY CORE CAPABILITIES
PLANNING
Long-Term Community Recovery Plans
- Gays Mills Long-Term Community Recovery Plan
- Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Mid-West Floods of 2008 in Iowa and Wisconsin
- City of Galveston Long-Term Community Recovery Plan
- The Disaster Recovery Process: What We Know and Do Not Know From Research
- Going Home After Hurricane Katrina: Determinants of Return Migration and Changes in Affected Areas
- Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions
HOUSING
- HSGAC, Far from Home: Deficiencies in Federal Disaster Housing Assistance After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and Recommendations for Improvement February 2009
- Statement of Susan Elkins, La Office of Community Development, The Road Home? An Examination of Louisiana’s Road Home Program, 3/24/07
- Examining the Roles and Responsibilities of HUD and FEMA in Responding to the Affordable Housing Needs of Gulf Coast States following Emergencies and Natural Disasters, 6/4/08
- Host Communities: Analyzing the Role and Needs of Communities that Take in Disaster Evacuees in the Wake of Major Disasters and Catastrophies
- Going Home After Hurricane Katrina: Determinants of Return Migration and Changes in Affected Areas
ECONOMIC
- Foreign Assistance: USAID Completed Many Caribbean Disaster Recovery Activities, but Several Challenges Hampered Efforts
- Going Home After Hurricane Katrina: Determinants of Return Migration and Changes in Affected Areas
INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS
- San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association’s (SPUR) After the Disaster
- Infrastructure Resilience to Disasters
HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
- Host Communities: Analyzing the Role and Needs of Communities that Take in Disaster Evacuees in the Wake of Major Disasters and Catastrophies
- The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Long-Term Human Recovery After Disaster: Reflections from Louisiana Four Years After Hurricane Katrina
- Going Home After Hurricane Katrina: Determinants of Return Migration and Changes in Affected Areas
- Disaster Recovery as a Social Process
NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
- Protecting America’s Natural and Cultural Resources and Historic Properties (NCH) During Disasters
- National charities conducting activities to protect and restore NCRs threatened by the Deep Horizon oil spill
- Haiti Cultural Recovery Project
RECOVERY LEADERSHIP
Operational Coordination
- Enhanced Leadership, Capabilities, and Accountability Controls Will Improve the Effectiveness of the Nation's Preparedness, Response, and Recovery System
- Disaster Recovery as a Social Process
- The Disaster Recovery Process: What We Know and Do Not Know From Research
PUBLIC INFORMATION
- The Disaster Recovery Process: What We Know and Do Not Know From Research
- Governance in Recovery: Lessons from Past Disasters
CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL-RADIOLOGICAL-NUCLEAR
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EXERCISES
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RELATED LINKS
Back to topThe purpose of this resource is to provide a listing of information and research centers located around the world dedicated to the study of natural disasters including preparedness, protection, response, recovery and mitigation. It is hosted and maintained by the Multi-disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER). The acronym is pronounced “m-sear”. MCEER is part of the University at Buffalo, SUNY.
Multi-disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) Information and Research Centers
The link below provides users with Web resources on the subjects of earthquakes, natural disasters, and engineering topics. The sites and sources were selected by the Multi-disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) Information Service librarian staff for their usefulness, high quality, and current information. Many of these sites are gateways to further resources and are freely available to the public. The topics of this page include:
- Building / Seismic Codes
- Earthquake & Disaster Information
- Earthquake, Natural Disaster & Engineering Education
- Structural Engineering
- Global Disasters
- Hurricanes, Tsunamis & Floods
- Major Earthquakes of the 20th Century
- Natural Disasters
Materials under each topic category are further delineated. Materials include: Government documents, Academic works, Reports and surveys, Video and print media reports and stories.
This resource is hosted and maintained by the Multi-disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER). The acronym is pronounced “m-sear”. MCEER is part of the University at Buffalo, SUNY.
Multi-disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) Reference Sources
The Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI®) 2006-10 measures the social vulnerability of U.S. counties to environmental hazards. The index is a comparative metric that facilitates the examination of the differences in social vulnerability among counties. SoVI® is a valuable tool for policy makers and practitioners. It graphically illustrates the geographic variation in social vulnerability. It shows where there is uneven capacity for preparedness and response and where resources might be used most effectively to reduce the pre-existing vulnerability. SoVI® also is useful as an indicator in determining the differential recovery from disasters.
Social Vulnerability Index for the United States-2006-10"